WCLO

WCLO

City	Janesville, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Janesville
Branding	Newsradio 1230
Slogan	News - Talk - Sports
Frequency	1230 kHz
First air date	1925
Format	News Talk Information
Power	1,000 watts unlimited
Class	C
Facility ID	61390
Transmitter coordinates	42°39′35.00″N 89°2′32.00″W / 42.6597222°N 89.0422222°W / 42.6597222; -89.0422222
Callsign meaning	Camp Lake Oaks, a subdivision in Camp Lake, Wisconsin
Affiliations	CBS Radio, Premiere Radio Network, Westwood One
Owner	Southern Wisconsin Broadcasting, LLC.
Website	wclo.com

WCLO (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Janesville, Wisconsin, USA, the station serves the Janesville area. The station is currently owned by Southern Wisconsin Broadcasting, LLC. and features programming from CBS Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and Westwood One.^[1]

History

WCLO was originally licensed in 1925 to broadcast at Camp Lake, west of Kenosha. Its owner at that time was a real estate development company with a project called Camp Lake Oaks, from which came the call letters assigned by the Federal Radio Commission to the small 50-watt station. After three years of operating at Camp Lake, WCLO was moved by its licensees to Kenosha. In 1929, a group of Kenosha businessmen organized the WCLO Radio Corp., acquiring the rights to the station and receiving permission to increase its power to 100 watts. The WCLO Radio Corp. operated the station in Kenosha for a year.

On February 25, 1930, an agreement was reached transferring WCLO's license and equipment to Harry H. Bliss of Janesville. His son, Sidney H. Bliss, became president and general manager of the new venture. Studios were constructed on the third floor of The Gazette Building in Janesville. The station began broadcasting on August 1, 1930. Wisconsin Governor Walter Kohler headed the list of guest speakers on the inaugural program. Broadcasts from The Gazette building studios were supplemented by remote control broadcasts that reached listeners throughout southern Wisconsin.

WCLO's first transmitting station had twin towers on County Highway A, four miles east of Janesville.

For the first 11 years of its life, the station operated as a daytime station, signing on at local sunrise and signing off at sunset.

Past Personalities

Pat Alan, newscaster (1945-1946)^[2]

References

↑ "WCLO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ Sies, Luther F. (2014). Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition, Volume 1. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-5149-4. P. 15.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WCLO

Radio-Locator Information on WCLO

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WCLO

Radio stations in the Rock County/Jefferson County area

AM	940 1230 1380 1490

FM	90.3 91.7 92.3 94.1 99.9 100.7 103.3 104.5 105.9 106.5 107.3

Call sign	W222AU W262BR W277AC WBCR-FM WBEL WCLO WFAW WGEZ WJJO WJVL WKCH WSJY WSLD WSUW WWHG WWG90

Weather	162.425

Nearby radio markets Madison Milwaukee–Racine Dubuque Chicago Rockford See also List of radio stations in Wisconsin

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Wisconsin

Stations	KFIZ – Fond du Lac WBEV – Beaver Dam WCLO – Janesville WFAW – Fort Atkinson WFHR – Wisconsin Rapids WHBL – Sheboygan WHBY – Kimberly WIBA – Madison WISN – Milwaukee WIZM – La Crosse WMEQ – Menomonie WOGO – Hallie WOSH – Oshkosh WRJN – Racine WSAU – Wausau WSAU-FM – Rudolph WTAQ – Green Bay WTAQ-FM – Glenmore WTMJ – Milwaukee WXCE – Amery WXXM – Sun Prairie

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Wisconsin

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