. for the wheelchair rugby championship see world wheelchair rugby championships . for the tv channel see wrc tv . wwrc city washington d.c. broadcast area metro washington branding 1260 the answer slogan news . intelligent talk . insight . frequency 1260 khz repeater s 1250 wrcw warrenton va first air date november 11 1928 format news talk power 25 000 watts day 5 000 watts night class b facility id 8681 callsign meaning w washington radio corporation of america founders of the original wrc former callsigns 1999 2001 wgay 1950 1999 wwdc 1928 1950 wol owner salem communications salem media of virginia inc. sister stations wava wava fm wrcw webcast wwrc webstream website wwrc online wwrc 1260 am branded 1260 the answer is a news talk radio station licensed to washington d.c. that serves the washington metro area . it operates with 25 000 watts during the day and 5 000 watts at night with studios and transmitters both located in the city proper . the station is owned and operated by salem communications . in december 2012 wwrc was granted a u.s. federal communications commission construction permit to increase day power to 35 000 watts . history edit fred fiske and gale garnett in 1964 . the station was the original home of wol and signed on in 1928 . a station callsign swap with wwdc 1450 am on february 20 1950 landed the wwdc call letters on 1260 khz for the rest of the century . during the 1960s radio personalities such as jimmy dean and fred fiske had programs on this station . the format was middle of the road . it staked out a place in radio and music history by being the first american radio station to play a beatles song when it played i want to hold your hand in december 1963 . 1 during the 1970s wwdc was a moderately popular top 40 station . in 1981 the station began simulcast of the morning and afternoon drive shows on sister fm rock station wwdc fm dc101 with separate shows in the same music format during other dayparts . a few years later it broke off the simulcast and became an adult standards station . wwdc changed its call letters to wgay in 1999 following the dropping of the long time beautiful music format that was wgay fm which became wjmo fm and then wiht . wgay kept its adult standards format nonetheless until clear channel communications bought the station with the amfm merger in 2000 . in 2001 the standards format was dropped and the business news format and wwrc callsign were moved from 570 am to 1260 am . still there were difficulties finding a format for the station that was different from the other clear channel stations in the washington metropolitan area . until 2005 the station carried the business talk format a full time audio relay of cnn headline news and sports talk programming as sports talk 1260 a supplement to sister station wtem then switched to progressive talk and became an air america radio affiliate . hosts under the station s progressive talk format included lionel stephanie miller ed schultz bill press rachel maddow and ron reagan . while the progressive format suffered from low ratings the washington post reported its ratings in december 2006 as being an almost imperceptible audience 2 wwrc booked a .4 rating in summer 2008 and a .1 rating in winter 2008 . red zebra broadcasting purchased wwrc wtem and wwrc from clear channel in a deal announced in 2008 . 3 on september 15 2008 wwrc was branded as obama 1260 while maintaining its progressive talk format plus news coverage from cnn and cnbc . the temporary branding was a stunt coinciding with conservative oriented sister station wtnt branded mccain 570 and was expected to last throughout the 2008 presidential election . 4 while wtnt was re branded freedom 570 right after the election wwrc retained its obama 1260 branding beyond illinois senator barack obama s presidential inauguration on january 20 2009 . in january 2009 wwrc launched its new website http www.obama1260.com the domain expired september 11 2009 . however the washington post reported on february 2 2009 that the station would be changing to a business talk format the following week although the ed schultz show was moved to sister station wtnt he would eventually be dropped from that station s lineup . 5 starting on february 9 2009 wwrc broadcast a syndicated business talk format under the brand money 1260 . chiefly an outlet for the business talk radio network the station also carried ray lucia and clark howard . wwrc was sold to salem communications in april 2010 . 6 upon taking control on may 15 initially via a local marketing agreement before completing its purchase on august 3 salem relaunched the station with its conservative talk format again reviving the wrc branding as 1260 wrc . 7 prior to salem s purchase of wwrc the station aired washington redskins & notre dame football games as an affiliate station . wwrc also had carried sports broadcasts dislodged from wtem and wtnt by schedule conflicts . in late october 2014 carried a series of promos alluding to a rebranding to occur after the 2014 midterm elections . the rebranding took place on november 4 2014 with the station taking salem s common major market branding of the answer as 1260 the answer though no personalities were shifted around or removed . references edit cbs 2004 01 16 . beatles helping hand shuns fame fab four fan want to find teen who helped launched beatlemania . cbs news . retrieved 2006 09 21 . fisher marc december 10 2006 . air america in the throes of victory . the washington post . deals broadcasting & cable june 16 2008 . red zebra does obama 1260 and mccain 570 . radio info.com . september 15 2008 . kurtz howard 2009 02 02 . liberal flameout . the washington post . retrieved 2009 10 22 . red zebra sells d.c. s money 1260 wwrc to salem . radio info.com . april 17 2010 . retrieved april 17 2010 . salem adds am in washington dc . radio business report . april 22 2010 . retrieved april 25 2010 . external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for wwrc radio locator information on wwrc query nielsen audio s am station database for wwrc fcc construction permit v t e radio stations in the washington d.c. market by am frequency washington d.c. 630 980 1120 1260 1340 1450 1500 maryland 540 570 900 950 1030 1050 1160 1540 1560 1580 1600 northern virginia 730 780 920 1190 1220 1250 1310 1390 1460 1480 by fm frequency washington d.c. 88.5 89.3 90.1 90.9 93.9 96.3 97.1 98.7 99.5 100.3 101.1 103.5 107.3 maryland 88.1 91.9 92.7 94.3 94.7 95.5 99.1 99.9 102.3 104.1 107.9 northern virginia 87.7 89.9 94.3 96.7 97.5 97.7 104.3 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.7 noaa weather radio 162.45 162.55 by callsign khb36 w249be waca wamu wash wava wava fm wbig fm wbqh wcrw wcsp fm wctn wdch fm wdcn lp wdct wera lp weta wfax wfed wfre wgop wgts whur fm wiad wiht wilc wjev lp wjfk wjfk fm wkdv wkik wkik fm wkys wlxe wlzl wmal wmal fm wmet wmmj wmuc fm wmzq fm wng736 wol wowd lp wper wpfw wpgc fm wprs fm wpwc wrcw wrqx wspz wtem wtnt wtop fm wura wust wwdc wwgb wwrc wwwt fm wwxt wwxx wycb wzhf defunct stations wcap wgms wtwp wwzz wgtb whfs fm satellite radio local traffic weather xm channel 214 sirius channel 152 washington d.c. metro markets frederick md fredericksburg va baltimore see also list of radio stations in washington d.c. list of radio stations in virginia list of radio stations in maryland v t e news talk radio stations in the district of columbia news & talk wfed wmal wol wwrc all news radio wtop fm by frequency 630 1260 1450 1500 103.5 see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in district of columbia v t e salem media group am radio stations kbjd kcbq kcro kdiz kdmt kdow kdzr kexb kfax kfia kgnw kgu khcm khnr kkol kkms kknt klfe klup knth knts knus kotk kpdq kprz kpxq krdy krks krla ksky kslr ktek ktie ktkz ktno ktrb kxxt kycr kznt wafs wava wbix wbzw wdtk wdwd wdyz weze wfia wfil wgka wgtk wgul whim whk whkw whkz wind wkat wlcc wlqv wlss wlta wmca wniv wntp wnym wocn worl wpgp wpit wrcw wrfd wrol wsdz wtbn wtln wtwd wwdj wwmi wwrc wwtc wyll wzab fm radio stations kaim fm kbiq kdar kdis fm kfis kfsh fm kgbi fm kgft kgu fm khcm fm khte fm kkht fm kkfs kkla fm kkol fm kksp klty kpdq fm krks fm kryp ksac fm kwrd fm wava fm wboz wffh wffi wfhm fm wfia fm wfsh fm wgtk fm wlte word fm wrth wtoh salem radio network familytalk solid gospel the word in praise today s christian music salem publishing eagle financial publications eagle wellness faithtalk homecoming magazine preaching magazine regnery publishing singing news townhall xulon press youthworker journal salem web network ccmmagazine.com christianity.com crosswalk.com godtube hot air human events oneplace.com redstate townhall.com twitchy.com co owned with florida city radio under lma . station owned by crain media group and operated by salem under lma . coordinates 38 59 59 n 77 03 27 w 38.99972 n 77.05750 w 38.99972 ; 77.05750 retrieved from https 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