metro boston branding talk 1430 slogan boston s talk station frequency 1430 khz also on hd radio first air date january 20 1952 as whil format talk sports power 5 000 watts daytime 1 000 watts nighttime class b facility id 53964 transmitter coordinates 42 24 11.0 n 71 4 29.0 w 42.403056 n 71.074722 w 42.403056 ; 71.074722 wkox former callsigns whil 1952 1974 wwel 1974 1979 wxks 1979 2010 affiliations premiere radio networks westwood one theblaze network fox news radio fox sports radio owner iheartmedia amfm radio licenses l.l.c. sister stations wbwl wjmn wxks wxks fm webcast listen live website talk1430.com wkox 1430 khz talk 1430 is a commercial am radio station owned by iheartmedia . it broadcasts a conservative talk radio format with some hours devoted to sports radio . the station is licensed to everett massachusetts and targets boston and its suburbs . it broadcasts from radio studios in medford . the transmitter site is also in medford at a separate location . the station currently airs all nationally syndicated programming on weekdays with no locally based shows . contents 1 programming 2 history 2.1 talk 1430 3 hd radio 4 references 5 external links programming edit wkox carries fox sports radio glenn beck rush limbaugh sean hannity meghan mccain mark levin and jason lewis . while conservative talk shows are on the air national news from fox news radio is heard at the beginning of each hour . history edit the station signed on january 20 1952 1 as whil a daytime only station based in medford massachusetts . after an attempt to program pop music the station flipped to country music in the 1960s and added an fm station whil fm 107.9 which simulcast the am during the day and continued with similar programming at night . in 1972 the fm was changed from whil fm to wwel fm and both stations switched to a format of instrumental versions of pop hits and show tunes known as beautiful music with the stations simulcast most of the day . a couple of years later whil became wwel to match the fm station s call sign . in early 1979 after the stations were sold the call letters were changed to wxks and wxks fm with the ks in the call letters representing the word kiss . both stations launched a disco format mostly but not completely simulcast with the fm kiss 108 soon becoming one of boston s most popular radio stations although the am had very few listeners . the fm side eventually made a very successful transition from disco to mainstream top 40 ; by that time however the am no longer had the same format as the fm . from december 1979 until late 2004 wxks was an adult standards format station which at first carried the music of your life format with the music played by local personalities . for a time in the 1980s wxks became quite successful especially among older listeners in spite of its daytime status . later wxks went to 24 hours a day operation and broadcast programming from both the music of your life and am only america s best music satellite networks along with a local morning show during the early 2000s . in late 2004 wxks made a format change to liberal talk for the most part carrying programming from the air america radio network . since the wxks nighttime signal is very directional sister station 1200 wkox in framingham massachusetts also broadcast the same programming . at noon on december 21 2006 the stations dropped the progressive talk format in favor of a spanish tropical format called rumba . mia 1430 a spanish top 40 format aired on am 1430 from 2010 15 . on september 4 2009 wxks split from the simulcast with wkox and flipped to spanish language top 40 branded mia 1430 using the format from premium choice . the two stations then swapped call letters on march 1 2010 as part of 1200 am s transition to a conservative talk format . talk 1430 edit the conservative talk format that had been on wxks reappeared on 1430 wkox in 2015 . wxks had given up the format by this point and the two stations that had bought the programming that had been on wxks 680 wrko the rush limbaugh show and 1510 wmex the sean hannity show and the glenn beck radio program discontinued the shows in two separate moves in 2015 . 2 wkox confirmed the news on june 25 2015 with the station opting for the premiere networks conservative talk lineup plus a tape delayed broadcast of westwood one s the mark levin show also included in the schedule from 9 a.m. to midnight and fox sports radio from 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. on weekdays . hd radio edit wkox is currently broadcasting on hd iboc radio . references edit broadcasting yearbook 1981 pdf . 1981 . p. c 111 . retrieved march 3 2010 . fybush scott june 15 2015 . boston s talk mess shakes out . northeast radio watch . retrieved june 15 2015 . external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for wkox radio locator information on wkox query nielsen audio s am station database for wkox v t e radio stations in boston including eastern massachusetts by am frequency 590 650 680 740 800 850 890 950 9802 10301 10602 1090 1120 1150 1200 12302 1260 1300 1330 1360 13902 1410 1430 14602 3 1470 14902 1510 1550 15702 1600 by fm frequency 88.1 88.9 89.7 90.3 90.9 91.5 91.5 91.52 91.5 91.7 91.9 92.52 92.9 93.7 94.5 95.3 95.92 96.9 97.7 98.5 99.12 99.5 99.9 100.1 100.7 101.7 102.5 103.3 104.1 104.52 104.92 104.9 105.7 106.7 107.32 107.9 via fm subcarrier 67 khz radio maria estados unidos spanish talking information center radio reading service tnt radio boston vietnamese 92 khz radio voie du salut haitian creole english religion by noaa weather radio frequency 162.425 162.475 digital radio by frequency & subchannel 1030 1430 88.9 1 89.7 1 89.7 2 89.7 3 90.9 1 92.9 1 92.9 2 94.5 1 94.5 2 96.9 1 96.9 2 97.7 1 97.7 2 97.7 3 98.5 1 98.5 2 98.5 3 100.7 1 100.7 2 100.7 3 102.5 1 103.3 1 104.1 1 104.1 2 104.1 3 104.1 4 105.7 1 106.7 1 106.7 2 107.3 1 107.3 2 107.3 3 107.9 1 107.9 2 by callsign khb35 waaf2 wamg watd2 watd fm2 wazn wbix wbmx wbnw2 wboq2 wbos wbqt wbrs wbur fm wbwl wbz wbz fm wcap2 wcec2 wcrb weei weei fm wers wesx2 weze wgbh whhb whrb wild wjda wjib wjmn wkaf wklb fm wkox wlyn wmbr wmex wmfo wmjx wmln fm wmvx2 wmwm wng574 wntn wods wplm2 wplm fm2 wqom wrbb wrca wrko wrol wror fm wsro wumb fm wuml2 wunr wwdj wxks wxks fm wxlo2 wxrv wzbc wzbr wzlx wzly internet stations wbcn radiobdc defunct stations wdis wfnx wgi warc massachusetts radio markets boston cape cod new bedford fall river springfield worcester other massachusetts radio regions pittsfield see also list of radio stations in massachusetts manchester radio 1 clear channel stations with extended nighttime coverage . 2 a station from a neighboring market that serves boston and area and is considered a boston station by nielsen radio . 3 station is silent . v t e iheartmedia corporate officers bob pittman chairman ceo board of directors lowry mays irving azoff b. j. red mccombs j. c. watts john h. williams radio stations list of radio stations owned by iheartmedia 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