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Overview
WHCU is a talk radio station on 870 AM, licensed to Ithaca, New York. On air it goes by “News-Talk 97.7 & 870.” It began broadcasting in 1922.
At a glance
- Call sign
- WHCU
- Frequency
- 870 AM
- Format
- Talk radio
- On-air name
- News-Talk 97.7 & 870
- City of license
- Ithaca, NY
- Market
- Syracuse, NY
- Licensee
- Saga Communications of New England, LLC
- Power
- 5,000 watts day; 1,000 watts night
- Station class
- B
- First on air
- 1922
- FCC facility ID
- 18048
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Wikipedia
- Read the article
Network programming comes from ABC News Radio, Compass Media Networks, Premiere Networks and Westwood One. Saga Communications of New England, LLC holds the station’s FCC license.
Ithaca is in the Syracuse, NY market, where local newspapers include Cornell Chronicle and Ithaca Times. Its sister stations are WFIZ, WIII, WNYY, WQNY and WYXL.
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WHCU at a glance
- Frequency
- 870 AM
- On air as
- News-Talk 97.7 & 870
- Format
- Talk radio
- Licensed to
- Ithaca, NY
- Market
- Syracuse, NY
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