580 WCHS live

580 WCHS is Charleston's news, talk and sports station. It broadcasts on 580 AM, is licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, and serves Southern and Southwestern West Virginia. The station is owned and operated by WVRC Media, and on this page you can listen to WCHS live online, free.

News, talk and sports

WCHS airs a news, talk and sports format. It is part of West Virginia MetroNews, the statewide news network, and carries national news from ABC News Radio and NBC News Radio along with programs from Westwood One.

History

The station signed on on September 15, 1927, as WOBU and became WCHS in 1934; the call letters stand for Charleston.

Sister stations

WVRC Media's sister stations in the region include WKAZ, WCST-FM, WKWS, WRVZ, WSWW, WSWW-FM and WVAF.

West Virginia, anywhere

Press play and WCHS starts in seconds — at home in the Kanawha Valley, at work or far from the Mountain State. The stream on this page carries the same programming you hear on 580 AM.

Nearly a century on the air

For close to a hundred years, 580 AM has been part of daily life in Charleston, from the first broadcasts in the 1920s to today's news and sports.

How to listen

You can hear WCHS on the radio on 580 AM across Southern West Virginia, but you do not need a radio at all: this page plays the live stream in any browser, on a phone, tablet or computer. Press the play button at the top, wait a second or two for the stream to connect, and keep browsing while it plays — the player stays on as you move between pages. It is ideal for the morning news or a game night, and it costs nothing: no account, no subscription and no app to install.

Below the player you will find WCHS's frequency and home city, the genres it plays, answers to common questions and a list of similar stations, so when you want a change you can jump to another station in the same format or the same area with one click.

• 100% free, no sign-up
• Live stream, 24 hours a day
• Listen from anywhere
• Works on phone and computer