WTVN
WTVN is a full-service AM radio station in Columbus, Ohio located at 610kHz. It has news, talk, and sports programs. The station operates as "NewsRadio 610 WTVN". It is the dominant AM station in the Columbus market and is consistently rated either #1 or #2 (to WNCI's #1) by Arbitron. Although WTVN only uses 5kW of power during the day, the station can be heard as far away as Indianapolis,
Fort Wayne, and Cleveland. At night, the signal is much more limited and can be difficult to receive
even within Columbus. There were plans to improve WTVN's signal by adding a new antenna array and increasing power to 50kW, but these plans fell through when zoning problems could not be resolved. Ultimately, WTVN tried to claim the right to build new towers as a "public utility" but lost in court on May 12 2002. WTVN is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications. At one time, when WTVN still aired music programming, the station broadcast using C-QUAM AM Stereo. The stereo equipment was installed in 1988 but it wasn't until 1992 that the station operated in full stereo. Stereo transmissions ended many years ago. The former WTVN-TV now operates as WSYX. The former WTVN-FM now operates as WLVQ. Neither is owned by Clear Channel. WTVN once operated as WAIU, which stood for A)merican I)nsurance U)nion. American Insurance Union owned the AIU Building (now the LeVeque Tower) in Columbus, which at the time was the tallest building in the city, with various radio facilities located at the top of the skyscraper.
Programming Current weekday programming on WTVN includes: WTVN aired Dr. Laura beginning in 1994, but she was replaced with Glenn Beck shortly after 9/11.
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