WACK (1420 AM) is a

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broadcasting a

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and licensed to

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, United States. The station is owned by Waynco Radio, Inc., and features programming from

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, and

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. WACK is the station where Lowell Paxson, later the founder of

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and

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, began his broadcasting career. He and Joseph “Bud” Sova bought the radio station in 1962. Programming heard on WACK includes ''National Farm Report with

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'', ''Farming America with Steve Alexander'', ''

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'', a classic hits-formatted local morning show hosted by Dean Amsler, ''

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'',

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, '' The Dave Ramsey Show'', ''

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'', a regionally syndicated program hosted by Andrew Hollister, ''On the House with the Carey Brothers'', and ''American Standards By the Sea''. Any time slots not filled by programming are filled with

. The combination of Beck, Plante, Ramsey and Hannity forms what the station dubs the "Great American Talk Show Line-Up" (prior to Beck and Plante, ''

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'' and subsequently

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were also included in that branding, as was '' The Laura Ingraham Show''). Samuelson's and Alexander's programs are considered to be one show, which is given its own full half-hour time slot under the title "WACK Farm and Agribusiness Report". Sports programs heard on WACK include the

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and the

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, in addition to local high school sports.

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