WTVN

WTVN

Columbus, Ohio United States
Broadcast area	Columbus metro area
Frequency	610 kHz
Branding	News Radio 610 WTVN
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	News/talk
Network	ABC News Radio
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (iHM Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WCOL-FM, WNCI, WODC, WXZX, WYTS, WZCB
History
First air date	May 8, 1922; 102 years ago (1922-05-08)
Former call signs	WBAV (1922–1925) WAIU (1925–1936) WHKC (1936–1954)
Former frequencies	833 kHz (1922) 833 & 619 kHz (1922–1923) 770 kHz (1923–1924) 710 kHz (1924–1925) 1020 kHz (1925–1927) 1060 kHz (1927–1928) 640 kHz (1928–1945)
Call sign meaning	derived from former sister station WTVN-TV, now WSYX
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	11269
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	39°52′34″N 82°58′49″W / 39.87611°N 82.98028°W / 39.87611; -82.98028
Repeater(s)	93.3 WODC-HD2 (Ashville)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
Website	610wtvn.iheart.com

WTVN (610 AM) – branded as "News Radio 610 WTVN" – is a commercial news/talk radio station licensed to Columbus, Ohio. Owned by iHeartMedia, the station serves the Columbus metro area. The WTVN studios area located in the McKinley Avenue Corridor northwest of Downtown Columbus, and its transmitter site is near Obetz. In addition to a standard analog transmission, the station simulcasts over the HD digital subchannel of co-owned 93.3 WODC, and streams online via iHeartRadio. WTVN began broadcasting in HD Radio in June 2005, but the in-band on-channel subcarrier was discontinued by 2015.^[2]

With 5,000 watts of power, during the day the station can be heard as far away as Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Detroit, and Cleveland. At night, a directional antenna protects stations operating on the same frequency, including KCSP in Kansas City, WTEL in Philadelphia, and WIOD in Miami. The nighttime signal is primarily radiated northward over central Columbus, and outlying suburbs in the direction of the nulls experience a degraded signal.