WLW Tower

WLW (700 AM) is a commercial news/talk radio station licensed to Cincinnati, Ohio. Owned by iHeartMedia, WLW is a clear-channel station, often identifying itself as "The Big One". Its studios are located in Sycamore Township (with a Cincinnati address). WLW is a primary entry point station in the Emergency Alert System for Southwest Ohio, Kentucky and Eastern Indiana. Besides its main analog transmission, WLW is simulcast over low-power translator W233BG (94.5 FM) and on a digital subchannel of WKFS, and available online via iHeartRadio. WLW operates with 50,000 watts around the clock. The transmitter site in nearby Mason features a distinctive diamond-shaped Blaw-Knox tower. Its daytime signal provides at least secondary coverage to almost all of Ohio and Indiana, and much of central Kentucky. WLW is heard at city-grade strength as far as Indianapolis, Indiana; Lexington, Kentucky; and Columbus, Ohio, with secondary coverage as far as Louisville and the outer suburbs of Cleveland and Detroit. At night, with a good radio, it can be heard in much of North America. Launched by industrialist Powel Crosley Jr., WLW became the flagship station of the Crosley Broadcasting Corporation, later a part of Avco. One of four charter affiliates of the Mutual Broadcasting System, WLW holds the distinction of being the only AM radio station authorized by the Federal Communications Commission (

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