Dayton, Ohio radio in 1975. (Note: Counting only stations serving the market, not bedroom community stations that later moved in-or non-commercial/religious)
H.K. "Bud Crowl: WAVI (AM)-Talk/WDAO (FM) What we now call Urban
Cox: WHIO (AM)-Full service MOR/talk / WHIO-FM, Beautiful music
Great Trails: WING (AM) Top 40-A/C
Group One: WONE(AM-Country/WTUE Top 40 (flipped to AOR in August)
University of Dayton: WVUD(FM)-AOR. (Still a commercial station)
5 owners running commercial stations in the market.
Present-day:
Cox: WHIO (AM) WHIO-FM News/Talk-WHKO (FM) Country, WZLR-Classic Rock
Alpha: WGTZ (FM) A/C, WING (Sports); WCLI (FM), Country; WDHT, Rhythmic CHR
iHeart: WYDB (Country) -ALOHA TRUST; WCHD (FM) CHR; WZDA (FM) Alternative; WRZX (FM)-Classic Hits-ALOHA Trust; WMMX (FM), A/C.
5 owners in the 70s if you count UD, 3 now and I'm not counting non-comms, LPFMs, and religious. Is the ownership situation that different except for more signals?
H.K. "Bud Crowl: WAVI (AM)-Talk/WDAO (FM) What we now call Urban
Cox: WHIO (AM)-Full service MOR/talk / WHIO-FM, Beautiful music
Great Trails: WING (AM) Top 40-A/C
Group One: WONE(AM-Country/WTUE Top 40 (flipped to AOR in August)
University of Dayton: WVUD(FM)-AOR. (Still a commercial station)
5 owners running commercial stations in the market.
Present-day:
Cox: WHIO (AM) WHIO-FM News/Talk-WHKO (FM) Country, WZLR-Classic Rock
Alpha: WGTZ (FM) A/C, WING (Sports); WCLI (FM), Country; WDHT, Rhythmic CHR
iHeart: WYDB (Country) -ALOHA TRUST; WCHD (FM) CHR; WZDA (FM) Alternative; WRZX (FM)-Classic Hits-ALOHA Trust; WMMX (FM), A/C.
5 owners in the 70s if you count UD, 3 now and I'm not counting non-comms, LPFMs, and religious. Is the ownership situation that different except for more signals?
