WCCO Radio
E722636
WCCO Radio is a long-established Minneapolis-based radio station known for its news, talk, and community-focused programming.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WCCO Radio canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8267227 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WCCO Radio Context triple: [Harry Reasoner, employer, WCCO Radio]
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A.
KYW (AM)
KYW (AM) is a long-running Philadelphia-based all-news radio station known for its continuous local news coverage and distinctive “Newsradio 1060” branding.
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B.
KALB
KALB is the ICAO airport code for Albany International Airport, a major commercial airport serving New York’s Capital Region.
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C.
KPTK-AM Seattle
KPTK-AM Seattle was a progressive talk radio station in Seattle, Washington, known for airing liberal political programming and syndicated hosts.
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D.
Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Public Radio is a major American public radio network based in Minnesota, best known for producing nationally distributed programs such as Garrison Keillor’s "A Prairie Home Companion."
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E.
WMAQ (AM)
WMAQ (AM) was a prominent Chicago radio station historically associated with the CBS-owned Group W broadcasting division.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WCCO Radio Target entity description: WCCO Radio is a long-established Minneapolis-based radio station known for its news, talk, and community-focused programming.
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A.
KYW (AM)
KYW (AM) is a long-running Philadelphia-based all-news radio station known for its continuous local news coverage and distinctive “Newsradio 1060” branding.
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B.
KALB
KALB is the ICAO airport code for Albany International Airport, a major commercial airport serving New York’s Capital Region.
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C.
KPTK-AM Seattle
KPTK-AM Seattle was a progressive talk radio station in Seattle, Washington, known for airing liberal political programming and syndicated hosts.
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D.
Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Public Radio is a major American public radio network based in Minnesota, best known for producing nationally distributed programs such as Garrison Keillor’s "A Prairie Home Companion."
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E.
WMAQ (AM)
WMAQ (AM) was a prominent Chicago radio station historically associated with the CBS-owned Group W broadcasting division.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | radio station ⓘ |
| airdate | 1922 ⓘ |
| band | AM ⓘ |
| branding | News Talk 830 WCCO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastArea | Upper Midwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| callsignMeaning | Washburn-Crosby Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Minneapolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | A ⓘ |
| clearChannelFrequency | 830 kHz ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countrySubdivision | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| facilityType | clear-channel station ⓘ |
| focus |
community-oriented programming
ⓘ
local news coverage ⓘ traffic reports ⓘ weather coverage ⓘ |
| format | news/talk ⓘ |
| formerCallsign | WLAG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequency | 830 kHz ⓘ |
| genre |
news radio
ⓘ
talk radio ⓘ |
| hasAudience | Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of Minnesota’s oldest radio stations ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| licensedToServe | Minneapolis, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| licensee | Audacy License, LLC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| market | Twin Cities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | terrestrial radio ⓘ |
| networkAffiliation |
CBS News Radio
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minnesota Twins Radio Network NERFINISHED ⓘ Minnesota Vikings Radio Network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
clear-channel nighttime coverage over large parts of the Midwest
ⓘ
long-established presence in Minneapolis radio market ⓘ |
| owner | Audacy, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform |
online streaming
ⓘ
over-the-air broadcast ⓘ |
| power | 50,000 watts ⓘ |
| programmingType |
news
ⓘ
sports ⓘ talk ⓘ |
| region | Hennepin County, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulatoryAuthority | Federal Communications Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serves | Minneapolis–Saint Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sisterStation |
KMNB
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
KZJK NERFINISHED ⓘ KZJK-HD2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Minnesota ⓘ |
| stationClass | clear-channel Class A ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: WCCO Radio Description of subject: WCCO Radio is a long-established Minneapolis-based radio station known for its news, talk, and community-focused programming.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.