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| Broadcast area | Columbus, Ohio |
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| Frequency | 1230 kHz |
| Branding | Columbus' BIN 1230 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Black-oriented news |
| Affiliations | Black Information Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WCOL-FM, WNCI, WODC, WTVN, WXZX, WZCB | |
| History | |
First air date | September 24, 1922 (as WMAN) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "Your Talk Station" (previous format) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 25038 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°56′31″N 83°01′20″W / 39.94194°N 83.02222°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (via iHeartRadio) |
| Website | ohio |
WYTS (1230 AM) is a commercial black-oriented news radio station licensed to Columbus, Ohio. Owned by iHeartMedia, the station serves the Columbus metro area. Besides a standard analog transmission, the station is available online via iHeartRadio. The WYTS studios are located along in Downtown Columbus, while the station transmitter resides southwest of the city's downtown area.
WYTS is the sixth-oldest continuously running radio station in the state of Ohio,[2] and is best known for its Top 40 format in the 1960s and 1970s under the heritage WCOL calls. In the time period between 1998 and today, the station has undergone five different format changes with as many different call signs.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WYTS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Five older continuously-Ohio radio stations are: WHK, Cleveland, (first licensed 2/21/1922); WLW, Cincinnati, (3/2/1922); WTVN, Columbus, (4/29/1922 as WBAV); WBNS, Columbus, (5/13/1922 as WCAH); and WVSG, Columbus, (6/3/1922 as WEAO). WTRC, Stockdale, (7/28/1922 as WJAK) later moved to Indiana.