WTRC AM and FM are radio station

Radio station

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s broadcasting a News Talk format. Commonly branded as "News Talk 95.3 MNC," WTRC broadcasts on 95.3 FM in Niles, Michigan

Niles, Michigan

Niles is a city in Berrien and Cass counties in the U.S. state of Michigan, near South Bend, Indiana. The population was 11,600 at the 2010 census. It is the greater populated of two principal cities of and included in the Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a...

 and on 1340 AM in Elkhart, Indiana

Elkhart, Indiana

Elkhart is a city in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. The city is located east of South Bend, northwest of Fort Wayne, east of Chicago, and north of Indianapolis...

. WTRC is currently owned by Federated Media. WTRC carries a live-and-local morning show hosted by Matt Patrick, in addition to top talk hosts Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh

The Rush Limbaugh Show

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 and Sean Hannity

The Sean Hannity Show

The Sean Hannity Show is a talk radio show hosted by Sean Hannity on Citadel Media and Premiere Radio Networks. The program is broadcast live every weekday, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m...

. WTRC is also a Fox News Radio

Fox News Radio

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 affiliate.

History

Prior to switching to a News Talk format on May 10, 2010, AM 1340 WTRC briefly aired an oldies

Oldies

Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....

/Classic Rock

Classic rock

Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...

 format as "Hippie Radio 1340", and featured programing from Citadel Media and Dial Global

Dial Global

Dial Global is a radio syndication company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Triton Media Group and is a sister company to Townsquare Media, both of which are owned by Oaktree Capital Management....

. Before becoming "Hippie Radio 1340" in August 2009, WTRC 1340 had a similar News/Talk format as "News Radio 1340".

Before adopting the current format 95.3 FM had a Classic rock

Classic rock

Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...

 format as WAOR

WAOR

WAOR is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format. Licensed to Nappanee, Indiana, WAOR serves the South Bend, Indiana market.-History:...

. Following the change in formats WAOR moved, along with the Classic Rock format, up the dial to 95.7 FM. 95.3 first began broadcasting as WNIL-FM.

External links

• WTRC's website