WHIO-FM

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WHIO-FM
Simulcast of WHIO, Dayton
Broadcast area Dayton metropolitan area
Frequency 95.7 MHz
BrandingAM 1290 and News 95.7 WHIO
Programming
Format News/Talk
Network CBS News Radio
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
November 30, 1960;64 years ago (1960-11-30)
Former call signs
  • WPTW-FM (1960–89)
  • WCLR (1989–2000)
  • WDPT (2000–06)
Call sign meaning
Ohio [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 73908
Class B
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 145 meters (476 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 40°13′3.20″N84°17′36.80″W / 40.2175556°N 84.2935556°W / 40.2175556; -84.2935556
Links
Public license information
Webcast
Website www.whio.com

WHIO-FM (95.7 MHz) – branded AM 1290 and News 95.7 WHIO – is a commercial radio station licensed to Pleasant Hill, Ohio, and serving the Dayton metropolitan area. It simulcasts a news/talk radio format with sister station WHIO 1290 AM. They are owned by the Cox Media Group. [3] The studios are at the Cox Media Center on South Main Street (Ohio State Route 48) in Dayton.

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WHIO-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts, the maximum for most Ohio FM stations. The transmitter tower is on Aiken Road in Houston. [4]

History

Middle of the Road (1960-1989)

The station signed on the air on November 30, 1960;64 years ago. The call sign was WPTW-FM. Its original city of license was Piqua, and it largely simulcast co-owned WPTW (1570 AM). [5] WPTW originally operated as a daytime-only station. So after sunset, listeners could continue to hear the station by tuning in WPTW-FM.

By the late 1960s, WPTW played middle of the road (MOR) music using a sophisticated reel-to-reel automation system, while the FM had a beautiful music format, playing 15 minute sweeps of instrumental cover versions of popular songs, at first with no vocals. The exception was the "Dell-O Morning Show" hosted by Dell Olmay, which was heard on both stations. WPTW-FM's station identification remained until 1974 as: "This is WPTW...FM Stereo...transmitting from Piqua, Ohio." It began using both Piqua and Troy in its legal I.D. in 1975.

After Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules changed regarding daytimer AM stations operating on Mexican clear channel frequencies, 1570 WPTW was finally given approval by the FCC in 1986 to broadcast around the clock. That led WPTW-FM to end all simulcasting. WPTW-FM could carry a separate format and image, including a change in its call sign.

The original Kool 95 logo Kool1.gif
The original Kool 95 logo

Soft Adult Contemporary (1989–1993)

After the original WHIO-FM 99.1 flipped to country music from easy listening in 1989, WPTW-FM management wanted to quickly fill the hole. The station continued its own easy format, but changed its call letters to WCLR with the moniker "Clear 95". Later that year, in an effort to attract younger listeners, WCLR began adding more vocals to its easy format. WCLR made a full switch to soft adult contemporary a short time later, still under the "Clear 95" name with the "Lite and Easy Favorites" slogan.

Oldies (1993–2000)

In early 1993, WCLR switched to an oldies format playing the hits of the 1950s through the early 1970s as "Kool 95". Later that year, it purchased WDJK in nearby Xenia. It flipped that station's call letters to WZLR and began simulcasting the oldies format on both 95.3 and 95.7. In mid-1997, after the stations were purchased by the Cox Media Group, the moniker was changed to "Oldies 95", keeping the same format.

Former WDPT 95.7 The Point logo FormerLogo.jpg
Former WDPT 95.7 The Point logo

Classic Hits (2000–2006)

In 2000, the station switched from oldies to classic hits, covering the top songs from the late 1970s through the 1980s. It changed its call letters to WDPT and switched its moniker to "The Point". It only continued the simulcast with 95.3 for a short time, before the Xenia station flipped to classic rock as "The Eagle". "The Point", and its mostly 1980s format, was consulted by Randy Kabrich, who had programmed WRBQ in Tampa in the mid-to-late 1980s.

News/Talk (2006–present)

In October 2006, after playing "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds, WDPT's music format ended. The station switched to news and talk. It began a simulcast of 1290 WHIO, using the call sign WHIO-FM.

In July 2011, the station changed its "community of license" from Piqua to Pleasant Hill, Ohio, even though the transmitter did not move. This change was reportedly necessitated by FCC requirements that the station's main studio be located within 25 miles of its community of license. With the move of Cox Media Group facilities to the South Main Street location, Piqua no longer met that requirement, but Pleasant Hill does. [6] That rule was eliminated by the FCC in October 2017. [7]

Programming

Weekdays on WHIO-AM-FM begin with The Wyoming Valley's Morning News anchored by Larry Hansgen, Brittany Otto, and Jeremy Ratliff. [8] In PM drive time, a local talk program is heard, The Evening Edge with Todd Hollst. The rest of the day features nationally syndicated talk programs: Brian Kilmeade and Friends, The Erick Erickson Show, The Sean Hannity Show, Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory . Weekends feature specialty shows on money, health, cars and gardening as well as repeats of weekday programs. Most hours begin with an update from CBS News Radio.

WHIO-AM-FM serve as the flagship stations for University of Dayton Flyers football and basketball. WHIO also serves as the Dayton home for Cleveland Browns play-by-play football during the NFL season.

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References

  1. ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WHIO-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "WHIO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ FCC.gov/WHIO-FM
  5. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1961-1962 page B-131
  6. ↑ "WHIO-FM changes city of license". Radio-Info.com. July 12, 2011. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Divided FCC Eliminates Main Studio Rule". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  8. ↑ WHIO.com/WHIO-radio/on-air
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