What's on your presets?

[Snat]

FM:
1. 101.1
2. 97.1
3. 99.7
4. 91.5
5. 105.7
6. 107.9

AM:
Who needs it? I go to the CD player if I can't find anything good on FM.

 

[alans613]

1-107.7 WMMX/Dayton "Mix 107.7"(Listen daily)
2-97.1 WBNS "Mix 97.1"(Listen daily)
3-97.9 WNCI(Rarely tune in)
4-92.9 WGTZ "Z-93"(Listen daily)
5-94.5 WDKF (Formerly "Channel 9-4-5")(Rarely)
6-106.5 WDSJ "Smooth Jazz 106.5"(Very rarely)
Don't listen to AM

 

[Kahuna1]

Sirius Channels

10 - The Bridge
12 - Super Shuffle
14 - Classic Vinyl
15 - Classic Rewind
16 - The Vault
18 - The Spectrum
103 - Blue Collar Comedy
120 - ESPN Radio
132 - CNN
133 - CNN Headline news

ALL music channels are commercial free!

also,

AM
820 - WOSU (except during fund raising drives)
610 - WTVN (for local traffic only)

 

[AlexBrowne]

Okay, to make this interesting a blast from the past. When I last lived in Columbus -- IN AUGUST 1976! -- here were my presets (with the call letters of that day):

AM
610 (WTVN: then top 40)
820 (WOSU: then news/talk)
880 (WRFD: then top 40)
1230 (WCOL: then top 40)
1460 (WBNS: then top 40)

FM
89.7 (WOSU-FM: then classical)
94.7 (WVKO-FM: then soul)
97.9 (WNCI: then top 40)
99.7 (WMNI-FM: then top 40)
103.9 (WBBY: then top 40)

 

[Nu_Roo_2]

Okay, to make this interesting a blast from the past. When I last lived in Columbus -- IN AUGUST 1976! -- here were my presets (with the call letters of that day):

AM
610 (WTVN: then top 40)
820 (WOSU: then news/talk)
880 (WRFD: then top 40)
1230 (WCOL: then top 40)
1460 (WBNS: then top 40)

FM
89.7 (WOSU-FM: then classical)
94.7 (WVKO-FM: then soul)
97.9 (WNCI: then top 40)
99.7 (WMNI-FM: then top 40)
103.9 (WBBY: then top 40)

Yes, interesting, but many of the formats are wrong. There were never that many Top 40's. Also, I believe WVKO-FM may have been WSPO during that period.

 

[gr8oldies]

I think you'd have put both WTVN and WBNS into the full service/hot A/C category rather than top 40. The music was pretty uptempo but they both, as I recall, had hourly newscasts and other full service features. I don't remember any calls other than WVKO-FM for the soul period on 94.7, I believe those calls were in place through the switch to WSNY.

 

[Nu_Roo_2]

94.7 was definitely WSPO during part of the 70's. Bert Charles, longtime sports announcer and then-owner of WVKO-AM and 94.7, changed the FM calls to WSPO to reflect the fact that it carried live SPOrts, with Charles doing the play-by-play. (Can't recall exactly what team(s)...maybe OSU away games?) Anyway, I recall that its main format was easy listening, and it seemed to play the same 3-hour block of instrumentals over and over. (Mostly garbage musically, except for the fabulous Wes Montgomery...loved his "California Dreamin.") At some point, they started simulcasting VKO-AM at night. I believe that's when the calls changed back to VKO-FM.

 

[AlexBrowne]

Let me put it this way -- all the stations I called "top 40" had SURVEYS, or else played what were just starting to be called top 40 "oldies." That's how I categorized Top 40 in those days; and I kept copious notes of the surveys. My records indicate that 94.7 had the call letters WSPO from 1969-1975. Trust me, the call letters were WVKO-FM in August 1976, the date I referenced.

Okay, to make this interesting a blast from the past. When I last lived in Columbus -- IN AUGUST 1976! -- here were my presets (with the call letters of that day):

AM
610 (WTVN: then top 40)
820 (WOSU: then news/talk)
880 (WRFD: then top 40)
1230 (WCOL: then top 40)
1460 (WBNS: then top 40)

FM
89.7 (WOSU-FM: then classical)
94.7 (WVKO-FM: then soul)
97.9 (WNCI: then top 40)
99.7 (WMNI-FM: then top 40)
103.9 (WBBY: then top 40)

Yes, interesting, but many of the formats are wrong. There were never that many Top 40's. Also, I believe WVKO-FM may have been WSPO during that period.

 

[columbus radio fan]

On My XM receiver...

8- 80's on 8
9- 90's on 9
30- XM Hitlist (CHR)
41- Boneyard (hard rock/heavy metal)
47-Ethel (new alternative)
54- Lucy (90's alternative)
65- The Rhyme (Old school rap)
81- BPM (Dance/techno/electronica)
173- WLW (700 WLW)
202- The Virus (Opie & Anthony)
During baseball is whatever channel the Cubs are on (varies day to day).
During hockey is whatever channel The Blue Jackets are on (varies game to game).

On my regular radio...
1- 610 WTVN
2- 700 WLW
3- 920 WMNI
4- 1230 WYTS
5- 1460 WBNS
6- 1250 WCHO

1- 91.5 WHKC
2- 92.3 WCOL
3- 96.3 WLVQ
4- 97.1 WBNS
5- 97.9 WNCI
6- 105.7 WBWR

 

[DaytonRadio]

On XM..

47 - Ethel
54 - Lucy
48 - Squizz
20 - 20 on 20
30 - Hitlist
21 - KISS
22- MIX
26 - Flight 26
9 - 90's on 9
6 - 60's on 6

On regular radio
FM
1 - 97.9 WNCI
3 - 94.5 WDKF
3 - 95.3 WZLR
4 - 97.1 WBNS
5 - 99.7 WBZX
6 - 103.9 WXEG

AM
1 - 610 WTVN
2 - 700 WLW
3 - 1290 WHIO
4 - 1230 WYTS
5 - 1250 WCHO
6 - 1600 WULM