WONE-FM
City | Akron, Ohio |
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Broadcast area | Akron metro area |
Branding | 97.5 WONE |
Slogan | Akron's Home of Rock and Roll |
Frequency | 97.5 MHz |
First air date | October 1947 (as WAKR-FM) |
Format | Album-oriented rock |
ERP | 12,000 watts |
HAAT | 271 meters |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 43873 |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°03′51.00″N 81°34′59.00″W / 41.0641667°N 81.5830556°W |
Callsign meaning |
W "ONE" –FM (reference to previous owner) |
Former callsigns |
WAKR-FM (1947–74) WAEZ (1974–85) |
Affiliations | Cleveland Browns Radio Network |
Owner |
Rubber City Radio Group, Inc. (Rubber City Radio Group, Inc.) |
Sister stations | WAKR, WNWV, WQMX |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website |
wone |
WONE-FM (97.5 FM) – branded 97.5 WONE – is a commercial album-oriented rock (AOR) radio station licensed to Akron, Ohio. Owned by Rubber City Radio Group, Inc., the station primarily serves the Akron metro area. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WONE-FM is available online. Both the WONE-FM studios and transmitter are located in Akron.[1]
History
The station signed on the air in October 1947 as WAKR-FM.[2] It was co-owned with WAKR. In 1974, the station adopted the callsign WAEZ, playing easy listening and beautiful music. The station adopted its current rock format as WONE-FM on January 1, 1985 when then owner Group One Broadcasting obtained permission to share the WONE base callsign of its sister station WONE/Dayton.
Current programming
Rock music accounts for the majority of station programming, but WONE-FM also serves as Akron's FM affiliate for the Cleveland Browns.[3] On February 1, 2013, WONE-FM announced that local radio veteran Jeff Kinzbach, best known from his years at WMMS/Cleveland, is taking over the station's morning shift.[4]
References
- ↑ http://wone.net/index.php/contact
- ↑ http://americanradiohistory.com/Broadcasting_Yearbook_Summary_Page.htm
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 4, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
- ↑ http://wone.net/index.php/jeff-kinzbach
External links
- Official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WONE
- Radio-Locator information on WONE
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WONE