WTRC-FM
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| Broadcast area | South Bend metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 95.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | News Talk 95.3 MNC |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
| Network | Fox News Radio |
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| History | |
First air date | September 13, 1968 |
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Call sign meaning | Truth Radio Corporation (former owner of WTRC) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 48911 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 5,500 watts |
| HAAT | 84 meters (276 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°44′16.2″N 86°15′10″W / 41.737833°N 86.25278°W |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WTRC-FM (95.3 MHz; "News Talk 95.3 MNC") is a commercial radio station licensed to Niles, Michigan and serving the South Bend metropolitan area of Michigan and Indiana. It is owned by Federated Media and it airs a news-talk radio format patterned after Federated's station in Fort Wayne, WOWO. The studios and company headquarters are on Edison Road in Mishawaka, Indiana.
WTRC-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 5,500 watts. The transmitter is on Brick Road near Indiana State Road 933 in South Bend.[2] The station is licensed by the FCC to broadcast in the HD Radio digital hybrid format.[3]
Weekdays begin with Michiana's Morning News with Jon Zimney and Laura Smith. An Indiana-based afternoon drive time show, Burning Truth with Casey Hendrickson is shared with WOWO in Fort Wayne. The rest of the schedule is nationally syndicated conservative talk shows: The Glenn Beck Radio Program, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, The Sean Hannity Show, The Mark Levin Show and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.[4]
On weekends, WTRC-FM features specialty shows on money, health, law, technology, food and drink. Weekend syndicated programs include The Kim Komando Show, The Weekend with Michael Brown, Bill Handel on the Law, Sunday Nights with Bill Cunningham, Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla and Somewhere in Time with Art Bell. Most hours begin with an update from Fox News Radio.[5]