WHCO
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| City of license | Sparta, Illinois |
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| Broadcast area | Sparta, Illinois Randolph County, Illinois |
| Branding | "Real Country 1230 WHCO" |
| Slogan | "Today's Stars and Legends" |
| Frequency | 1230 kHz |
| First air date | 1955 |
| Format | Country |
| Power | 1,000 Watts day and night |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 27264 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Affiliations | AgWeb Radio Brownfield Radio Network CBS Radio News Real Country (Cumulus Media Networks) RFD Radio Network Saluki Sports Network St. Louis Blues St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Rams |
| Owner | David and Carol Holder (Southern Illinois Radio Group, Inc.[1]) |
| Webcast | WHCO Webstream |
| Website | WHCO Online |
WHCO is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Sparta, Illinois, serving Sparta and Randolph County, Illinois. WHCO is owned and operated by David and Carol Holder, through licensee Southern Illinois Radio Group, Inc.[1]
History
WHCO began in 1955 as a Country Music station. WHCO held Top 40 and Adult Contemporary formats before switching to a News-Talk format in 1998 carrying local programming as well as nationally syndicated hosts such as G. Gordon Liddy, Larry King, and Jim Bohannon. In 2008, WHCO returned to the Country Music format.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ About 1230 WHCO Accessed June 5, 2010
External links
- Real Country 1230 Online
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WHCO
- Radio-Locator Information on WHCO
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WHCO
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