WKAZ (AM)
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WKAZ (AM)
| City | Charleston, West Virginia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Charleston, West Virginia Kanawha County, West Virginia |
| Branding | "WCHS News Network" |
| Frequency | 680 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 95.3 MHz (W237AZ) |
| First air date | 1946 |
| Format | Business News |
| Power | 10,000 Watts daytime 221 Watts nighttime |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 71662 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°19′7.0″N 81°32′28.0″W [6] |
| Former callsigns | WCAW (?-2006) |
| Affiliations | West Virginia MetroNews |
| Owner | West Virginia Radio Corporation (West Virginia Radio Corporation of Charleston) |
| Sister stations | WCHS, WKAZ-FM, WKWS, WRVZ, WSWW, WVAF |
| Website | 58wchs website [7] |
WKAZ is a Business News formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, serving Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia. WKAZ is owned and operated by West Virginia Radio Corporation.
| City | Charleston, West Virginia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Charleston, West Virginia Kanawha County, West Virginia |
| Branding | "WCHS News Network" |
| Frequency | 680 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 95.3 MHz (W237AZ) |
| First air date | 1946 |
| Format | Business News |
| Power | 10,000 Watts daytime 221 Watts nighttime |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 71662 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°19′7.0″N 81°32′28.0″W [6] |
| Former callsigns | WCAW (?-2006) |
| Affiliations | West Virginia MetroNews |
| Owner | West Virginia Radio Corporation (West Virginia Radio Corporation of Charleston) |
| Sister stations | WCHS, WKAZ-FM, WKWS, WRVZ, WSWW, WVAF |
| Website | 58wchs website [7] |
History
Originally WCAW, the station was the top-rated "top 40" station in the market during most of the early 1960s. Its main competition within the format at that time was WGKV and WKAZ. The primary rating battle was between WCAW and WCHS. WCAW was bought by The West Virginia Radio Corporation in 1993, along with WVAF. At various times broadcasting country and American standards formats, the station was formerly a gospel station until sister station WKAZ-FM became Jack FM in 2006, at which point the oldies format was moved to WKAZ. In addition to its primary AM frequency, WKAZ-AM simulcasts on 95.3 FM (not to be confused with its aforementioned sister station WKAZ-FM, which does not share the Oldies format and broadcasts on 107.3 FM).
The format of WKAZ changed from Oldies to Business News on February 13, 2017.[1]