WTKS (AM)

WTKS (1290 AM, "NewsRadio 1290") is a radio station licensed to serve Savannah, Georgia. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and licensed to Capstar TX Limited Partnership. It airs a talk radio format. The station was assigned the WTKS call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on January 25, 2002. Its transmitter is located behind WTKS's studios in Garden City, Georgia (with a Savannah address).

Programming

Notable WTKS programming features syndicated personalities such as Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Dave Ramsey, Michael Savage, and Rusty Humphries. Other notable weekday shows include the syndicated "Coast to Coast AM" with George Noory and the local "Savannah's News Now" with WTKS news director Bill Edwards.

History

In October 1929, WTOC signed on as the first broadcasting station in the Savannah area. It was an enterprise of the civic group Junior Board of Trade that was the forerunner of the Savannah Jaycees. It was later purchased by William Knight, Jr., who eventually added an FM station in 1946.