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WCCR AM 1260 growth potential?

CleveRadioInsider said:
Ok a little off topic but it does have to do with the Catholic station currently on 1260 AM. Who was the previous owner of the Catholic station that was on before? Anybody know? I am happy to see that this new station has been around as long as it has and will be expanding with the addition of the 930AM frequency. My favorite show on 1260 is the Paul Orlousky show God calling. He has great interviews.
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Divine Mercy Communications was the owner of AM 1260 from 1995-1998, under the call letters WMIH. History here on the WCCR Wiki article. They ended up putting the station up for sale in 1998 due to financial issues. ABC Radio then bought the station to use as a Radio Disney affiliate in the Cleveland market.
 
Divine Mercy was headed up by two Cleveland attorneys, Steven J. Kurdziel and Peter A. Carfagna; Kurdzeil previously printed a Polish-language newspaper in the city. Tom Bush (comedian, Big Chuck and Lil John sidekick, WERE station manager and later a target in the Cuyahoga County corruption scandal) was the station manager. WMIH was pretty much the first all-Catholic station.

Mary, Mary in the Plain Dealer on WMIH's launch: (Feb 22, 1995)
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AP story on WMIH from the Zanesville Times-Recorder: (Apr 29, 1995)
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