WACO-FM is a Clear Channel Communications

Clear Channel Communications

Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...

 owned radio station

Radio station

Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...

 located in Waco, Texas

Waco, Texas

Waco is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. Situated along the Brazos River and on the I-35 corridor, halfway between Dallas and Austin, it is the economic, cultural, and academic center of the 'Heart of Texas' region....

. The station brands itself as "WACO 100, a station so big they named the entire city after it." The station can be heard from Dallas/Ft. Worth

Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex

The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area, a title designated by the U.S. Census as of 2003, encompasses 12 counties within the U.S. state of Texas. The area is divided into two metropolitan divisions: Dallas–Plano–Irving and Fort Worth–Arlington. Residents of the area...

 to Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

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WACO-FM is one of three stations in the United States where the call letters spell out the name of the city of license. (The other stations are WARE (AM) in Ware, Massachusetts

Ware, Massachusetts

Ware is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 9,707 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.Part of the town comprises the census-designated place of Ware....

 and WISE-FM

WVTF

WVTF is the flagship National Public Radio station for most of western Virginia. Owned and operated by Virginia Tech through its fundraising arm, the Virginia Tech Foundation, the station is licensed to Roanoke and operates a large satellite and translator network covering much of the western part...

 in Wise, Virginia

Wise, Virginia

Wise is a town in Wise County, Virginia, United States. The population was 3,286 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Wise County. It was originally incorporated as the town of Gladeville in 1874. The town's name was changed to Wise in 1924. Wise is named after Virginia governor Henry A...

.) WACO-FM is also one of a small number of callsigns whose beginning letter deviates from FCC standards

North American call sign

Call signs in North America are frequently still used by North American broadcast stations in addition to amateur radio and other international radio stations that continue to identify by call signs around the world...

. ("W" is typically assigned to stations east of the Mississippi; Waco's other stations begin with "K").

Programming

Notable weekday programming includes the morning drive "Zack & Jim Show" hosted by Zack Owen & Jim Cody, mid-day "Lyn Daniels Show" with Lyn Daniels, afternoon drive "John Elliott Show" featuring John Elliott, the evening "Jennifer Allen Show" with Jennifer Allen, and a syndicated "NASCAR Today" feature each weekday afternoon. The lunch hour is a deviation in format to present "Lunch Country Classics" featuring country music classics of the 1960s, 1970s, & early 1980s.

Notable weekend programming includes "The Best of Zack and Jim" highlight show on Saturday mornings, "A Texas Saturday Night" with Jennifer Allen on Saturday night, "Sunday's Kinda Country" and the syndicated "NASCAR USA" on Sunday mornings, plus syndicated "Country Countdown USA" with Lon Helton and Bob Kingsley

Bob Kingsley

Bob Kingsley is an American country music radio personality and host of the nationally syndicated programs "Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40" and "Bob Kingsley with Today's Hit Makers."...

's "Country Top 40" on Sunday afternoon. "Ben and Brian's Big Top 40" rounds out the Sunday evening programming.

External links

• WACO-FM official website