WHIO (AM)

WHIO
Broadcast areaDayton metropolitan area
Frequency1290 kHz
BrandingAM 1290 and News 95.7 WHIO
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatNews/talk
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
February 9, 1935; 89 years ago (1935-02-09)
Call sign meaning
Ohio[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID14244
ClassB
Power5,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
39°40′44″N 84°7′49″W / 39.67889°N 84.13028°W / 39.67889; -84.13028
Repeater(s)95.7 WHIO-FM (Pleasant Hill)
Links
Public license information
Webcast
Websitewww.whio.com
The Cox Enterprises broadcasting tower was located outside the old studio in Kettering, Ohio before the studio building on Wilmington Pike was torn down in 2017.

WHIO (1290 kHz) – branded AM 1290 and News 95.7 WHIO – is a commercial news/talk AM radio station licensed to serve Dayton, Ohio, and covering the Dayton metropolitan area. Owned by Cox Media Group,[3] the WHIO studios are located at the Cox Media Center building in Dayton, while the transmitter is located in nearby Kettering. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WHIO is simulcast full-time on WHIO-FM (95.7) and is available online.

  1. ^ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WHIO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "WHIO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.