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Trivia Time

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SonoSational18

Ok radio geeks.... match these historical FM call letters with their dial position:

KYW-FM
WABQ-FM
WAKR-FM
WBOE
WCJW
WCUE
WCZR
WDBN
WDGO
WELW-FM
WERE-FM
WEWS-FM
WHK-FM (the 1960's version)
WLRO-FM
WLYT
WNCR
WZZP
 
Here's my best shot... :) :D

KYW-FM (105.7 - 1956-1965)
WABQ-FM (106.5 - 1959-1960)
WAKR-FM (97.5 - 1948-1968)
WBOE (90.3 - 1946-1978)
WCJW (104.1 - 1965-1972)
WCUE (96.5 - 1958-1977)
WCZR (107.3 - January-November 1987)
WDBN (94.9 - 1960-1988)
WDGO (95/5 - 1960-1962)
WELW-FM (107.9 - 1970-1975)
WERE-FM (98.5 - 1948-1972)
WEWS-FM (102.1 - 1947-1950) --- I doubt it was on for that long; Scripps likely ran it as a training ground for WEWS/5; WDOK came on in 1952 long after WEWS-FM was turned off...
WHK-FM (the 1960's version) (100.7 - 1946-1968)
WLRO-FM (never existed) --- there was a WLRO/1380 from 1969-1984, and WZLE/104.9 from 1975-1999...
WLYT (92.3)
WNCR (99.5 - 1970-1975)
WZZP (106.5 - 1977-1984)
 
Nathan Obral said:
Here's my best shot... :) :D

KYW-FM (105.7 - 1956-1965)
WABQ-FM (106.5 - 1959-1960)
WAKR-FM (97.5 - 1948-1968)
WBOE (90.3 - 1946-1978)
WCJW (104.1 - 1965-1972)
WCUE (96.5 - 1958-1977)
WCZR (107.3 - January-November 1987)
WDBN (94.9 - 1960-1988)
WDGO (95/5 - 1960-1962)
WELW-FM (107.9 - 1970-1975)
WERE-FM (98.5 - 1948-1972)
WEWS-FM (102.1 - 1947-1950) --- I doubt it was on for that long; Scripps likely ran it as a training ground for WEWS/5; WDOK came on in 1952 long after WEWS-FM was turned off...
WHK-FM (the 1960's version) (100.7 - 1946-1968)
WLRO-FM (never existed) --- there was a WLRO/1380 from 1969-1984, and WZLE/104.9 from 1975-1999...
WLYT (92.3)
WNCR (99.5 - 1970-1975)
WZZP (106.5 - 1977-1984)
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Good job Nathan:
A few comments:
I never knew WABQ was ever on 106.5..of course, 106.5 was ethnic WXEN before WZZP

WEWS-FM was on the air at least into 1949.  I have old listings for it and WERE-FM from February of that year..

103.3 was WCUO in the early 1950's brfore WCRF came along in 1958..
Before WDGO/WCLV, WSRS-FM (AM 1490) was positioned at 95.3 FM..

I also saw 1948 Plain Dealer listings for a WLAL on 104.9 in Lakewood..

100.7 had the call letters WHKX in the late 1940's (again according to the PD)

In Akron-Canton..

WFAH-FM originally was on 101.7 FM  before moving to 92.5 (Now WZKL)
92.5 was the original WAND-FM Canton(AM companion on 900) Late 40's early 50's

94.9 was originally WCMW-FM Canton (AM 1060) before moving to Medina eventually as WDBN

106.9 was originally WCNO (co-owned with WCNS-900) then WNYN-FM, WHLQ (Co-owned with WHLO-640) now WRQK

After WFAH vacated 101.7, WJER Dover occupied the frequency from 1969-2007 when WHOF was brought into being..(WHOF was on 1060 with a country format in the mid 1960's..)

Too bad that none of the original owners of the FM channels in Akron-Canton had the foresight to hold on to the stations through the years..

One more:105.1 WQXK was originally WFMJ-FM then WSOM-FM
 
Mr. orbal pretty much nailed it, although I did have on what I beleive to be good authority that 104.9 had the WLRO-FM call letters as a sister station to WLRO/1380. 106.9 in Canton, I beleive, was WCNS, while the AM on 900 was WCNO. It was also WOOS from 1978 to sometime in the 80's.
 
I still remember WHLO/640 in its first talk incarnation, under Susquehanna in the 1970s, signing off at California sunset.

"For the best in beautiful music, tune to WHLQ, 106.9 FM"
 
SonoSational18 said:
Mr. orbal pretty much nailed it, although I did have on what I beleive to be good authority that 104.9 had the WLRO-FM call letters as a sister station to WLRO/1380. 106.9 in Canton, I beleive, was WCNS, while the AM on 900 was WCNO. It was also WOOS from 1978 to sometime in the 80's.
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Not a problem. ;D

WZLE was actually established by the then-operators of WLEC in Sandusky (hence, the shared "LE," although it also stood for Lorain and Elyria) and had studios in the Sheffield Center. 1380 and 104.9 weren't co-owned until Vernon Baldwin bought them both in 1990, by then 1380 had the WRKG calls.
 
SonoSational18 said:
Mr. orbal pretty much nailed it, although I did have on what I beleive to be good authority that 104.9 had the WLRO-FM call letters as a sister station to WLRO/1380. 106.9 in Canton, I beleive, was WCNS, while the AM on 900 was WCNO. It was also WOOS from 1978 to sometime in the 80's.
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Not to nitpick, but according to Industry magazines of the mid 1960's, (From David Gleason's fine website) WCNS was AM 900 and WCNO was FM 106.9..
 
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