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Yabadabado1

Sort of a fun little waste of time but......where are the former call letters at of Akron/Cleveland radio stations of years gone by?
WIXY 1260 AM: Now on a country station in Champaign, IL. at 100.3 FM.
WNCR 99.5: Still in the area but now on AM 930 out of Elyria.
WWWM 105.7: Now in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Known as "Love 105" and amazingly still on the 105.7 frequency.
WGCL 98.5: Not being used by any station currently AM or FM
WGAR 1220 AM: On the AM side, no one using it but still on the FM dial in Cleveland.
WKYC 1100 AM: Obviously being used by the TV station but no AM/FM use.
WBEA 107.3: Now in Southold, NY known as "101.7 The Beach.
WKSW 99.5: Now in Cookesville, TN. known as "98.5 Kiss FM.
WBOE 90.3: Bonifay, FL. on 97.7 [The Cleveland WBOE went kaput in 1978 until WCPN started in 1984 but the WCPN call letters now reside on 104.9.
WAEZ 97.5: Now in Greenville, TN. on 94.9 known as "Electric 94
WDMT 107.9: Now in Marlinton, WV on 106.3, known as "Alleghany Mountain Radio" and only putting out 60 watts.
WPHR 107.9: Now in Gifford, Florida known as "B94.7 Todays Best Country"


If I forgot any, feel free to chime in.
 
I feel like 92.3 deserves its own post...
  • WSRS-FM (1947–1959) - now 96.1 SRS, Worcester MA
  • WJMO-FM (1959–1960) - now 1300AM La Mega, still in Cleveland
  • WCUY (1960–1971) - unknown (unused?)
  • WLYT (1971–1983) - supposedly low-power 94.7FM in North Carolina
  • WRQC (1983–1990) - unknown (unused?)
  • WJMO-FM (1990–1994) - see above
  • WZJM (1994–2001) - unknown (unused?)
  • WXTM (2001–2006) - on the TV side, a low-power station in Erie PA (channel 18)
  • WXRK (2006–2007) - low-power alt-rocker "Rock Hits 92.3" in Charlotte NC
  • WKRI (2007) - low-power oldies station "FM95.9 WKRI" in Richmond KY
 
WRMR (850, 1420) 98.7 FM Jacksonville, NC Rock
WSLR (1350) 96.5 LP-FM, Sarasota, FL Community Non-Profit
WWWE (1100) 1310 AM Decatur, GA Spanish
WCLE (640) 1570 AM Cleveland, TN Oldies
WBBG (1260) 106.1 FM Niles (Youngstown), OH Country
WWIZ (1380 Lorain) 103.9 FM West Middlesex, PA (Youngstown) CHR
WNOB (107.9) 93.7 FM Chesapeake, VA AC
WCJW (104,1) 1140 AM, Warsaw, NY Country
 
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WUJC (88.9, 88.7) 91.1 St. Marks, FL Religious
WPVL (1460) 1590 AM Platteville, WI Sports
WQLS (1460) 90.1 Camden, AL Non-Commercial License canceled in 2020
 
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Dang! I can't believe how many I forgot. Thanks, Alzheimer's! Some of those call letters were gone even before I moved to Ohio, so I can see why I forgot them. And I really can't believe I forgot WNOB since that evolved into WDMT where I was at for two shakes of a lamb's tail.
 
jtakach98 said:
  • WCUY (1960–1971) - unknown (unused?)
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"CUY" stood for Cuyahoga. The river, the country and the owner of the station!

(Richard Eaton, owner of United Broadcasting, lost the licenses to stations in Miami and DC as well as a TV station for things like running lottery numbers and double billing. He also owned, illegally, XERF in Villa Acuña and XESM in Mexico City)
 
Richard Eaton. He probably deserves his own thread. His license renewals were held up for years over the numbers thing and all. I recall the sale to Zapis here only came after they finally settled the case.
When I worked there, he had a tradition of personally signing all paychecks, a daunting task when you own 14 or so stations. And he had to be nearly 90 at that time so there were paydays when the checks were late because he wasn't up to signing them all!
Wolfman Jack wrote about working for Eaton in his autobiography and I can believe his stories.
 
Yabadabado1 said:
The country? I didn't know there was a country called Cuyahoga! What part of the world is that located in? 🤪
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Spell correct hits again. Should be "county" of course. Home of the burning river.
 
Santa fe said:
Richard Eaton. He probably deserves his own thread. His license renewals were held up for years over the numbers thing and all. I recall the sale to Zapis here only came after they finally settled the case.
When I worked there, he had a tradition of personally signing all paychecks, a daunting task when you own 14 or so stations. And he had to be nearly 90 at that time so there were paydays when the checks were late because he wasn't up to signing them all!
Wolfman Jack wrote about working for Eaton in his autobiography and I can believe his stories.
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Several times he visited WJMO and WCUY in Cleveland Heights. The stations were on the second floor of a Ford dealer, and there was no elevator. So staff members had to pick him up and carry him upstairs while someone else took his wheelchair. Each time there was a pool that would only be won if they dropped him; you had to pick the number of the step where the fall began.

He also had his own office supply company, and things like TP, soap and cleaning materials were sent from DC to each station. The orders were generally as much as a month late, making the staff buy their own supplies. As "gofer" I was often sent on runs to the market to get the needed goods.
 
Maybe as of late, compared to other local stations. But in a 30+ year span 1260 went from WDOK-AM to WIXY to WMGC to WBBG.

In about the same timeframe, 1100 went from WTAM to KYW to WKYC to WWWE.
 
thenetwork said:
Maybe as of late, compared to other local stations. But in a 30+ year span 1260 went from WDOK-AM to WIXY to WMGC to WBBG.

In about the same timeframe, 1100 went from WTAM to KYW to WKYC to WWWE.
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Out of all the owners that AM 1260 had, ABC/Disney was likely the one that held onto the station the longest, at almost close to 17 years. Will The Rock be able to hold on to it for that long? This May will be their 11th anniversary.

Also, just about every new ownership filed for new call letters for 1260.
 
From Wikipedia:

Former call signs
  • WDOK (1950–1965)
  • WIXY (1965–1976)
  • WMGC (1976–1978)
  • WBBG (1978–1987)
  • WMJI (1987–1988)
  • WRDZ (1988–1995)
  • WMIH (1995–1998)
  • WWMK (1998–2015)
 


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