WUCO

Infobox Radio station
name = WUCO


city = Marysville, Ohio
area = Columbus OH
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branding = "St Gabriel Radio"
frequency = 1270 kHz
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format = Christian radio
power = 500 watts
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class = B
facility_id = 29636
coordinates = coord|40|14|46.00|N|83|19|50.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning = "Union County O"'hio
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owner = St. Gabriel Radio, Inc.
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website = [http://www.stgabrielradio.com stgabrielradio.com]
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WUCO is an AM broadcasting radio station currently broadcasting with 500 Watts with a critical direction pattern at 1270 kHz with transmitter located on East U.S. Route 36 in Marysville, Ohio (its city of license) and studios and offices recently moved from Marysville to Bethel Road in Columbus since the summer of 2007.

Early history

WUCO signed on in 1984 with a country music format switching to adult contemporary in the late 1990s and was previously owned by Frontier Broadcasting based in the Columbus suberb of Westerville and was founded by Bart Johnson,the son of the late farm broadcaster Ed Johnson.It switched again to a classic country format in 2003 before the station was sold to the newer owners in 2005.

Since WUCO moved its studios to Columbus in July 2007, WMHO, a micropower AM broadcaster at 1620 kHz has stepped up to help fill the void for local community radio and the classic country format left by WUCO.

t. Gabriel Radio

(Named for the Archangel Gabriel who is the patron saint of communication workers worldwide.)

Beginning in 1998 St.Gabriel Radio Inc. was formed and eventually purchased WUCO in August 2005 and has since been airing Catholic programming..mostly the programming schedule of EWTN Radio. The move to Columbus enables the station to expand its reach into the Columbus market and its volunteer base. WUCO is simulcast via WFOT 89.5 mHz, which is licensed to Lexington, serving the Mansfield area. WFOT first signed on in February 2007.

Plans are now underway to acquire additional stations to form a repeater network.

ee also

*St. Gabriel
*Archangels
*EWTN
*Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus
*Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo

External links

*AM station data|WUCO
*FM station data|WFOT