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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WNKO
| logo             = [[Image:Wnko.png|200px]]<br /> [[Image:WHTH.jpg|150px]]
| city             = [[New Albany, Ohio]]
| area             = [[Newark, Ohio]] [[Columbus, Ohio]]
| branding         = ''KOOL 101.7''
| frequency        = 101.7 [[Megahertz|MHz]] {{HD Radio}}
| airdate          = 1972
| format           = [[Classic hits]]
| subchannels      = HD2: [[WHTH (AM)|WHTH]] [[simulcast]] ([[Country music|Country]])
| erp              = 22,000 [[watt]]s
| haat             = 107 meters
| class            = B1
| facility_id      = 57936
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = 
| owner            = Runnymede Corporation
| webcast          = [http://us7.maindigitalstream.com/2513/ Listen Live]
| website          = [http://wnko.com/ wnko.com] 
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}

'''WNKO''' (101.7 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a radio station licensed to [[New Albany, Ohio]] with a [[classic hits]] format.

The station is locally owned and operated by the Runnymede Corporation. WNKO began operating in 1972 and is the sister station to [[WHTH (AM)|WHTH]].

The station had previously covered only the [[Newark, Ohio]] vicinity with 3,000 [[watt]]s of power. In 2009, WNKO filed an application to change its city of license to [[New Albany, Ohio]], change its transmitter location, and upgrade power. The move was tentative on WKSW (now [[WCLI-FM]]), formerly in [[Urbana, Ohio]], completing a move into the [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]] market and switching frequencies from 101.7 to 101.5. Until such completion was made, WNKO could not otherwise move because its signal was limited with WKSW.

[[Image:WNKO HD.png|thumb|left|200px|WNKO's [[HD Radio]] Channels on a SPARC Radio with [[Program-associated data|PSD]].]]

On March 25, 2011, WNKO began broadcasting from its new transmitter in [[Johnstown, Ohio]]. With this change, the station began providing a serviceable signal to the [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]] metropolitan area.

WNKO broadcasts in the [[HD Radio|HD]] format,<ref name="hdradio">{{cite web |title=HD Radio station guide for McAllen–Brownsville–Harlingen, TX |url=http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=60 |website=HD Radio |access-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203075723/http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=60 |archive-date=3 February 2017 |language=en |url-status=dead}}</ref> and is also licensed to broadcast a digital hybrid signal.<ref name="licensing">{{cite web |title=Station Search Details |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=57936 |website=licensing.fcc.gov |access-date=11 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

==External links==
*[http://wnko.com/ WNKO official website]
*{{FM station data|57936|WNKO}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Columbus OH Radio}}
{{Classic Hits Radio Stations in Ohio}}

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[[Category:Radio stations in Ohio|NKO]]
[[Category:Classic hits radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Newark, Ohio|WNKO]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1972]]


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