WCER (AM)

For the former WCER in Charlotte, Michigan, see WLCM.

WCER

Broadcast area	Canton, Ohio
Branding	Joy 900 WCER
Frequency	900 kHz
First air date	1947
Format	Defunct (formerly Gospel Music)
Power	500 watts (daytime) 75 watts (nighttime)
Class	D
Callsign meaning	We're Christian Education Radio Where Christ Ever Reigns
Former callsigns	1988-1992: WBXT 1985-1988: WTOF 1967-1985: WNYN 1961-1967: WCNS 1947-1961: WAND
Owner	Melodynamic Broadcasting Corp.
Webcast	Listen Live

WCER (900 AM) — branded Joy 900 WCER — was an American commercial radio station licensed to Canton, Ohio, which broadcast a gospel music format in addition to some assorted religious programming. It also carried Walsh University football and high school football games.

WCER was owned by Melodynamic Broadcasting Corp., whose shareholders include Jack Ambrozic and former Cuyahoga County Judge Leodis Harris and is being leased to Curtis Perry III, the former programmer for now-defunct WINW. Likewise, WCER's current gospel music format is a direct replica of the format that was featured on WINW over the past few years.

History

The station began in 1947 as WAND. It became WCNS and later WNYN in the 1960s. WNYN, along with sister station WNYN-FM 106.9, was purchased in 1965 by Don Keyes, who had made his mark as a national programmer for legendary station owner Gordon McLendon. He sold the AM station sometime after 1971, when he sold WNYN-FM to Susquehanna Radio. The FM station became WHLQ, then WOOS, and is now WRQK-FM.

After Keyes sold the AM station, it was known as "Country 9" and featured a country music format in the 1980s. The station became WTOF on March 15, 1985 when it was commonly owned with WTOF-FM 98.1 (now WKDD). WTOF-FM was first station owned by Mortenson Broadcasting. After Mortenson sold the AM station, the call sign was changed to WBXT on March 1, 1988 (with a short-lived Urban format), then to WCER on September 29, 1992. The WCER call letters originally stood for "Canton's Entertainment Radio," but have taken on different meanings with the station's Christian and religious-leaning format.

Notable weekday programming on WCER's talk format included Alex Jones, Christian Teaching/Preaching, Derry Brownfield, Dave Ramsey, Doctor Laura, "The Patriot News Hour", and "The Flip Side" with Robby Noel.

On March 31, 2011, early reports began to surface that WCER would permanently cease operations by the end of that day. However, such plans were rescinded for undisclosed reasons, and WCER continued broadcasting. A lease agreement with Curtis A. Perry III, former programmer for WINW, took effect on July 8, 2011, and WCER dropped all existing talk programming for a revival of WINW's gospel music format.

The WCER call sign was previously assigned to AM 1390 and FM 92.7 in Charlotte, Michigan during the 1960s and 1970s. WCER/1390 became WGWY (now WLCM) in 1980 & WCER-FM 92.7 became WMMQ in 1979.

On September 27, 2011, WCER filed a "notification of silent operation", stating that the station went off the air September 14, 2011.^[1]

WCER's license expired on October 1, 2012, as the licensee did not file an application for renewal. On October 5, 2012, the station's license was cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission.

References

↑ "Operational Status Inquiry-WCER". Retrieved June 18, 2012.

External links

WCER official website

Radio stations in the Canton, Ohio market
By AM frequency	960 990 1060 1310 1450 1480 1520 1540
By FM frequency	88.7 89.3 90.1 90.9 90.9 91.1 91.5 92.5 94.1 95.3 95.9 99.9 101.7 104.5 106.9
By callsign	WBTC WCWS-FM WDJQ WDPN WHBC WHBC-FM WHOF WILB WINW WJDD WJEE WJER WKLM WKRJ WKRW WKVX WNPQ WOFN WQKT WRMU-FM WRQK-FM WTIG WTUZ
Defunct	WCER (900 AM)
Ohio radio markets Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Lima Marietta Toledo Youngstown–Warren Other Ohio radio regions Ashtabula Ironton Mid-Ohio Sandusky Southern Ohio Wheeling/Steubenville See also List of radio stations in Ohio

Religious radio stations in the state of Ohio
Stations	WAKW – Cincinnati WAOM – Mowrystown WAUI – Shelby WBCJ – Spencerville WBCY – Archbold WBIE – Delphos WBJV – Steubenville WCBV-LP – Lima WCCD – Parma/Cleveland WCCR – Cleveland WCNW – Fairfield WCRF-FM – Cleveland WCUE – Cuyahoga Falls/Akron WCVJ – Jefferson WCVV – Belpre WEEC – Springfield WFCJ – Miamisburg WFCO – Lancaster WFOT – Lexington WGOJ – Conneaut WGRI – Cincinnati WHSS -Hamilton WHJM – Anna WHKW – Cleveland WHKZ – Warren/Youngstown WHRQ – Sandusky WHVT – Clyde WHVY – Coshocton WILB – Canton WJDD – Carrollton WJEE – Bolivar WJFY-LP – Newark WJHE – Heath WJIC – Zanesville WJJE – Delaware WJTA – Glandorf/Leipsic WJYM – Bowling Green/Toledo WKCD – Cedarville WKJA – Brunswick WLRU-LP – Hillsboro WNHC-LP – Lima WNKL – Wauseon/Toledo WNOC – Bowling Green/Toledo WNOP – Newport/Cincinnati WOFN – Beach City WOHC – Chillicothe WOTL – Toledo WQRP – Dayton WRFD – Columbus-Worthington WRRO – Edon/Bryan WSHB – Willard WSJG -Tiffin WTGN – Lima WTLL-LP – Zanesville WTPG – Whitehouse WTTP-LP – Lima WUKV – Portsmouth WULM – Springfield/Dayton WVML – Millersburg WVMS – Sandusky WVSG -Columbus WWOW – Conneaut WWTL-LP – Logan WWYC – Toledo WXMF – Marion WXML – Upper Sandusky WXMW – Sycamore WYFY – Cambridge WYTN – Youngstown WYWH-LP – Athens WZCP – Chillicothe WZLP – Loudonville WZWP – West Union WYLR – Hubbard/Youngstown
Defunct	WCER – Canton
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Ohio See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

Coordinates: 40°49′17″N 81°25′34″W / 40.82139°N 81.42611°W / 40.82139; -81.42611

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