WVOC
| Broadcast area | Columbia metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 560 kHz |
| Branding | News Radio 103.5 & 560 WVOC |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks Westwood One Compass Media Networks Fox News Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WCOS, WCOS-FM, WLTY, WNOK, WXBT | |
| History | |
First air date | July 10, 1930 (as WIS) |
Former call signs | WIS (1930–1986) WVOC (1986–2011) WXBT (2011–2014) |
Call sign meaning | "Voice Of Columbia" |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 11902 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°2′0″N 81°8′32″W / 34.03333°N 81.14222°W |
| Translator(s) | 103.5 W278CY (Columbia) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wvoc |
WVOC (560 AM) – branded News Radio 103.5 & 560 WVOC – is a commercial news/talk radio station licensed to serve Columbia, South Carolina. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., the station covers the Columbia metropolitan area. The WVOC studios and transmitter are located in Columbia. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WVOC is simulcast over FM translator W278CY (103.5 FM), and is available online via iHeartRadio.
WVOC's power is 5,000 watts around the clock from a three-tower facility west of Columbia. By day it uses a non-directional signal from a single tower. Its daytime signal provides at least secondary coverage as far north as the Charlotte suburbs, as far west as Spartanburg and Greenwood, and as far south as the Augusta and Charleston suburbs. At night, power is fed to all three towers in a directional pattern to protect other stations on 560 AM. This concentrates WVOC's signal in the central part of the state.