WHLD
WHLD (1270 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Niagara Falls, New York, and serving the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area. It is owned by Cumulus Media and carries a conservative talk radio format, much of it from co-owned Westwood One. Nationally syndicated shows including Dan Bongino, Chris Plante, Ben Shapiro, Michael J. Knowles, Mark Levin, Lars Larson, Red Eye Radio, and America in the Morning. Most hours begin with Fox News Radio.
| Broadcast area | Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 1270 kHz |
| Branding | Talk 1270 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Conservative talk |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio Compass Media Networks Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WBBF, WEDG, WGRF, WHTT-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | May 20, 1940 |
Call sign meaning | Hilda Lewis Carpenter Hull (wife of founder) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 7822 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts day 1,000 watts night |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | talk1270.com |
By day, WHLD is powered at 5,000 watts. But to protect other stations from interference, at night it reduces power to 1,000 watts. The transmitter is off Cloverbank Road at Sawgrass Court in Hamburg. It uses a directional antenna with a five-tower array. The studios are on James E. Casey Drive in Buffalo along with its Cumulus Media sister stations.