WCHO (AM)

WCHO
City	Washington Court House, Ohio
Broadcast area	Chillicothe; Washington Court House; Wilmington; Hillsboro
Frequency	1250 kHz
Branding	Oldies 1250
Programming
Format	Oldies
Affiliations	ABC Radio; Premium Choice; iHeartRadio; Ohio State Sports Network
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. ; (iHM Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WBEX, WCHI, WCHO-FM, WKKJ, WQLX, WSRW
History
First air date	February 1952
Former call signs	WCHO (1952–1983); WOFR (1983–1998); WBUB (1998–1999); WCHO (1/1999–11/1999); WMXV (1999–2000); WCHO (2000–2002); WKSI (2002–2003)
Call sign meaning	Washington Court HOuse
Technical information
Facility ID	57355
Class	D
Power	500 watts (day); 42 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates	39°32′59.00″N 83°27′10.00″W / 39.5497222°N 83.4527778°W
Links
Webcast	Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
Website	wchoam.iheart.com

WCHO (1250 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. Licensed to Washington Court House, Ohio, United States, the station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC, and features programming from iHeartMedia's Premium Choice "Cool Oldies" format. Likewise, the station's branding varies between "Cool Oldies" and "Classic Hits."^[1]

History[]

former logo

Former Oldies 1250 logo.

The station went on the air as WCHO in February 1952. It became WOFR on June 27, 1983, then changed its call sign to WBUB on April 17, 1998, then back to WCHO on January 18, 1999, then to WMXV on November 5, 1999, then back to WCHO on October 23, 2000, then to WKSI on March 26, 2002, and back to the current WCHO on December 24, 2003.^[2]

WCHO located at 1535 N. North St. in Washington Court House, Ohio.

References[]

^ "WCHO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
^ "WCHO Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links[]

WCHO in the FCC AM station database
WCHO on Radio-Locator
WCHO in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

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[1] "WCHO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

[2] "WCHO Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

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