WRKO

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WRKO
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Boston, Massachusetts
Branding	"AM 680 WRKO"
Slogan	"Boston's Talk Station"
Frequency	680 (kHz)
Format	Talk radio
Owner	Entercom
First air date	1922
Call Letters meaning	RKO General (former owner)
ERP	50,000 watts
Website	www.wrko.com

WRKO is an AM radio station based in Boston, Massachusetts, currently owned by Entercom and broadcasting on 680 kHz.

At one time known as "The Big 68" and a Top 40 station of considerable influence, WRKO later became known as one of Boston's most important talk radio stations, featuring local personalities such as Jerry Williams and Howie Carr as well as syndicated hosts such as Rush Limbaugh. It began as WNAC, but was bought out by RKO General and changed its callsign accordingly; when RKO was forcibly divested of its radio properties in 1980, the station kept the callsign.

External links

• WRKO's home page
• The Big 68 Remembered - A retrospective of WRKO's history as the most popular Top 40 music station in Boston
• Query the FCC's AM station database for WRKO