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| Broadcast area | Nashville metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 1510 kHz (Clear Channel) |
| Branding | Talkradio 98.3 and 1510 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WNRQ, WRVW, WSIX-FM, WUBT | |
| History | |
First air date | November 24, 1926 |
Former frequencies |
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Call sign meaning | Life And Casualty Insurance Company |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 34391 |
| Class | A |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°16′19″N 86°45′28″W / 36.27194°N 86.75778°W |
| Translator(s) | 98.3 W252CM (Nashville, relays WSIX-HD2) |
| Repeater(s) | 97.9 WSIX-HD2 (Nashville) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wlac |
WLAC (1510 AM) is a commercial radio station in Nashville, Tennessee. Owned by iHeartMedia, it broadcasts a talk radio format. The studios are in Nashville's Music Row district. It identifies itself as "TalkRadio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC" using the dial position of its FM translator at 98.3 MHz, as well as its AM frequency.
WLAC operates around the clock at 50,000 watts, the highest power authorized for AM stations in the United States. It is one of two clear-channel stations in Tennessee, the other being WSM, also in Nashville. A single tower radiates the transmitter's full power during the day to most of Middle Tennessee. At night, it uses a directional pattern that limits its signal toward the west to originally protect KGA in Spokane (which has since downgraded its night signal) and to the northeast to protect WMEX in Boston. Even with these restrictions, it can be heard across much of the eastern and central North America with a good radio. It has a three-tower array in the city's Northside neighborhood.[2] WLAC broadcasts an HD Radio signal utilizing the in-band on-channel standard.[3] Programming is simulcast over a digital subchannel of 97.9 WSIX-FM and on FM translator W252CM at 98.3 FM.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLAC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "AM Query Results". transition.fcc.gov. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
- ^ "Station Guide - WLAC". hdradio.com. Retrieved August 27, 2019.