WCCO is a radio station with a storied history spanning more than 80 years that serves the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota. The station is owned by CBS Radio and broadcasts on the designated "clear channel" frequency of 830 kHz with 50,000 watts of power, allowing it to reach a wide area of North America at night when other stations on the frequency are required to reduce power or shut down for the night.
From 1947 to 1996, WCCO radio and ...
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WCCO is a radio station with a storied history spanning more than 80 years that serves the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota. The station is owned by CBS Radio and broadcasts on the designated "clear channel" frequency of 830 kHz with 50,000 watts of power, allowing it to reach a wide area of North America at night when other stations on the frequency are required to reduce power or shut down for the night.
From 1947 to 1996, WCCO radio and WCCO-TV won twelve George Foster Peabody Awards, more than any other Twin Cities broadcast outlet.
The station's studios are located in downtown Minneapolis, while its transmitter is located in Coon Rapids, Minnesota.
WCCO began broadcasting in the region on September 4, 1922 as WLAG, known as "the Call of the North", from a hotel near Loring Park, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. However, the station soon landed in financial trouble and closed down in 1924. Washburn Crosby Company, forerunner of General Mills, took over the station and renamed it...
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