WBEX

WBEX (1490 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a Talk and Sports radio format. It is licensed to Chillicothe, Ohio, and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.^[2]

WBEX

Chillicothe, Ohio
Broadcast area	Ross County
Frequency	1490 kHz
Branding	Newsradio 92.7 WBEX
Programming
Format	Talk radio Sports radio
Affiliations	Fox News Radio Fox Sports Radio Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (iHM Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WCHI, WCHO, WCHO-FM, WKKJ, WQLX, WSRW
History
First air date	September 15, 1947 (77 years ago) (1947-09-15)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	52041
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts (unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates	39°19′52″N 82°59′49″W
Translator(s)	92.7 W224BR (Chillicothe)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
Website	wbex.iheart.com

WBEX is a Class C radio station. It is powered at 1,000 watts non-directonal. Programming is also heard on FM translator W224BR at 92.7 MHz in Chillicothe.

Programming

In the daytime and overnight, WBEX has a talk radio format. But in the evening and on weekends it switches to sports programming. Weekdays begin with This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal. That's followed by The Glenn Beck Radio Program, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show and The Sean Hannity Show. Overnight, the station carries Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. Most hours begin with an update from Fox News Radio.

From 6 p.m. to 1 a.m., WBEX switches to sports shows from Fox Sports Radio.

History

The station signed on the air on September 15, 1947; 77 years ago (1947-09-15).

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