Since 1955, WHCO has been proud to serve the communities of Southwestern Illinois. Our mission is to entertain, to inform and to provide a valuable voice to the communities between Saint Louis and Carbondale. Long after its founding, the station continues to strive to be the best local radio station possible for the residents of the area who rely on its service each day.
Over the past five decades, WHCO has evolved over time to better meet the need of needs of the community. From its origin as a country station, WHCO evolved into playing Top 40 and adult contemporary music, all the while remaining a Full Service outlet devoted to providing up-to-date news, weather and sports as well as talk programming that gave local residents a change to have their voice heard. In 1998 WHCO switched to a News/Talk format, bringing in hosts such as G. Gordon Liddy, Larry King and Jim Bohannon to join the legendary local talk program The People Speak.
In 2008, WHCO went back to its roots with a mix of great Real Country music and full service news and talk programming to best serve the listening area.
To this day WHCO is proud to be the source for news in the surrounding communities, offering a public forum for local leaders on the People Speak and keeping residents of the area up-to-date throughout the day with breaking news, severe weather updates, cancellations and anything else of importance. We're also proud to be the sports voice of the region, with comprehensive coverage of high school sports contests plus live coverage of the Cardinals, Blues, Rams, Salukis, Fighting Illini and more.
For more information about WHCO's broadcast schedule, check out our schedule and shows page. To provide feedback about WHCO and/or our programming, head to the contact page or check the listings below.
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