WAKO (AM)
Appearance
Frequency | 910kHz |
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Branding | Giant FM |
Programming | |
Format | Country |
Affiliations | CBS News Radio Westwood One |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WAKO-FM | |
History | |
First air date | June 9, 1959 |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 36788 |
Class | D |
Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 38°43′23.00″N87°39′13.00″W/ 38.7230556°N 87.6536111°W |
Translator(s) | 99.3W257DW (Lawrenceville) |
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Public license information |
WAKO(910AM) is aradio stationairing acountry musicformat. Licensed toLawrenceville, Illinois,United States, the station is owned byDavid Crooks,through licensee DLC Media.[2][3]
History
[edit]On April 2, 2017, WAKO split off its simulcast ofadult contemporarysister stationWAKO-FMand launched as "The Legend", with a classic country format.
On May 3, 2024, WAKO changed its format from classic country to country, branded as "Giant FM".[4]
Previous logo
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for WAKO".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"WAKO Facility Record".United StatesFederal Communications Commission,audio division.
- ^"WAKO Station Information Profile".Arbitron.
- ^Giant FM Launches in Vincennes & Terre Haute Ahead of DLC Media SaleRadioinsight - May 3, 2024
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 36788 (WAKO)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WAKOinNielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 143977 (W257DW)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- W257DWat FCCdata.org