WCHI (AM)

WCHI (1350 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a soft AC format. Licensed to Chillicothe, Ohio, United States. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc..

WCHI
CityChillicothe, Ohio
Broadcast areaChillicothe
Washington Court House
Wilmington
Hillsboro
Frequency1350 kHz (HD Radio)
BrandingEasy 1350
SloganChillicothe's Easy Listening Station
Programming
FormatSoft adult contemporary
AffiliationsCleveland Cavaliers Radio Network
Ownership
OwneriHeartMedia, Inc.
(iHM Licenses, LLC)
WBEX, WCHO, WCHO-FM WKKJ, WQLX, WSRW
History
First air date
October 1, 1951 (1951-10-01)
Call sign meaning
CHIllicothe
Technical information
Facility ID74225
ClassD
Power1,000 watts day
28 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
39°19′16.00″N 82°57′9.00″W
Links
WebcastListen live (via iHeartRadio)
Websiteeasy1350.iheart.com

History

The call letters WCHI originally belonged to a radio station in the Chicago, Illinois, area. On October 30, 1931, that station was ordered to go off the air.[1]

On November 12, 2012 WCHI changed their format from oldies to comedy.[2]

On June 4, 2014 WCHI changed their format to soft AC, branded as "EZ 1350".[3]

References

  1. "Six More Stations Ordered Silenced" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 1, 1931. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  2. Clear Channel Shuffles Formats in Chillicothe
  3. WCHI Drops Comedy


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