WCCO (AM)

WCCO
Minneapolis, Minnesota; United States;
Broadcast area	Minneapolis–Saint Paul
Frequency	830 kHz
Branding	News/Talk 8•3•0 WCCO (frequency pronounced on-air as "eight-three-oh")
Programming
Format	News/Talk
Network	CBS News Radio
Affiliations	Westwood One; Premiere Networks; Minnesota Timberwolves; Minnesota Twins;
Ownership
Owner	Audacy, Inc.; (Audacy License, LLC);
Sister stations	KMNB; KZJK;
History
First air date	September 4, 1922
Former call signs	WLAG (1922–1924)
Call sign meaning	Washburn Crosby Company (former owner of station)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	9642
Class	A
Power	50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	45°10′44″N 93°20′59″W / 45.17889°N 93.34972°W (main); 45°13′30″N 93°24′0″W / 45.22500°N 93.40000°W (aux);
Repeater(s)	102.9 KMNB-HD2 (Minneapolis)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live (via Audacy)
Website	www.audacy.com/wccoradio

WCCO (830 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and owned by Audacy, Inc. Its studios and offices are located on Second Avenue South in Downtown Minneapolis. WCCO features a news/talk format, with frequent newscasts and sports programming. Local hosts are heard most hours of the day and evening, including Chad Hartman, Vineeta Sawkar, Jordana Green, Adam Carter, Jason DeRusha and Lindsey Reiser. Late nights, three syndicated shows are carried: CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor, Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb and America in the Morning with John Trout. World and national news is supplied by CBS News Radio. WCCO is the flagship radio station for the Minnesota Twins baseball team.

WCCO is a Class A clear-channel station. With 50,000 watts of power (the maximum permitted) and a nondirectional signal, WCCO reaches much of Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin and Iowa by day, along with a wide area of the Central United States and Central Canada at night. The transmitter is located off Coon Rapids Boulevard at Lily Street NW in Coon Rapids. It is also heard on the second HD Radio channel of co-owned KMNB (102.9 FM).