WCSI (1010 AM) is a

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Columbus, Indiana Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. The population was 50,474 at the 2020 census. The relatively small city has provided a unique place for noted Modern architecture and public art, commissi ...

. It broadcasts a

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and is owned by White River Broadcasting Co., Inc. The

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s and offices are on Washington Street in Columbus, near National Road. WCSI is limited in its power because

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is a clear channel frequency reserved for

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. By day WCSI broadcasts at 330

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s and at night it reduces power to 18 watts. Programming is also heard on 250 watt

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W251CK at 98.1

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Programming

On weekdays, WCSI begins with a local news and talk show, "AM Columbus with John Foster." The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of

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radio hosts:

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, "

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with

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, "

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with

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" and "

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." On weekends, specialty shows are heard including " Digital Goddess Kim Komando," " Leo Laporte, The Tech Guy," " Bill Handel on the Law," " Somewhere in Time with Art Bell" and " Sunday Night Live with Bill Cunningham." Most hours begin with an update from

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History

In , WCSI

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the air.Broadcasting Yearbook 1952
page 132,

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It was originally a

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, powered at 250 watts and required to go off the air at sunset. It was owned by Syndicate Theaters, Inc. Its offices and studios were on Third Street in Columbus. WCSI News-Talk 1010 logo

An FM station was added in 1958, WCSI-FM (now

WKKG WKKG (101.5 FM, "Indiana Country 101.5 WKKG") is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting a country music radio format. Licensed to Columbus, Indiana, the station serves the South-Central Indiana area. It is owned by White River Broadcasting ...

). Originally WCSI-FM

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the AM station's

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format. But in the 1970s, it switched to

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References

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