WLAC

WLAC
Broadcast areaNashville metropolitan area
Frequency1510 kHz
BrandingTalkradio 98.3 and 1510
Programming
FormatTalk radio
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
November 24, 1926 (1926-11-24)
Former frequencies
  • 1330 kHz (1926–1928)
  • 1490 kHz (1928–1930)
  • 1470 kHz (1930–1941)
Call sign meaning
Life And Casualty Insurance Company (former owner)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID34391
ClassA
Power50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
36°16′19″N 86°45′28″W / 36.27194°N 86.75778°W / 36.27194; -86.75778
Translator98.3 W252CM (Nashville) (relays WSIX-HD2)
Repeater97.9 WSIX-HD2 (Nashville)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live (via iHeartRadio)
Websitewlac.iheart.com

WLAC (1510 AM) branded "TalkRadio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC", is a commercial radio station in Nashville, Tennessee. Owned by iHeartMedia, it broadcasts a talk radio format. The station's studios are in Nashville's Music Row district.

WLAC is a clear-channel station, it operates around the clock at 50,000 watts, the highest power authorized for AM stations in the United States. A single tower radiates the transmitter's full power during the day to most of Middle Tennessee. At night, it uses a directional pattern that limits its signal toward the west to originally protect KGA in Spokane (which has since downgraded its night signal) and to the northeast to protect WMEX in Boston. It has a three-tower array in the city's Northside neighborhood. WLAC broadcasts an HD Radio signal using the in-band on-channel standard. Programming is simulcast over a digital subchannel of 97.9 WSIX-FM and on FM translator W252CM at 98.3 FM.