WKKX

WKKX is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Wheeling, West Virginia, United States, serving Wheeling in West Virginia and St. Clairsville in Ohio. WKKX is owned and operated by RCK 1 Group, LLC.

WKKX

Wheeling, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Wheeling, West Virginia St. Clairsville, Ohio
Frequency	1600 kHz
Branding	AM 1600 WKKX
Programming
Format	News/Talk/Sports
Affiliations	Cleveland Browns Radio Network Fox Sports Radio
Ownership
Owner	RCK 1 Group, LLC
Sister stations	WVLY
History
First air date	1963
Former call signs	WUNI WZMM WOHZ
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	72172
Class	D
Power	5,000 Watts daytime 33 Watts nighttime
Transmitter coordinates	40°5′26.0″N 80°42′11.0″W
Translator(s)	W251CY (98.1 MHz, Wheeling)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	WKKX Webstream
Website	WKKX Online

Programming

WKKX is a locally owned station that features local news talk. Notable hosts are Howard Monroe, Steve Novotney, and Bill DiFabio.

In 2009, the long-running Jamboree radio program moved from its longtime home of WWVA, where it had aired from 1933 until its cancellation in the mid-2000s, to WKKX. The Jamboree is the third-longest-running radio program in the US behind the Grand Ole Opry and Music and the Spoken Word.^[2] The Jamboree moved to WWOV-LP no later than 2016.

Daily programming is simulcast on both AM 1600 WKKX and AM 1370 WVLY between 6am-10am and 2pm-6pm.

WKKX is an affiliate of SB Nation, carrying its programming overnight.

Translator

Broadcast translator for WKKX

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	HAAT	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info
W251CY	98.1 FM	Wheeling, West Virginia	200384	43	114 m (374 ft)	D	40°5′25.3″N 80°42′8″W	LMS