WTKS (AM)
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| City | Savannah, Georgia |
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| Branding | NewsRadio 97.7/1290 AM WTKS |
| Slogan | Savannah's News Talk Station |
| Frequency | 1290 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 97.7 FM (W249BS): Savannah |
| First air date | October 1929 |
| Format | Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts (unlimited) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 8589 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°05′26″N 81°08′55″W / 32.09056°N 81.14861°W |
| Former callsigns | WTOC (1929-1979) WWSA (1979-1987) WCHY (1987-2002) |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio, Premiere Radio Networks |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC) |
| Sister stations | WSOK, WAEV, WQBT, WYKZ, WLVH |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | newsradio1290wtks.com |
WTKS (1290 AM, "NewsRadio 1290") is a radio station licensed to serve Savannah, Georgia. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and licensed to Capstar TX Limited Partnership. It airs a talk radio format. The station was assigned the WTKS call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on January 25, 2002. Its transmitter is located behind WTKS's studios in Garden City, Georgia (with a Savannah address).
Notable WTKS programming features syndicated personalities such as Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Dave Ramsey, Michael Savage, and Rusty Humphries. Other notable weekday shows include the syndicated "Coast to Coast AM" with George Noory and the local "Savannah's News Now" with WTKS news director Bill Edwards.
In October 1929, WTOC signed on as the first broadcasting station in the Savannah area. It was an enterprise of the civic group Junior Board of Trade that was the forerunner of the Savannah Jaycees. It was later purchased by William Knight, Jr., who eventually added an FM station in 1946.
On February 14, 1954, Knight took a great financial risk and established WTOC-TV as the first television station in the Savannah area. WTOC-AM-FM had long been the area's CBS Radio affiliate, so WTOC-TV joined CBS and has been with the network ever since.
WTOC was the first station in Savannah, on 1260 kc. with 500 watts day and night, omnidirectional. Later, they increased to 1,000 watts daytime, finally settling on 5,000 watts day and 1,000 watts at night. The NARBA nationwide frequency shift in 1941, moved them to 1290 kc. Shortly thereafter, they built their four tower array in Garden City, and increased to 5,000 watts at night (directional).
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