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WRKO (680 AM) is a commercial news/talk radio station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, serving Greater Boston and much of surrounding New England.Owned by iHeartMedia, WRKO is a Class B AM station that provides secondary coverage to portions of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine during the day, but is highly directional at night to protect a number of clear ...
The Howie Carr Show is an American radio talk-show presented by journalist and author Howie Carr.Its flagship station is WRKO 680 in Boston, Massachusetts, on which the show airs every weekday between 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. PM.
Howard Louis Carr Jr. (born January 17, 1952) is an American conservative radio talk-show host, political author, news reporter and award-winning writer. He hosts The Howie Carr Show originating from his studios in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and broadcast on weekdays on WRKO in Boston as well as to an audience based in New England, in addition to writing three columns a week for the Boston Herald.
In 2012, he began hosting his own show on WRKO, still called The Kuhner Report. Initially, he had two disconnected morning hours; [ 15 ] in October 2012, the show moved to the 6 to 10 am time slot, [ 16 ] in July 2015, the show moved to the midday slot (noon to 3 pm) as WRKO stopped carrying Rush Limbaugh , [ 17 ] and on 26 November 2018, the ...
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 680 kHz: [1] 680 AM is a North American clear-channel frequency. [2] KNBR and KBRW share Class A status on 680 kHz. WRKO, WPTF, CJOB and CFTR also broadcast on 680 kHz, with 50,000 watts at all times, but are class B.
Jeffrey hosted WRKO's weekly "Now 30" (later called "Big 30") countdowns on Thursdays and was famous for his high-energy style and catch-phrases such as, "This is J.J. Jeffrey, whippin' my great, Greek-god-like body into a frenzy for ya." He left Boston on October 31, 1969, and became the afternoon drive DJ for Top 40 station WFIL in Philadelphia.
At WRKO, he worked the early evening (6–9 p.m.) shift during the station's peak in popularity. In the spring of 1970, he moved to Southern California to another Drake outlet, KHJ , as one of the last true "Boss Jocks", where his big baritone and energetic enthusiasm soon gained a following.
Jerry Williams (September 24, 1923 – April 29, 2003) was an American radio host, one of the originators of the talk radio format. [4]His radio career spanned more than 50 years, starting in 1946 at WCYB in Bristol, Virginia (near the Tennessee border), followed by a stint at WIBG in Philadelphia.