WOR (AM)
AM radio station in the United States
WOR (710 AM) is a 50,000 watt Class A clear-channel AM radio station in New York City. It is owned by iHeartMedia. It plays talk radio programs, including some syndicate programs. Some of these are The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Sean Hannity Show, and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. The station has a three-letter callsign still used from when it started in 1921. It is the oldest callsign still used in New York City.[2]
| WOR | |
|---|---|
| City of license | New York, New York |
| Broadcast area | New York metropolitan area |
| Branding | 710 WOR |
| Slogan | The Voice of New York |
| Frequency | 710 kHz (HD Radio) |
| Repeaters | 104.3 WAXQ-HD2 (New York) |
| First air date | February 22, 1922 |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 7710 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 40°47′50″N 74°5′24″W / 40.79722°N 74.09000°W |
| Callsign meaning | randomly assigned, backronym World Of Radio[1] |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks NBC News Radio The Weather Channel ABC News Radio |
| Owner | iHeartMedia (iHM Licenses, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WAXQ, WHTZ, WKTU, WLTW, WWPR-FM, WWRL |
| Webcast | Listen live (via iHeartRadio) |
| Website | 710wor |
References
change- ↑ The WOR call sign had previously been assigned to the ship SS California of the Orient Lines. ("Ship stations", Radio Service Bulletin, February 1915, page 2.)
- ↑ "New Stations", Radio Service Bulletin, March 1, 1922, page 2. Limited Commercial license with the call sign WOR, serial #297, issued for a three-month period to L. Bamberger & Company in Newark, New Jersey.
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