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City of license | New York City |
Broadcast area | New York metropolitan area |
Branding | WOR Radio 710 AM |
Slogan | New York's Only Live and Local News and Conversation |
Frequency | 710 kHz(also on HD Radio) |
First air date | February 22, 1922 |
Format |News/Talk |
Language(s) | English |
Power | 50,000 watts |
Class | A (clear channel) |
Facility ID | 7710 |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°47′51″N 74°5′24″WCoordinates: Click the blue globe to open an interactive map.40°47′51″N 74°5′24″W |
Callsign meaning | None; sequentially assigned |
Owner | Clear Channel Communications
(WOR, LLC) |
Sister stations | WAXQ, WHTZ, WKTU, WLTW,WWPR-FM|
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wor710.com |
WOR is a class A (nighttime clear-channel station), AM radio station located in New York, New York, U.S., operating on 710 kHz. The station has atalk format and is owned by Clear Channel Communications. WOR is one of the flagship stations of the Coast to Coast AM program and broadcasts the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football and basketball games.Its call letters have no meaning, being sequentially assigned. They had previously been authorized for use by the ship SS California, owned by the Orient Lines.
Contents  [hide]  * 1 History * 2 Current weekday program schedule * 3 WOR Radio Network * 4 Noted WOR talk radio personalities, past and present * 5 References * 6 External links |-------------------------------------------------
[edit]History
WOR began broadcasting on February 22, 1922, using a 500-watt transmitter on 833 kHz from Bamberger's Department Store in Newark, New Jersey. Louis Bamberger's sale of radio sets to consumers explained their affiliation with the station. The WOR call sign was reissued from the U.S.maritime radio service. The station initially operated limited hours, sharing time with twoother stations, WDT-AM and WJY-AM, which also operated on 833 kHz. WOR changed frequency to 740 kHz in June 1923 and shared time with WJY until July 1926, when WJY closed and WOR received full use of the frequency. In December 1924, WOR acquired a studio in Manhattan. On June 17, 1927, WOR moved to 710 AM, the channel it currently occupies. Later in 1926, WOR moved from its New York City studio onthe 9th floor of Chickering Hall at 27 West 57th Street to 1440 Broadway, two blocks from Times Square.
WOR was first a charter member of the CBS Radio Network, being one of the 16 stations that aired the first CBS network program on September 18, 1927.[1] In partnership with Chicago radio station WGN and Cincinnati radio station WLW, WOR formed the Mutual Broadcasting System in 1934 and becameits New York flagship station. Mutual was one of the "Big Four" national radio networks in the United States during the 1930s – 1980s. In 1941, the station changed its city of license from Newark to New York City. However, for all intents and purposes it had been a New York City station since it signed on, and had actually moved its studios across the Hudson two years after signing on.
In 1957,WOR ended its relationship with Mutual and became an independent station and Mutual's New York outlet became WAAT in Newark for a brief period, but WOR continued to carry Mutual's "Top of the News" with Fulton Lewis for 15 minutes each evening Monday to Friday at 7:00 p.m. for several more years after it had briefly shifted to WMGM (WHN) where the program, from WOL Mutual in Washington, had debutedin New York City in the 1930s.
In 1949, WOR started a sister TV station, WOR-TV, on channel 9. This station became WWOR-TV after it and WOR were sold to separate companies in 1987.
From the 1930s to the early 1980s, WOR was a free-flowing full-service station. There was an emphasis on news reports and talk programs, but music was played also, usually a blend of pop standards and adult...