WWRC is a radio station broadcasting on 1260 kHz in the mediumwave AM band. Its studios and transmitters are located in Washington, D.C., and it serves the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. WWRC has a transmitter power of 5,000 watts. Its callsign is a four-letter version of the famous WRC callsign in Washington. In the United States (and potentially elswhere), each radio station or TV station is assigned a city of license by the Federal Communications Commission that they must serve. While this has become far less meaningful over the decades, stations are still required to post their public file somewhere within the... Nickname: Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: , Country United States Federal District District of Columbia Government  - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)  - D.C. Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2... 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The station was the original home of WOL (AM), and signed on in 1928. A station/callsign swap with WWDC 1450-AM on February 20, 1950 landed the WWDC call letters on 1260 kHz for the rest of the century. During the 1960s, radio personalities such as Jimmy Dean and Fred Fiske had programs on this station. The format was middle-of-the-road. It staked out a place in radio and music history by being the first station in the U.S. to air the Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand" in December 1963, effectively kickstarting "Beatlemania" in America. WOL is an Urban Talk radio station in Washington, DC. Broadcasting on 1450 AM, this is the flagship radio station of Radio One. ... The Worldwide Developers Conference is an annual trade show for Apple developers. ... is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jimmy Dean (b. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ...

WWDC changed call letters to WGAY in 1999, following the dropping of the long-time beautiful music format that was WGAY-FM (which became WJMO-FM; today WIHT) WGAY kept its pop standards format nonetheless until Clear Channel Communications bought the station with the AMFM merger in 2000. In 2001, the WGAY format was dropped and the business news format and WWRC callsign was moved from 570-AM to 1260-AM. Even still, there were difficulties finding a format for the station that was different from the other Clear Channel stations in the Washington metropolitan area. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Not to be confused with clear channel radio stations, which are AM radio stations with certain technical parameters. ...

Until 2005, it carried sports talk programming (in addition to sister station WTEM), then switched to progressive talk and became an Air America Radio affiliate. In December 2006, the Washington Post reported that the listenership for WWRC's liberal talk format was so low as to be "imperceptible."^[1] Despite the format change, WWRC still carries Washington Mystics women's pro basketball, select American University men's basketball games and other sports broadcasts dislodged from WTEM and WTNT by schedule conflicts. // Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. ... WTEM (AM 980 kHz) is a radio station that serves the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area. ... Progressive Talk (or Liberal Talk) is a talk radio format devoted to expressive progressive/liberal viewpoints of issues. ... Talk radio is a radio format which features discussion of topical issues. ... Air America Radio is a talk radio network and program syndication service in the United States. ... The Washington Mystics are a Womens National Basketball Association team based in Washington, DC. They started play in 1998, the second year of the WNBA and are one of the WNBAs first expansion franchises. ... For other universities known as American University, see American University (disambiguation). ... WTEM (AM 980 kHz) is a radio station that serves the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area. ... WTNT is also a Country station in Tallahassee, Florida. ...

External links

• Official site
• Query the FCC's AM station database for WWRC
• Radio Locator Information on WWRC

References

1. ^ "Air America, in the Throes of Victory?".