WCOR

WCOR
Frequency1490 kHz AM stereo
BrandingReal Country FM 98.9/AM 1490 WANT/WCOR
Programming
FormatCountry music
Ownership
OwnerFinbar Broadcasting Co.
Bay Pointe Broadcasting
WANT
History
First air date
November 2005
(station dates back to 1949 on AM 900)
Call sign meaning
"Wilson County's Own Radio"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID129317
ClassC
Power1,000 Watts
Transmitter coordinates
36°12′26.00″N 86°16′3.00″W / 36.2072222°N 86.2675000°W / 36.2072222; -86.2675000
Links
Public license information
Websitehttp://www.wantfm.com

WCOR is an AM radio station broadcasting in the eastern portion of the Nashville, Tennessee, market with a power of 1,000 watts.

In its early years, WCOR functioned as a community-oriented station aimed primarily at residents of Wilson County, Tennessee. (It is licensed to the county seat of Wilson County, Lebanon). After this format became untenable in the 1980s (as it did for many small-town radio stations, particularly those located adjacent to major and mid-major markets), the station, after going dark for a period, resumed operation, marketing itself to particularly the eastern portion of the wider Nashville market. The majority of its programming now consists of a simulcast of its FM sister station, WANT, but some separate sports programming is also carried associated with Lebanon's Cumberland University.

In fall 2005, the station moved from 900 kHz, where it had spent nearly 60 years, to a newly licensed frequency of 1490 kHz.

The station is an affiliate of the Tennessee Titans radio network.[2]

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCOR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Titans Radio in Tennessee". Titans Radio.