List of Air America Radio affiliates

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This is a list of stations that were affiliated with Air America Radio at the time of its shutdown in January 2010.

Affiliate list[edit]

Conventional radio[edit]

Eastern Time Zone
Location U.S. Market Share Rank of City (Not station or programming)[1] Identifier Station Notes
New York City, New York 1 WWRL 1600 AM Carried Ron Reagan, Rachel Maddow, and Richard Greene from Air America; produced its own morning show and local interest programming on weekend afternoons, as well as Alan Colmes, Al Sharpton, and Ed Schultz. Now an affiliate of Black Information Network.
Asheville, North Carolina 161 WPEK 880 AM Owned by iHeartMedia; Carried AAR programming airing in daytime. Now ESPN
Augusta, Georgia 102 WAAW 94.7 FM Now an Urban Gospel station.
Bangor, Maine WZON-FM 103.1 FM Carried Montel Across America and Ron Reagan, Jr. Now an AAA-formatted station.
Bennington, Vermont WBTN 1370 AM Carried only the Thom Hartman Show. Now a variety-formatted station.
Brattleboro, Vermont - WKVT 1490 AM Carried the majority of AAR programming. Now a Country station.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 43 WCHL 1360 AM Carried the majority of AAR programming. Now a News/Talk station.
Charlottesville, Virginia 231 WVAX 1450 AM Carried the majority of AAR programming. Now a sports station affiliated with ESPN Radio.
Columbia, South Carolina 90 WOIC 1230 AM Carried the majority of AAR programming, but frequently preempted them for sports. Became a full-time sports station upon Air America's bankruptcy. Now AAA
Daytona, Florida 78 WPUL 1590 AM Owned by Andala Enterprises, Inc. Carries Lionel. Now talk/gospel
Destin/Ft. Walton Beach, Florida ? WNWF 1120 AM Owned by Andala Enterprises, Inc. Carries Thom Hartmann. Now adult standards
Detroit, Michigan 9 WDTW 1310 AM Owned by Clear Channel Communications. Carried the majority of AAR programming. Later sold to Pedro Zamora and is now Spanish.
Grand Rapids, Michigan 67 WTKG 1230 AM Owned by iHeartMedia. Carried the majority of AAR programming, but also carried conservative Glenn Beck. Continues with progressive talk.
Huntington, West Virginia 156 WCMI 1340 AM Carried a majority AAR programming with sports on the weekends. Station moved from WRVC in November 2006. WRVC switched to all-sports programming. WCMI is also now all-sports, as an affiliate of ESPN Radio.
Ithaca, New York 281 WNYY 1470 AM Carried the majority of AAR programming. Now airs an Oldies format.
Jacksonville, Florida 47(?) WJSJ 105.3 FM Owned by Tama Radio Licenses of Jacksonville, Fl, Inc. Now simulcasts WKBX out of Kingsland, GA, as WYKB.
Springfield, Massachusetts 82 WHMP 1240 AM/1400 AM/1600 AM Carried the majority of AAR programming. Now a news/talk station.
State College, Pennsylvania 82 WBLF 970 AM Carried only the Thom Hartmann Show. Now a news/talk station.
Tampa Bay, Florida 18 WTAN 1340 AM Carried only Lionel until June 21, 2009. Broadcasts a mix of talk audio and adult standards.
Washington, D.C. 8 WZAA 1050 AM Leased by Air America from June 17, 2009 until bankruptcy and carried most of the AAR lineup. Now a Regional Mexican-formatted station.
Central Time Zone
Location Rank [2] Identifier Station Notes
Chicago, Illinois 3 WCPT 820 AM, 92.5 FM, 92.7 FM, 99.9 FM Carried the Ron Reagan Show and Clout on weekdays and some AAM programming on weekends. Webstream carried AAM programming overnight. The 820 AM and 92.5 FM frequencies continue with progressive talk, while 92.7 FM and 99.9 FM broadcast a Polish-language ethnic format. The FM frequencies broadcast a Dance Hits format (as "Dance Factory") at night.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 16 KTNF 950 AM Carried the majority of AAR programming. Continues with progressive talk.
Madison, Wisconsin 96 WXXM 92.1 FM First FM affiliate, Owned by iHeartMedia. Was planning on switching to all-sports in January 2007, but eventually backed out after listener backlash.[3] Now adult hits
Marion, Illinois 235 WINI 1420 AM Carried only the Thom Hartmann Show. Now an Oldies station.
Mountain Time Zone
Location Rank [4] Identifier Station Notes
Albuquerque, New Mexico 70 KABQ 1350 AM Owned by iHeartMedia. Carried the majority of AAR programming. Now All-Podcast.
Denver, Colorado 22 KKZN 760 AM Owned by iHeartMedia. Carried the majority of AAR programming. Now a news/talk station.
Santa Fe, New Mexico 236 KTRC 1260 AM Carried the majority of AAR programming. Continues with progressive talk.
Sheridan, Wyoming - KYTI HD 93.7-3 FM Only available on HD radio. KYTI ceased broadcasting the HD3 signal with Air America's bankruptcy.
Taos, New Mexico - KVOT 1340 AM Carried the majority of AAR programming. Continues with progressive talk.
Pacific Time Zone
Location Rank [5] Identifier Station Notes
Astoria, Oregon - KVAS 1230 AM Carried only Thom Hartmann. Now a classic hits-formatted station.
Eureka, California - KGOE 1480 AM Carried only Thom Hartmann. Now an oldies-formatted station.
Los Angeles, California 2 KTLK 1150 AM Owned by iHeartMedia. Carried the majority of AAR programming. Now a conservative talk-formatted station.
Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz, California 80 KRXA 540 AM Carried some weekend programming from AAR. Now a religious station broadcasting in Spanish.
North Bend, Oregon - KBBR 1340 AM Carried the majority of AAR programming. Continues with progressive talk.
Palm Springs, California 137 KPTR 1340 AM Carried the majority of AAR programming. Now Adult Standards
Portland, Oregon 24 KPOJ 620 AM One of the first Clear Channel (now iHeartMedia)-owned affiliates. Carried the majority of AAR programming. Now a sports talk-formatted station.
Reno, Nevada 124 KJFK 1230 AM Carried the majority of AAR programming. Now a Variety Hits-formatted station.
San Francisco, California 4 KKGN 960 AM Owned by iHeartMedia. Carried the majority of AAR programming. Now a business talk-formatted station, affiliated with Bloomberg Radio.
San Luis Obispo, California 173 KYNS 1340 AM Carried the majority of AAR programming. Now an Alternative rock -formatted station.
Santa Barbara, California 207 KIST 1340 AM Owned by Clear Channel and carried Thom Hartmann. Later sold to California Lutheran University and is now a public radio station affiliated with NPR.
Seattle, Washington 14 KPTK 1090 AM The Ron Reagan Show was broadcast from the station. Later a sports-formatted station affiliated with CBS Sports Radio; now a conservative talk station.
Spokane, Washington 92 KPTQ 1280 AM Owned by iHeartMedia. Carried the majority of AAR programming. Now a Classic Hip Hop
Victor Valley, California 126 KSZL 1230 AM Carried the majority of AAR programming. Now a news/talk-formatted station.
Alaska/Hawaii Time Zones
Location Rank [6] Identifier Station Notes
Anchorage, Alaska 171 KUDO 1080 AM Carried the majority of AAR programming. Now a talk-formatted station.

Former affiliates[edit]

Location Rank [7] Identifier Station Notes
Akron, Ohio 73 WJMP 1520 AM Dropped AAR for sports in June 2005. AAR moved to WARF in July 2005. Now Defunct
Akron, Ohio 73 WARF 1350 AM Owned by Clear Channel; Switched to All Sports March 30, 2007,[8] In which is still being used as of 2020
Albany, Oregon - KTHH 990 AM Switched to country. Now comedy radio
Ann Arbor, Michigan 147 WLBY 1290 AM Owned by Clear Channel; No longer carries any Air America programming. Changed to a "business talk" format in March 2009. Now News/Talk
Atlanta, Georgia 10 WMLB 1690 AM Air America's Atlanta area affiliate dropped all but Al Franken's show on June 11, 2006, after the station was sold to JW Broadcasting.[9] AAR programming ended when Franken ended his show in Feb. 2007. Now Defunct
Atlantic City, New Jersey 141 WTAA 1490 AM Switched to Mexican regional format in October 2008. Now Sports Talk
Austin, Texas 42 KOKE 1600 AM Station was sold to Encino Broadcasting LLC. It began broadcasting Tejano music as of October 17, 2007 and still airing as of 2020.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 77 WPYR 1380 AM Switched to Hallelujah Gospel music in late 2007 and still airing as of 2020.
Binghamton, New York 179 WYOS 1360 AM The Nov. 13, 2006 edition of North East Radio Watch reports that WYOS has switched from Air America to ESPN sports. Now CBS sports radio
Boston, Massachusetts 11 WKOX &
WXKS 		1200 AM & 1430 AM Owned by Clear Channel; flipped to Radio Rumba on December 20, 2006 [10] 1200 AM, now WXKS, planned to switch to conservative talk on March 8, 2010, according to Clear Channel. WKOX & WXKS has now switched call letters with News/Talk and Spanish formats respectively now separately
Brainerd, Minnesota - WWWI 1270 AM Carried only the Al Franken Show.
Buffalo, New York 52 WHLD 1270 AM Carried a majority AAR programming. Dropped the format in December 2006. Now CBS Sports Radio
Buffalo, New York 52 WWKB 1520 AM Carries only the Randi Rhodes Show and Lionel. Dropped in April 2008 after Rhodes moved to Nova M. Now ESPN Radio
Burlington, Vermont/Plattsburgh, New York 136 WTWK

1070

Moved from the stronger 24-hour signal of WVAA 1390 to the daytime-only signal of WTWK in August 2006. Carries a majority AAR programming.

Replaced by EVE 1070 women talk radio on Monday, March 3., 2007. Now Classic rap

Chicago, Illinois 3 WNTD 950 AM Station owners dropped AAR in April 2004 after a payment dispute.[11] Now Christian
Cincinnati, Ohio 28 WSAI 1360 AM Owned by Clear Channel; Moved to 1360 WSAI from 1530 WCKY. WSAI dropped format in December 2006.[12] Now Christian
Charleston, South Carolina WLTQ 730 AM Flipped to standards in September 2005 as "WLTQ - The Music Of Your Life" Now Christian
Chattanooga, TN 106 WDOD 1310 AM After 11 months, WDOD dropped AAR in favor of hits of the 1950s to 1970s in August 2006.[13] Now Defunct
Cleveland, Ohio WTAM 1100 AM Dropped the Jerry Springer Show, its only AAR programming, in March 2006.
Columbus, Ohio 38 WTPG 1230 AM Owned by Clear Channel. Carried a majority AAR programming. Switched to mostly conservative talk programming on January 7, 2007. Programs include Bill O'Reilly, Michael Savage, Quinn & Rose, Laura Ingraham, Jim Rome, Gary Sullivan, and Dave Ramsey.[14] Now classic hip hop
Corpus Christi, Texas 139 KCCT 1150 AM No longer airing any AAR programming. Now classic hits
Dallas, Texas KXEB 910 AM Station sold. Dropped Air America on Oct. 1, 2006 for Catholic-oriented format,[15] Which is Still being used as of 2020
Davenport, Iowa 143 WKBF 1270 AM Programming terminated effective December 5, 2006. Switched to Christian programming following sale of station.[16]
Duluth, Minnesota 204 KQDS 1490 AM Switched to Oldies in Feb. 2007 [17] Now sports
El Paso, Texas 76 KHRO 1650 AM Switched to oldies in April 2007.[18] Now classic hits
Ely, Minnesota WELY 1450 AM Now Variety
Eugene, Oregon 150 KOPT 1600 AM Carried a majority AAR programming. Flipped to OPB Radio and changed calls to KOPB on February 20, 2008. Still a member of OPB radio as of 2020
Fresno, California 66 KFPT 790 AM Carried a majority AAR programming. Dropped AAR in April 2007.[19] Now sports radio
Honolulu, Hawaii 63 KHKA Carries a majority AAR programming. Now CBS Sports Radio
Iowa City, Iowa KXIC 800 AM Carried only Thom Hartmann and Randi Rhodes, both no longer on schedule as of Feb. 2007.
Key West, Florida 291 WKIZ 1500 AM Once carried AAR programming. Now a Defunct.
Kihei, Hawaii KAOI 1110 AM Island of Maui. Carried only one hour of Al Franken, dropped as of Feb. 2007.
Lafayette, Louisiana 103 KEUN 1490 AM Switched to primarily conservative talk around August 2007. Now News/Talk/Information
Lake Tahoe, Nevada KTHO 590 AM Station dropped AAR and returned to local programming in August 2005.[20] Now Classic Hits
Little Rock, Arkansas 85 KDXE 1380 AM Carried a majority AAR programming and was leased by Nova M Radio. Switched to ESPN radio in March 2007 after lease ended. Now Gospel
Lihue, Hawaii KQNG 570 AM Island of Kauai. Only carried The Al Franken Show. Now country
Medford-Ashland, Oregon 210 KEZX 730 AM Carried only Thom Hartmann. Flipped to Fox Sports Radio on February 4, 2008. Still with fox sports radio as of 2020
Memphis, Tennessee 49 WSMB 680 AM Switched to Fox Sports Sept 1st, 2007 per Radio Online. WSMB call sign moved from New Orleans to Memphis (formerly WWTQ) following hurricane Katrina, which is why WSMB appears twice in this list. This Memphis station is now ESPN radio
Miami, Florida 12 WINZ 940 AM Owned by Clear Channel. Converted to sports talk in April 2009. The reason stated on the WINZ website was that the progressive talk format was causing the station to lose money and that sports talk is more profitable.[citation needed] Former host Nicole Sandler pointed out that the station had a weak signal at night and made no marketing effort.[21] Still using sports talk as of 2020
Missoula, Montana KKNS 105.9 FM Switched to Jack FM in March 2006.[22] Now KFGM with a variety format
Montpelier/Barre/St. Johnsbury, Vermont WDEV 550 AM/96.1 FM Has no AAR programming on schedule. Now Variety
New Haven, Connecticut 107 WAVZ 1300 AM Owned by Clear Channel. Carried a majority AAR programming. Flipped to ESPN radio in Feb. 2007. Still with ESPN radio in 2020
New Orleans, Louisiana 47 WSMB 1350 AM Dropped AAR in November 2006.[23] Now WWWL with classic R&B
New York City, New York 1 WLIB 1190 AM First flagship station.[24] Owners (Inner City Broadcasting Corporation) dropped AAR on Sept. 1, 2006 and switched to gospel. AAR moved to WWRL[25] Still using gospel as of 2020
Petoskey, Michigan 192 WWKK 750 AM Station sold. AAR programming moved to sister stations WJML and WLDR.
Petoskey, Michigan 192 WJML 1110 AM Carries Ed Schultz and Alan Colmes - which are not A/A. Simulcasts with WLDR Traverse City.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 6 WHAT 1340 AM Only carried Al Franken and Randi Rhodes. Station dropped both shows in September 2005.[26] Now spanish
Phoenix, Arizona 15 KPHX 1480 AM Station dropped AAR and switched to an Adult standards music format in January, 2009. Progressive talk format continued on KNUV until March 5, 2009. Now Spanish Christian
Phoenix, Arizona 15 KXXT 1010 AM Station dropped AAR in early 2006 after being sold. AAR eventually moved to KPHX. Now Christian
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 23 WURP 1550 AM Carried the Young Turks morning show Mon. - Fri. and AAR on Saturday afternoons. Dropped AAR programming on April 15, 2007 for business radio following station sale.[27] Now jazz
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 23 WPTT 1360 AM Carried conservative shows along with Thom Hartmann and Alan Colmes. Now Gospel WGBN
Portland, Maine 167 WLVP 870 AM Station dropped AAR on June 1, 2007 for ESPN Radio. Now oldies
Providence, Rhode Island WHJJ 920 AM Carried only Franken and Rhodes. Station dropped AAR in September 2005.
Rochester, New York 54 WROC 950 AM Dropped AAR Sept 2 2008 for an ESPN Radio. Still with ESPN radio as of 2020
Sacramento, California 27 KCVV 1240 AM Carries This Is America with Jon Elliott and majority of AAR weekend programing. Dropped AAR for a gospel format.
Sacramento, California 26 KCTC 1320 AM Owned by Entercom.Moved to KCTC from KSAC. Carried a majority AAR programming. Dropped AAR for ESPN Radio in February 2007.
San Antonio, Texas KRPT 92.5 FM Switched to country music.
San Antonio, Texas 30 KHHL 103.1 FM Fringe signal in San Antonio. Carries a majority AAR programming. Switched to Spanish language programming in December 2006
San Bernardino, California 27 KCAA 1050 AM Carried one hour each of Franken and Rhodes. Dropped affiliation effective April 2007.
San Diego, California 17 KLSD 1360 AM Owned by Clear Channel. Switched to sports on Nov. 12, 2007. This left San Diego with 5 conservative AM talk stations (AM540, KOGO, KFMB, KCBQ, and AM1700) and 3 sports talk stations airing in the market.
Sarasota, Florida 74 WSRQ 1450 AM Owned by Clear Channel. Used to air the Jerry Springer Show.
Santa Cruz, California KOMY 1340 AM Dropped AAR in January '07 for oldies music.[28]
St. Louis, Missouri 20 KQQZ 1190 AM Fringe signal in St. Louis. Only carried Rhodes' shows.
Tucson, Arizona 61 KJLL 1330 AM Carried only the Randi Rhodes Show.
Traverse City, Michigan 192 WLDR 1210 AM Simulcasts with WJML Petoskey - Ed Schultz and Alan Colmes, but no A/A programs.
Washington, D.C. 8 WWRC 1260 AM Owned by Clear Channel. Changed to financial advice programming February 2009.
Warren, Ohio WANR 1570 AM Changed formats to Christian programming following an ownership dispute in April 2005 [29] A few weeks later, the group seeking to switch the station's format was able to purchase the station, and the Air America programming was discontinued permanently.
West Palm Beach, Florida 46 WJNO 1290 AM Owned by Clear Channel Carried only the Randi Rhodes Show.

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