WFWI

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WFWI
Simulcasting WOWO Fort Wayne
WOWO NewsTalk92.3-1190-97.3HD2.jpg
Broadcast area Fort Wayne, Indiana
Frequency 92.3 MHz
BrandingNews/Talk WOWO 92.3 FM 1190 AM
Programming
Format Talk radio
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WBYR, WKJG, WMEE, WQHK-FM, WOWO (AM)
History
First air date
March 1993
Former call signs
  • WFWI (1993-2012)
  • WOWO-FM (2012-2015)
Call sign meaning
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 18662
Class A
ERP 2,200 watts
HAAT 166 meters (545 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 41°06′39.00″N85°11′44.00″W / 41.1108333°N 85.1955556°W / 41.1108333; -85.1955556
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website wowo.com

WFWI (92.3 FM) is a radio station located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with a talk radio format, simulcasting WOWO (1190 AM). The station is owned by Federated Media.

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History

WFWI began broadcasting in March 1993 with an adult contemporary format under the ownership of Russ Oasis and Steve Avellone, with Tony Coles as the first program director.

In early 1994, Oasis and Coles then changed the format to 1970s hits; shortly after, Coles left Fort Wayne for New York's WLTW and production director Keith Harris took over as WFWI's program director. Under Harris's tenure, the format was shifted to classic hits. On January 6, 1995, the Bob & Tom Show became the station's morning show.

In 1997, Federated Media purchased WFWI from Edgewater Radio. Following the sale, Federated Media shifted WFWI from a classic hits format to a classic rock format under the name "92.3 The Fort".

On March 15, 2012, Federated Media announced that 92.3 would begin simulcasting WOWO on April 1. The change was then moved up a few days to the 28th, and at Noon on that day, following a goodbye show for The Fort from the DJs of the station (who had previously announced that they and the format would move to an online webstream at TheFortRocks.com; the show ended with "Happy Trails" by Van Halen), 92.3 began simulcasting WOWO as "News/Talk WOWO, AM 1190 and FM 92.3". The same day, the callsign was changed to WOWO-FM. [2] [3] [4]

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Logo as "Big 92.3"

On November 4, 2015, WOWO-FM changed their call letters back to WFWI. On December 14, WOWO began simulcasting on 107.5 W298BJ Fort Wayne; the simulcast would move to the frequency on January 1, 2016, as 92.3 began stunting with 2-minute clips of classic rock songs, with liners promoting to go to WePromiseSomethingBig.com, which had a timer counting down to Monday at 6AM, at which time 92.3 flipped to a classic hits/adult hits hybrid as "Big 92.3, Fort Wayne's Greatest Hits", playing hits from four decades (focusing on the late 1970s and early 1980s) and emphasizing that their stopsets would not last more than 2 minutes long. [5]

On May 1, 2023, WFWI dropped the classic hits format and returned to simulcasting WOWO. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WFWI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Penhollow, Steve (March 15, 2012). "FM simulcast of WOWO to replace 'The Fort'". The Journal Gazette . Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  3. ↑ WOWO Adds FM Simulcast Radioinsight - March 28, 2012
  4. ↑ The Fort Becomes WOWO-FM
  5. ↑ WOWO Moves FM Simulcast To 107.5 Radioinsight - December 14, 2015
  6. ↑ WOWO Returns to 92.3 in Fort Wayne Radioinsight - May 1, 2023
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