WHAS (AM)

WHAS (840 kHz) is a commercialAM radio station in Louisville, Kentucky, airing a news/talkradio format. It is owned by iHeartMedia, with studios in downtown Louisville, in the Fourth Street Live! entertainment complex. First licensed in July 1922, it is the oldest radio station in Kentucky.

WHAS is a Class Aclear-channel station, powered at 50,000 watts non-directional, the maximum for commercial AM stations. Its daytime signal can be heard in most of central Kentucky, as well as almost half of Indiana (including Indianapolis) and much of southwestern Ohio (including Cincinnati and Dayton). Its nighttime signal can be heard in most of the Eastern and Central United States and much of Canada with a good radio.