WOC is a radio station licensed to Davenport, Iowa, and has a news and talk radio format. The station's frequency is 1420 kHz, and broadcasts at a power of 5kW. Dillon Fountain and Main St. ... News is essentially new information or current events. ... Talk radio is a radio format which features discussion of topical issues. ...

WOC is owned by Clear Channel Communications. Studios are located in Davenport, Iowa. Other stations located in the same complex are KMXG-FM, WHTS-FM, KUUL-FM, WLLR-FM, KCQQ-FM, WFXN and WKBF. This article is about the company. ... Dillon Fountain and Main St. ... KMXG-FM is a radio station licensed to Clinton, Iowa, whose format is adult contemporary. ... WHTS-FM is a radio station licensed to Rock Island, Illinois, and has a Top 40/contemporary hit radio format. ... WLLR-FM is a radio station licensed to Davenport, Iowa, whose format is modern country music. ... WKBF is a radio station licensed to Rock Island, Illinois, and has a talk radio format. ...

History of 1420 kHz

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WOC (which stands for "Wonders Of Chiropractic") traces itsd roots to 1907, when Robert Karlowa began an experimental station in Rock Island, Illinois. The station was known under several callsigns, including 9-BC, 9-XR and 9-BY. 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Rock Island is a city located in Rock Island County, Illinois. ...

On February 18, 1922, the government assigned the fledgling station the WOC call letters, and full-time broadcasting commenced. Historians believe WOC to have been the first radio station west of the Mississippi River, and certainly the first in Iowa. February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Length 6,270 km Elevation of the source 450 m Average discharge Saint Louis¹: 5,500 m³/s Vicksburg²: 16,800 m³/s Baton Rouge³: 12,800 m³/s Area watershed 2,980,000 km² Origin  Lake Itasca Mouth  Gulf of Mexico Basin countries United States (98. ... State nickname: The Hawkeye State Other U.S. States Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Governor Thomas Vilsack (D) Senators Chuck Grassley (R) Tom Harkin (D) Official languages English Area 145,743 km² (26th)  - Land 144,701 km²  - Water 1,042 km² (0. ...

Karlowa continued to operated the station, but the costs quickly became too great. In March, he sold the station to Col. B.J. Palmer, who operated the Pamler College of Chiropractic in Davenport. The equipment was moved to a small studio on Palmer's Brady Street campus, and a family connection was started that lasted almost 75 years.

WOC was known for many first in the radio industry. A short list might include:

• Broadcasting from the Iowa Legislature.
• On-air and studio personnel being required to keep logs of such things as electrical consumption and on-air programming (to the second). The programming log also helped the station begin programs on an absolute "minute-and-second" schedule.
• Use of a fader panel, allowing use of several microphones in the studio at one time.

On January 26, 1925, WOC formed a network and joined forces with radio station WEAF. In September 1927, WOC became a charter member of the new NBC radio network. January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...

In 1932, a young 21-year-old native of Tampico, Illinois got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster. He was none other than Ronald Reagan, who went on to become President of the United States. Reagan returned to WOC in 1988, when WOC and FM-affiliate KIIK 104 dedicated its new studios on East Kimberly Road. Tampico is a village located in Whiteside County, Illinois. ... Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video signals (programs) to a number of recipients (listeners or viewers) that belong to a large group. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan, GCB, (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... The President of the United States (often abbreviated POTUS) is the head of state of the United States. ... WLLR-FM is a radio station licensed to Davenport, Iowa, whose format is modern country music. ...

When the FCC reallocated frequencies in 1928, Des Moines radio station WHO was forced to share time on WOC's frequency. This continued for several years, even after B.J. Palmer purchased WHO. For about four years, the two stations operated together as WOC-WHO. In November 1933, a 50kW transmitter near Mitchellville went into service. WOC ceased broadcasting, but in November 1934, the station separated from WHO and returned to a new frequency - 1370 kHz. The station's power was boosted to 5kW in 1942, the same time WOC moved to its current 1420 kHz home. The abbreviation FCC can refer to: Face-centered cubic (usually fcc), a crystallographic structure Federal Communications Commission, a US government organization Farm Credit Corporation/Farm Credit Canada, a Canadian government organization Families with Children from China, an adoption support organization Florida Christian College, a college in central Florida Fresno City... This article is about the state capital of Iowa. ... WHO is a clear channel radio station broadcasting 50,000 watts on 1040 AM with a news/talk format. ... For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mitchellville is a city located in Polk County, Iowa. ... For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year. ...

WOC's FM affiliate, WOC-FM, signed on the air in October 1948 at 103.7 mHz. The station has changed formats three times, and currently has a country music format as WLLR-FM and is the highest-rated station in the Quad Cities market. October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Country music, formerly called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ... WLLR-FM is a radio station licensed to Davenport, Iowa, whose format is modern country music. ... The I-74 Bridge is located near the geographic center of the Quad Cities. ...

The AM frequency, meanwhile, has undergone several format changes since the end of the Golden Age of Radio. Its current news/talk oriented format started in 1979. Old-Time Radio (OTR) or The Golden Age of Radio is a term used to refer to radio programs that were broadcast during the 1920s through the late 1950s (with some outlying programs produced earlier and later) in the United States, as well as the United Kingdom and Canada and... News is essentially new information or current events. ... Talk radio is a radio format which features discussion of topical issues. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

WOC and its FM affiliate continued to be owned by Palmer family - in later years as Signal Hill Communications) - until 1996, when it was sold. The station was purchased by Clear Channel Communications in 2000. This article is about the company. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Local programming

WOC currently boasts a five-person news staff, and shares its services with its sister stations.

Local personalities who host talk shows include Jim Albrecht, who hosts a morning show called "Albrecht in the AM"; Jim Fisher, who fronts an afternoon call-in show; and a number of advice-type programs. The station also carries local high school sports, Quad City Mallards games and University of Iowa sports. Secondary education is a period of education which, in most contemporary educational systems of the world, follows directly after primary education, and which may be followed by tertiary, post-secondary, or higher education (e. ... The Quad City Mallards are an ice hockey team that began play in 1995-1996. ... Old Cap or Old Capitol Building, Iowas first state capitol building and a university landmark. ...

Syndicated talk shows include those hosted by Rush Limbaugh, Dr. Laura and Michael Reagan. Rush Limbaugh. ... Laura Schlessinger, Ph. ... Michael Edward Reagan (born March 18, 1945 as John Flaugher), the adopted son of President Ronald Reagan and his first wife Jane Wyman, is the host of a conservative talk radio show, the Michael Reagan Show, which is syndicated to over 200 radio stations in the United States through Radio...

Sources

• Stein, Jeff. "Making Waves: The People and Places of Iowa Broadcasting." WDG Communications Inc., Cedar Rapids, 2004. ISBN 0-9718323-1-5
• "Scott County Heritage," Scott County Heritage Book Committee, Taylor Publishing, Dallas, 1991.

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External link

WOC - Talk Radio 1420