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WSRW (AM)

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Slogan
  
Hillsboro's Very Own

Class
  
D

City of license
  
Hillsboro

Owner
  
iHeartMedia Inc

First air date
  
July 17, 1956

Frequency
  
1590 kHz

Format
  
Country music

Branding
  
Buckeye Country 105.5

WSRW (AM)

Broadcast area
  
Hillsboro Wilmington Chillicothe Washington Court House

Translator(s)
  
101.5 W268CC (Hillsboro)

Power
  
500 watts day 25 watts night

Area
  
Hillsboro, Washington Court House, Chillicothe, Wilmington

Sister stations
  
WCHO-FM, WCHO, WBEX, WKKJ, WQLX, WCHI

WSRW (1590 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Hillsboro, Ohio, United States, WSRW is branded as "WSRW 101.5," utilizing the frequency of their FM translator, W268CC (101.5 FM), also licensed to Hillsboro. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and features programming from their Premium Choice network and Premiere Radio Networks.

Prior to December 26, 2015, WSRW operated as a full-time simulcast of WCHO-FM as "Buckeye Country 105.5."

Willard Parr - then a sergeant with the Hillsboro police department - joined WSRW as it was still being built in January 1956, and was the first voice heard as the station began broadcasting that July 17. Parr has remained with WSRW throughout its' entire existence, and is still heard on the station every weekday morning.

Cleveland-area radio broadcaster Chuck Collier, a Hillsboro native, began his broadcast career at WSRW. Collier later voice-tracked for WSRW's previous classic country format before his death in October 2011.

References

WSRW (AM) Wikipedia