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WRKO

WRKO (680 AM) is a commercial news/talk radio station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, serving Greater Boston and much of surrounding New England. Owned by iHeartMedia, WRKO is a Class B AM station that provides secondary coverage to portions of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine during the day, but is highly directional…

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Owner
iHeartMedia · (iHM Licenses, LLC)
Affiliations
24/7 News · Fox News Radio · Compass Media Networks · Premiere Networks · Total Traffic and Weather Network
Branding
WRKO AM 680
Broadcast area
New England
Call sign meaning
former owner RKO General
Class
B

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WRKO

Nodes139
Edges138
Triples146
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014388
Components1

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WRKO

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related to Top 40 era · 32
WRKO → AM, Bob Henabery, Bobby Mitchell, Boston's, Chuck Knapp, Dale Dorman, For, Frank Kingston Smith, Harry Nelson, Jeffrey, Joel Cash, Johnny Dark, Known, March, Mel Phillips, On October, Owing, PD, RKO General, Scotty Brink
related to Talk era · 28
WRKO → After, As, But, David Brudnoy, Dick Syatt, Dr, FCC, Gencorp, Gene Burns, General Tire, Guy Mainella, Harry Sobel, In, Jerry Williams, May, New England Television Corporation, Norm Nathan, Paul Parent, RKO General, RKO Radio Network
related to Programming · 24
WRKO → America's First News, Bill Cunningham, Carr's, Coast, Coast AM, Compass Media Networks, Conservative, George Noory, Gil Gross, Gordon Deal, Gun Talk, Howie Carr, Improvement Radio Show, Jeff Kuhner, Jesse Kelly, Joe Pags, New England, Newsmax TV, Paranormal/conspiracy, Premiere Networks
related to iHeart era · 22
WRKO → CBS, CBS Radio, December, Entercom, Entercom Divestiture Trust, FCC, HD-2, July, Medford, November, Ocean Stations Trust, October, On February, The, Until WKOX's, WBZ, WBZ-FM, With, WKAF, WKOX
Sister stations · 7
WRKO → WBWL, WBZ, WJMN, WXKS, WXKS-FM, WZLX, WZRM
related to External links · 7
WRKO → Facility ID, FCC History Cards, FCC Licensing, Federal Communications Commission, Management SystemWRKO, Nielsen Audio's AM, Official
Affiliations · 5
WRKO → 24/7 News, Compass Media Networks, Fox News Radio, Premiere Networks, Total Traffic and Weather Network
Former call signs · 2
WRKO → WLAW (1937–1953), WNAC (1953–1967)
Owner · 2
WRKO → (iHM Licenses, LLC), iHeartMedia
Public license information · 2
WRKO → LMS, Public file

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station radio talk boston format new general wnac stations top 40 fcc news wlaw morning rko syndicated wbz would moved

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
WRKOAffiliations24/7 News1.00infobox
WRKOAffiliationsFox News Radio1.00infobox
WRKOAffiliationsCompass Media Networks1.00infobox
WRKOAffiliationsPremiere Networks1.00infobox
WRKOAffiliationsTotal Traffic and Weather Network1.00infobox
WRKOBrandingWRKO AM 6801.00infobox
WRKOBroadcast areaNew England1.00infobox
WRKOCall sign meaningformer owner RKO General1.00infobox
WRKOClassB1.00infobox
WRKOFacility ID19021.00infobox
WRKOFirst air dateDecember 19, 1937 (1937-12-19)1.00infobox
WRKOFormatNews/talk1.00infobox
WRKOFormer call signsWLAW (1937–1953)1.00infobox
WRKOFormer call signsWNAC (1953–1967)1.00infobox
WRKOFrequency680 kHz1.00infobox
WRKOLicensing authorityFCC1.00infobox
WRKOOwneriHeartMedia1.00infobox
WRKOOwner(iHM Licenses, LLC)1.00infobox
WRKOPower50,000 watts1.00infobox
WRKOPublic license informationPublic file1.00infobox
WRKOPublic license informationLMS1.00infobox
WRKORepeater100.7 WZLX-HD2 (Boston)1.00infobox
WRKOSister stationsWBWL1.00infobox
WRKOSister stationsWBZ1.00infobox
WRKOSister stationsWJMN1.00infobox
WRKOSister stationsWXKS1.00infobox
WRKOSister stationsWXKS-FM1.00infobox
WRKOSister stationsWZLX1.00infobox
WRKOSister stationsWZRM1.00infobox
WRKOTransmitter coordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox

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