WZWB

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WZWB
WZWB Fox Sports 1420 logo.png
Broadcast area Huntington, West Virginia
Frequency 1420 kHz
BrandingFox Sports 1420
Programming
Format Sports
Affiliations Fox Sports Radio
Ohio State Sports Network
Columbus Blue Jackets Radio Network
Ownership
Owner
WAMX, WBVB, WKEE-FM, WTCR-FM, WVHU
History
First air date
August 1954 (1954-08) (as WWKO)
Former call signs
WWKO (1954–1955)
WTCR (1955–1983)
WHEZ (1983–1985)
WTCR (1985–2018)
Technical information
Facility ID 14377
Class B
Power 5,000 watts (day)
500 watts (night)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website foxsports1420.iheart.com

WZWB (1420 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format, licensed to Kenova, West Virginia and serving the Huntington market as the area's affiliate of Fox Sports Radio.

Until 2022, for all programming other than local sporting events, it was a simulcast of WIRO in nearby Ironton, Ohio. Prior to its current format, the station broadcast a Christian religious format known as Joy Radio and was, until January 2007, simulcast with WZZW of Milton, West Virginia.

38°24′42″N82°36′13″W / 38.41167°N 82.60361°W / 38.41167; -82.60361

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