WONE (AM)

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WONE

Broadcast area	Dayton, Ohio
Branding	980 Homer
Slogan	The Sports Animal
First air date	1949
Frequency	980 (kHz)
Format	Sports talk
Power	5,000 watts
Class	B
Callsign meaning	previous owner Group ONE
Owner	Clear Channel Communications
Website	www.wone.com

WONE is an AM radio station in Dayton, Ohio operating on 980 kHz with sports talk format. It carries programming from Fox Sports Radio, as well as the Jim Rome Show. Almost all of WONE's locally-based daytime lineup is now simulcast from Cincinnati sister station WCKY 1530-AM; in fact, the "Homer" nickname and imaging is the same as WCKY's. The station's programming is also carried on WIZE 1340 in Springfield.

1 History
2 Programming
3 External links

[edit] History

The station took the air in 1949, licensed to Skyland Broadcasting Corp. It was sold in 1961 to Brush-Moore Newspapers, publisher of the Canton Repository. In 1965 the station was sold to Group One Broadcasting of Akron, owner of WAKR. During the late 1960s WONE was known as "Channel 98," and it was one of Dayton's two popular Top 40 stations, the other being WING. The format changed to adult contemporary around 1967, when it was called "Charisma Radio". Sometime thereafter,around 1969 it switched to country music calling itself "Country-Wide W-1" to remain synonymous with its then-owner Group One.

On September 8, 1986, Group One was dissolved, and the station was sold to DKM Broadcasting. (One year beforehand, Group One obtained permission to place the WONE call sign on WAKR's FM sister station in Akron.) WONE's ownership passed to Stoner Broadcasting on December 9, 1992, to American Radio Systems on September 13, 1993, and to Jacor Communications on October 17, 1997.

After a stint as a country music station, WONE changed from "98 Country" to Adult Standards on November 29, 1994 and acquired Springfield-based former Top 40 giant WIZE along the way (which at the time also aired adult standards). WIZE ever since has virtually simulcast all of WONE's programming. WONE/WIZE adopted its present sports talk format on December 8, 2003, (as "Sports ONE") again competing with WING, then adopted the "Homer" nickname and weekday programming associated with WSAI 1360-AM (now on WCKY 1530-AM) in 2005.

[edit] Programming

[edit] Monday - Friday

6:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Richard Skinner (from WCKY)
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Tony Bruno
12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.: Jim Rome¹
3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.: Lance McAlister (from WCKY)
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.: The Sports Mafia, Shawn Gilbert and Dave Alexander (locally based)
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.: Andrew Siciliano²
10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.: J.T. the Brick²
2:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m.: Jorge Sedano²