WTRC

WTRC
City Niles, Michigan
Broadcast area South Bend, Indiana
Branding AM: Truth Radio 1340
FM: News Talk 95.3 MNC
Slogan Michiana's News Channel
Frequency AM: 1340 kHz
FM: 95.3 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Format News/Talk
Power AM: 1,000 watts unlimited
ERP FM: 5,500 watts
HAAT FM: 84 meters
Class AM: C
FM: A
Facility ID AM: 51728
FM: 48911
Transmitter coordinates AM: 41°40′28.00″N 85°56′51.00″W / 41.6744444°N 85.9475000°W / 41.6744444; -85.9475000
FM: 41°44′16.00″N 86°15′10.00″W / 41.7377778°N 86.2527778°W / 41.7377778; -86.2527778 (WTRC-FM)
Callsign meaning Truth Radio Corporation
Former callsigns FM: WAOR, WNIL-FM
Affiliations Fox News Radio, Regional Radio Sports Network
Owner Federated Media
(Pathfinder Communications Corporation)
Sister stations WAOR, WBYT, WNIL, WRBR-FM
Webcast AM: Listen Live
FM: Listen Live
Website AM: truthradio1340.com
FM: michiananewschannel.com
For the Washington D.C. station, see WFED and WTOP-FM.

WTRC (1340 AM; "Truth Radio 1340") and WTRC-FM (95.3 FM; "News Talk 95.3 MNC") are radio stations broadcasting a news/talk format. WTRC broadcasts from Elkhart, Indiana, and WTRC-FM broadcasts from Niles, Michigan. WTRC is owned by Federated Media. The two stations offer separate morning programs (with WTRC focusing on Elkhart and WTRC-FM focusing on South Bend; they jointly broadcast syndicated programming, including Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.[1] WTRC is also a Fox News Radio affiliate.[2] In programming and on-air presentation, the stations take closely after Federated's news/talk station in Fort Wayne, WOWO.

WTRC-FM is licensed by the FCC to broadcast in the HD Radio digital hybrid format.[3][4]

History

Prior to switching to a news/talk format on May 10, 2010, WTRC briefly aired an oldies/classic rock format as "Hippie Radio 1340", and featured programing from Citadel Media and Dial Global. Before becoming "Hippie Radio 1340" in August 2009, WTRC had a similar news/talk format as "News Radio 1340".[5] On May 5, 2014, WTRC split from the simulcast of WTRC-FM and returned to focusing on Elkhart through a partnership with sister newspaper The Elkhart Truth (from which the "Truth Radio 1340" branding is derived), including a separate morning show; the two stations continue to jointly broadcast most other programming.[1]

Before adopting the current format 95.3 FM had a classic rock format as WAOR. Following the change in formats WAOR moved, along with the classic rock format, up the dial to 95.7 FM.[6] 95.3 first began broadcasting as WNIL-FM.[7] The station also simulcasts Penn High School football from the Regional Radio Sports Network.

References

  1. 1 2 King, Marshall V. (April 29, 2014). "Coming soon: Truth Radio 1340 is launching on Monday". The Elkhart Truth. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  2. ↑ Meenan, Jim (April 14, 2010). "Michiana radio stations to see talk shows, program formats shifting". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
  3. ↑ http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=48911
  4. ↑ <iframe name="HDRadioStations588" scrolling="no" src="http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?realid=588&utm_source=Station%2BGuide%2BIncludes&utm_term=&utm_medium=Widget&utm_campaign=Station%2BGuides" height="530" width="401" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0"></iframe>
  5. ↑ WTRC tunes in to music ETruth.com August 15, 2009. Accessed May 14, 2010
  6. ↑ Local radio to see changes Meenan, Jim. South Bend Tribune. April 15, 2010. Accessed May 14, 2010
  7. ↑ FM-DX QSL/Veries Accessed May 14, 2010


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