WSRW (AM)

Coordinates: 39°9′58.00″N 83°36′25.00″W / 39.1661111°N 83.6069444°W / 39.1661111; -83.6069444

WSRW (1590 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Hillsboro, Ohio, USA, WSRW is branded as "WSRW 101.5," utilizing the frequency of their FM translator, W268CC (101.5 FM), also licensed to Hillsboro. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and features programming from their Premium Choice network and Premiere Radio Networks. ^[1][2]

Prior to December 26, 2015, WSRW operated as a full-time simulcast of WCHO-FM as "Buckeye Country 105.5."

Willard Parr - then a sergeant with the Hillsboro police department - joined WSRW as it was still being built in January 1956, and was the first voice heard as the station began broadcasting that July 17. Parr has remained with WSRW throughout its' entire existence, and is still heard on the station every weekday morning.^[3]

Cleveland-area radio broadcaster Chuck Collier, a Hillsboro native, began his broadcast career at WSRW.^[4] Collier later voice-tracked for WSRW's previous classic country format before his death in October 2011.

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  WSRW radio station located south of Hillsboro, Ohio. Once nicknamed "The Little Red Barn".
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  Buckeye Country 105.5 FM (1590 AM) sign at WSRW.

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• Query the FCC's AM station database for WSRW
• Radio-Locator Information on WSRW
• Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WSRW
• Query the FCC's FM station database for W268CC
• Radio-Locator information on W268CC