WTKK

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WTKK

Broadcast area	Boston, MA
Branding	96-9 FM Talk
First air date	1948
Frequency	96.9 (MHz) 96.9 HD-2 for All Irish Music
Format	Talk Radio
ERP	22,500 watts
Class	B
Callsign meaning	TalK
Owner	Greater Media
Website	www.969fmtalk.com

WTKK is a New England commercial talk radio station, first broadcast out of Boston on 96.9 FM beginning in 1999. It can be heard through most of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. It originated as W1XHR (later WXHR), owned by Harvey Radio Laboratories, which became the beautiful music station WJIB (whose successor operates as an AM station out of the old Harvey Radio Labs building in Cambridge).

The station is owned and operated by Greater Media, with studios in Dorchester along with other Greater Media properties.

[edit] Lineup and programming

Effective Monday January 8, 2007 the schedule is as follows

The John & Jeff Show (4 hrs: 1-5:00 a.m. ET)
America in the Morning with host Jim Bohannon (1/2 hour 5-5:30 a.m. ET)
Radio Rewind of Mike Banicle (1 hour 12:00-1:00 a.m. ET)
Imus in the Morning with Don Imus (4 1/2 hrs 5:30-9:00 a.m. ET)
Mike Barnicle (1 hr 9:00-10:00 a.m. ET)
Michael Graham (2 hrs 10:00-12:00 p.m. ET)
Eagan & Braude with Margery Eagan and Jim Braude (12:00-3:00 p.m. ET)
Jay Severin (4 hours 3:00-7:00 p.m. ET)
The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly (7:00-9:00 p.m. ET)
The Laura Ingraham Show Laura Ingraham (9:00-12:00 a.m. ET)

[edit] Weekend programs

In addition to various highlights and repeats of the weekday shows, WTKK also runs the following original programming.

Bruce Stevens (3 hours)
Eagan & Braude with Margery Eagan and Jim Braude (3 hrs)
The Monica Crowley show with Monica Crowley
The Money Show with Rick Shaffer and Susan Kaplan (3 hrs)
Handel On The Law with Bill Handel (3 hrs)
Meet the Press with Tim Russert
The Sports Huddle with Eddie Andelman

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FM radio stations in the Boston, Massachusetts region (Arbitron #11)
By area
Boston (Arbitron #11)	88.1 \| 88.9 \| 89.7 \| 90.3 \| 90.9 \| 91.5 \| 91.5 \| 91.7 \| 91.9 \| 92.1 \| 92.5 \| 92.9 \| 93.7 \| 94.5 \| 95.3 \| 95.7 \| 95.9 \| 96.1 \| 96.9 \| 97.5 \| 97.7/107.3¹ \| 98.5 \| 99.1 \| 99.5 \| 99.9 \| 100.1 \| 100.3 \| 100.7 \| 101.1 \| 101.7 \| 102.5 \| 103.3 \| 104.1 \| 104.5 \| 104.9 \| 105.7 \| 106.3 \| 106.7 \| 107.9
Rhode Island (Arbitron #?)	93.3 \| 94.1 \| 95.5 \| 98.1 \| 103.7
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Operating stations	WAAF/WKAF¹ \| WATD \| WBCN \| WBMX \| WBOQ \| WBOS \| WBRS \| WBRU \| WBUR \| WCRB \| WCTK \| WEEI \| WERS \| WFEX \| WFNQ \| WFNX \| WGBH \| WGIR \| WHEB \| WHHB \| WHJY \| WHRB \| WJMN \| WKLB \| WMBR \| WMFO \| WMJX \| WMKK \| WMLN \| WMWM \| WODS \| WOKQ \| WPLM \| WROR \| WSNE \| WSRS \| WTKK \| WUMB \| WXKS \| WXLO \| WXRV \| WZBC \| WZID \| WZLX Satellite Radio Local Traffic/Weather: XM Channel 210 \| Sirius Channel 149 ¹-Simulcasts as of August 2006.
Other Massachusetts markets	Massachusetts Radio Markets Boston (AM) (FM) · Springfield · Worcester (AM) (FM) · New Bedford-Fall River · Cape Cod (AM) (FM) See also: List of radio stations in Massachusetts and List of United States radio markets See also: Boston (FM) (AM)