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WARF (AM)
Encyclopedia
WARF — branded Fox Sports 1350 — is a commercial sports/talk
radio station
serving the Akron, Ohio
metro area. WARF is the Akron affiliate
for both Fox Sports Radio
and The Jim Rome Show
, while also the flagship station for both the Akron Aeros
minor league baseball
team and the University of Akron
Zips
.
The station previously had a progressive talk format, and before that was sports-focused, having been affiliated with both ESPN Radio
and Sporting News Radio
. WARF is the oldest surviving station in the city otherwise; it was WADC for decades before becoming country music WSLR.
The call letters were derived from the name of the Automobile Dealers Co. that sponsored the show. After the show ended, Allen T. Simmons, owner of the Allen Theater, bought the station and obtained a permanent license which was granted on March 23, 1925.
It was the second radio station in Akron (after WOE which went on the air on April 27, 1922, but was off the air in July 1923).
Regular broadcasts began on April 8, 1925 from studios in the Portage Hotel.
The station originally broadcast at 1160 kHz with 100 watts,
but its signal increased to 500 watts by 1926.
WADC was a charter member of the CBS Radio Network
, being one of the 16 stations that aired the first CBS network program on September 18, 1927.
The station soon opened new studios in Tallmadge
and increased its power to 5,000 watts. Its frequency jumped around from 1160 to 1010 to 1260, and to 1320 after the FRC
's General Order 40
went into effect on November 11, 1928. On March 29, 1941 it moved to 1350 kHz as part of the NARBA
frequency shifts.
As the CBS affiliate during the 1930s and 1940s, WADC was the leading Akron radio station, rivaled later only by WAKR
after it took to the air in 1940. Akron had no NBC
Red affiliate, since WTAM
's signal from Cleveland covered the area. WADC's success was symbolized by the two-story art-deco WADC Building, which was completed on May 6, 1949 and became a local landmark on the southeast corner of Main and Mill Streets in downtown Akron. The entire second floor of the building was occupied by the station's studios and offices.
WADC was sold in late 1964 to Welcome Radio, Inc. headed by Cleveland lawyer Harrison Fuerst. In January 1965, the station became WSLR, known as "Whistler 1350." It brought a country music
format to the area, with morning host Jaybird Drennan. Jaybird died on December 10, 2006.
On August 22, 1984, Welcome Radio sold WSLR to OBC Broadcasting, Inc., headed by Richard A. Nicoletti.
Faced with competition from WQMX
in Akron, along with WGAR
in Cleveland and WQXK
in Youngstown
, WSLR dropped its country format. On September 1, 1994 station adopted an urban contemporary
format delivered by ABC Radio called "The Touch,"
and it switched to call letters WTOU on September 29.
In October 1999, the station switched to a sports talk format. It first carried programming from ESPN Radio
and kept the WTOU calls but dropped "The Touch" nickname and instead went by "1350AM ESPN - Akron's Sports Network." WTOU and sister station WKDD
were sold by OBC Broadcasting to Clear Channel on August 15, 2000. In September 2001, months after the sale to Clear Channel, WTOU then flipped to Fox Sports Radio
as "Fox Sports 1350." The networks' offerings at the time also included Tony Bruno
and "Kiley & Booms," co-hosted by Cleveland Heights native Chuck Booms (who broadcast on his end from Clear Channel's Cleveland facilities in Independence, Ohio
). WTOU also became the Akron-Canton affiliate for the Jim Rome
Show.
The sports talk format was dropped on June 2, 2005, and the station switched to a liberal talk radio format (albeit with no Air America
programming at first), changing its call letters to WARF. Fox Sports Radio programming was picked up by WJMP
, who, ironically enough, dropped their own liberal talk format via an Air America feed.
The station became known as "Radio Free Ohio" and carried Al Franken
and Randi Rhodes
from Air America Radio
, and Ed Schultz
and Stephanie Miller
from Jones Radio. WARF also held the distinction of being the only station in the country to carry Bill Press
's radio show when it debuted on June 27, 2005, until KRXA
picked up the show on August 22. On February 13, 2006 veteran radio personality Joe Finan
(long heard on rival talk station WNIR) began a locally produced talk show 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. weekdays. Finan was released from WARF that October 27, and died that December 20.
WARF changed formats on March 30, 2007 from liberal talk to sports, using Sporting News Radio
. Its new logo uses a blue-and-gold color scheme, much like the University of Akron
. Throughout the format changes from all-sports to progressive talk and back to all-sports, WARF continues to carry its live sports programming —University of Akron
football and basketball and Akron Aeros
minor league baseball, though NASCAR
races have moved to sister station WHLO
. Tony Bruno
was originally a part of Sporting News Radio's lineup in mid-mornings, but after his dismissal from the network, WARF picked up the "Content Factory"-syndicated Dan Patrick
show.
In June 2009, WARF switched back to Fox Sports Radio
, and brought over The Jim Rome Show
as well, while WJMP
switched to a news/talk format. The current lineup still includes Dan Patrick
's show (now simulcast on FSR) and Tony Bruno
; making WARF one of the very few sports stations in the country to have carried most - if not all - of Bruno's network show incarnations.
Beginning in January of 2010, WARF started the area's first local sports talk show in nearly 20 years, The Jon Marochino Show. The show featured sports-talk as well as lifestyle opinions, concentrating mostly on local pro (Cleveland Cavs, Indians, and Browns), and college teams (Akron, Ohio State, and Kent State). As of October 2010, the show was re-tooled and branded as Ken And Fish and is hosted by Ken Carman and longtime FM Rock personality, Todd Fisher (who were already co-hosts on The Jon Marochino Show). Jon Marochino was transferred to sister station WKDD for afternoon drive and is now heard in morning drive on another WARF sister station, WHOF
.
The show went through another change in January 2011, as Fisher was moved to WRQK-FM for afternoon drive, leaving Carman to do the show solo. The Ken Carman Show aired weekday afternoons, but was substituted by Fox Sports Radio's Loose Cannons when Carman is out on other assignments.
Carman moved to WKRK-FM
92.3 in Cleveland on August 29, 2011 to become the evening host, as the station switched to a sports talk format. Former Fox Sports Radio host Chuck Booms, once heard on WARF, is heard on WKRK-FM's morning show.
WARF's schedule on their website has listed Loose Cannons as airing between 3 - 6 p.m. to fill Carman's spot, thus making AM 1350 a 24/7 FSR affiliate Monday-Friday (save for play by play coverage).
Sports radio
Sports radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts and...
radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
serving the Akron, Ohio
Akron, Ohio
Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...
metro area. WARF is the Akron affiliate
Network affiliate
In the broadcasting industry , a network affiliate is a local broadcaster which carries some or all of the television program or radio program line-up of a television or radio network, but is owned by a company other than the owner of the network...
for both Fox Sports Radio
Fox Sports Radio
Fox Sports Radio, abbreviated FSR, is an international radio network consisting of sports talk programming. The network is a service of Premiere Networks...
and The Jim Rome Show
The Jim Rome Show
The Jim Rome Show is a sports radio talk show hosted by Jim Rome. It airs live for three hours each weekday from 9 a.m. to noon Pacific. The show is produced in Los Angeles, California, syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks, and can be heard on more than 200 affiliate radio stations in the U.S...
, while also the flagship station for both the Akron Aeros
Akron Aeros
The Akron Aeros are a minor league baseball team based in Akron, Ohio, USA. The team, which plays in the Eastern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians.The Aeros play in Canal Park, located in downtown Akron, which seats 9,097 fans...
minor league baseball
Minor league baseball
Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball and provide opportunities for player development. All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses...
team and the University of Akron
University of Akron
The University of Akron is a coeducational public research university located in Akron, Ohio, United States. The university is part of the University System of Ohio. It was founded in 1870 as a small college affiliated with the Universalist Church. In 1913 ownership was transferred to the City of...
Zips
Akron Zips
One of the unique nicknames in all of intercollegiate athletics belongs to The University of Akron. Originally Zippers, athletic director Kenneth Cochrane officially shortened the nickname to the Zips in 1950. Twenty-five years earlier a campus-wide contest had been conducted to choose a nickname...
.
The station previously had a progressive talk format, and before that was sports-focused, having been affiliated with both ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio is an American sports radio network. It was launched on January 1, 1992 under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN." ESPN Radio is located at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut...
and Sporting News Radio
Sporting News Radio
Yahoo! Sports Radio, formerly Sporting News Radio is a United States sports radio network that broadcasts sports news, talk, scores, and highlights 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. On August 1, 2011, it was announced the network would change its name to Yahoo! Sports Radio, effective...
. WARF is the oldest surviving station in the city otherwise; it was WADC for decades before becoming country music WSLR.
History
The station traces its history to WADC which debuted as a temporary station for a February 1925 car show at the Central Garage.The call letters were derived from the name of the Automobile Dealers Co. that sponsored the show. After the show ended, Allen T. Simmons, owner of the Allen Theater, bought the station and obtained a permanent license which was granted on March 23, 1925.
It was the second radio station in Akron (after WOE which went on the air on April 27, 1922, but was off the air in July 1923).
Regular broadcasts began on April 8, 1925 from studios in the Portage Hotel.
The station originally broadcast at 1160 kHz with 100 watts,
but its signal increased to 500 watts by 1926.
WADC was a charter member of the CBS Radio Network
CBS Radio Network
The CBS Radio Network provides news, sports and other programming to more than 1,000 radio stations throughout the United States. The network is owned by CBS Corporation, and operated by CBS Radio ....
, being one of the 16 stations that aired the first CBS network program on September 18, 1927.
The station soon opened new studios in Tallmadge
Tallmadge, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 16,390 people, 6,273 households, and 4,711 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,173.9 people per square mile . There were 6,494 housing units at an average density of 465.1 per square mile...
and increased its power to 5,000 watts. Its frequency jumped around from 1160 to 1010 to 1260, and to 1320 after the FRC
Federal Radio Commission
The Federal Radio Commission was a government body that regulated radio use in the United States from its creation in 1926 until its replacement by the Federal Communications Commission in 1934...
's General Order 40
General Order 40
General Order 40 was an order issued on August 30, 1928 by the new Federal Radio Commission under the Radio Act of 1927 which provided for a reallocation of the commercial broadcast radio spectrum....
went into effect on November 11, 1928. On March 29, 1941 it moved to 1350 kHz as part of the NARBA
North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement
The North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement, usually referred to as NARBA, is a treaty that took effect in March 1941 and set out the bandplan and interference rules for mediumwave AM broadcasting in North America. Although mostly replaced by other agreements in the 1980s, the basic bandplan...
frequency shifts.
As the CBS affiliate during the 1930s and 1940s, WADC was the leading Akron radio station, rivaled later only by WAKR
WAKR
WAKR — branded 1590 WAKR — is a commercial radio station in Akron, Ohio. It is owned by Rubber City Radio Group, Inc. which also owns Akron's WONE-FM and WQMX...
after it took to the air in 1940. Akron had no NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
Red affiliate, since WTAM
WTAM
WTAM — branded Newsradio WTAM 1100 — is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, serving Greater Cleveland and much of surrounding Northeast Ohio. Owned by Clear Channel Communications, the station broadcasts primarily a news/talk format...
's signal from Cleveland covered the area. WADC's success was symbolized by the two-story art-deco WADC Building, which was completed on May 6, 1949 and became a local landmark on the southeast corner of Main and Mill Streets in downtown Akron. The entire second floor of the building was occupied by the station's studios and offices.
WADC was sold in late 1964 to Welcome Radio, Inc. headed by Cleveland lawyer Harrison Fuerst. In January 1965, the station became WSLR, known as "Whistler 1350." It brought a country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
format to the area, with morning host Jaybird Drennan. Jaybird died on December 10, 2006.
On August 22, 1984, Welcome Radio sold WSLR to OBC Broadcasting, Inc., headed by Richard A. Nicoletti.
Faced with competition from WQMX
WQMX
WQMX — branded FM 94.9 WQMX — is a commercial country radio station serving to the Akron, Ohio metro area. It is licensed to nearby Medina, Ohio and is owned by the Rubber City Radio Group, Inc. which also owns Akron's WAKR and WONE-FM....
in Akron, along with WGAR
WGAR-FM
WGAR-FM — branded 99.5 WGAR — is a commercial radio station in Cleveland, Ohio with a country music format. Studios are located at 6200 Oak Tree Boulevard off of Rockside Road in Independence, Ohio along with other local Clear Channel stations, and its transmitter is located in Parma.- WGAR:The...
in Cleveland and WQXK
WQXK
WQXK is a commercial radio station in Youngstown, Ohio, USA, serving the Mahoning Valley market broadcasting at 105.1 MHz with a country music format. It is one of seven radio stations in the Youngstown market owned by Cumulus Media with studios in "The Radio Center" in Youngstown.-History:The...
in Youngstown
Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County; it also extends into Trumbull County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
, WSLR dropped its country format. On September 1, 1994 station adopted an urban contemporary
Urban contemporary
Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...
format delivered by ABC Radio called "The Touch,"
and it switched to call letters WTOU on September 29.
In October 1999, the station switched to a sports talk format. It first carried programming from ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio is an American sports radio network. It was launched on January 1, 1992 under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN." ESPN Radio is located at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut...
and kept the WTOU calls but dropped "The Touch" nickname and instead went by "1350AM ESPN - Akron's Sports Network." WTOU and sister station WKDD
WKDD
WKDD — branded The New 98.1 'KDD — is a commercial hot adult contemporary radio station licensed to Munroe Falls, Ohio serving the Akron and Canton metro areas. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications...
were sold by OBC Broadcasting to Clear Channel on August 15, 2000. In September 2001, months after the sale to Clear Channel, WTOU then flipped to Fox Sports Radio
Fox Sports Radio
Fox Sports Radio, abbreviated FSR, is an international radio network consisting of sports talk programming. The network is a service of Premiere Networks...
as "Fox Sports 1350." The networks' offerings at the time also included Tony Bruno
Tony Bruno
For Tony Bruno, the musician, see Tony Bruno Tony Bruno is an American sports talk radio personality in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
and "Kiley & Booms," co-hosted by Cleveland Heights native Chuck Booms (who broadcast on his end from Clear Channel's Cleveland facilities in Independence, Ohio
Independence, Ohio
Independence is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,133.-Geography:Independence is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
). WTOU also became the Akron-Canton affiliate for the Jim Rome
Jim Rome
Jim Rome is an American sports radio talk show host syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks, a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications....
Show.
The sports talk format was dropped on June 2, 2005, and the station switched to a liberal talk radio format (albeit with no Air America
Air America Radio
Air America was an American radio network specializing in progressive talk programming...
programming at first), changing its call letters to WARF. Fox Sports Radio programming was picked up by WJMP
WJMP
WJMP AM 1520 is daytime only radio station licensed to Kent, Ohio and serving the Akron, Ohio radio market. WJMP operates with a maximum power output of 1,000 watts, using a six-tower, daytime-only directional antenna pattern....
, who, ironically enough, dropped their own liberal talk format via an Air America feed.
The station became known as "Radio Free Ohio" and carried Al Franken
Al Franken
Alan Stuart "Al" Franken is the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, which affiliates with the national Democratic Party....
and Randi Rhodes
Randi Rhodes
Randi Rhodes is an American progressive talk radio personality, formerly featured on Air America Radio and Nova M Radio and now on Premiere Radio Networks. Her eponymous program, The Randi Rhodes Show, airs live Monday through Friday from 3 pm to 6 pm Eastern Time.-Early life:Rhodes was born in...
from Air America Radio
Air America Radio
Air America was an American radio network specializing in progressive talk programming...
, and Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
Edward Andrew "Ed" Schultz Is an American television and radio host and a liberal political commentator . He is the host of The Ed Show, a daily news talk program on MSNBC, and The Ed Schultz Show, a talk radio show, nationally syndicated by Dial Global, promising "straight talk."-Early...
and Stephanie Miller
Stephanie Miller
Stephanie Catherine Miller is an American comedienne and host of The Stephanie Miller Show, a progressive talk radio program produced in Los Angeles and syndicated nationally by Dial Global. Talkers magazine ranked her as the 24th most important radio talk show host in America for 2010.-Early...
from Jones Radio. WARF also held the distinction of being the only station in the country to carry Bill Press
Bill Press
William "Bill" Press is a US talk radio host, political commentator and author.-Career:Press has a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Niagara University and Bachelor of Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg. He started his broadcasting career in Los Angeles for TV stations KABC-TV and...
's radio show when it debuted on June 27, 2005, until KRXA
KRXA
KRXA is a radio station broadcasting a progressive talk format. Licensed to Carmel Valley, California, USA, the station serves the Santa Cruz area. It is currently owned by KRXA, LLC. The station was founded in July 2005 by attorney Hal Ginsberg and longtime San Francisco broadcaster Peter B....
picked up the show on August 22. On February 13, 2006 veteran radio personality Joe Finan
Joe Finan
Joseph Albert Finan was an American radio show host, Finan was born in 1927 in Butler, Pennsylvania. He served in the United States Navy 1944-45 and attended Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
(long heard on rival talk station WNIR) began a locally produced talk show 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. weekdays. Finan was released from WARF that October 27, and died that December 20.
WARF changed formats on March 30, 2007 from liberal talk to sports, using Sporting News Radio
Sporting News Radio
Yahoo! Sports Radio, formerly Sporting News Radio is a United States sports radio network that broadcasts sports news, talk, scores, and highlights 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. On August 1, 2011, it was announced the network would change its name to Yahoo! Sports Radio, effective...
. Its new logo uses a blue-and-gold color scheme, much like the University of Akron
University of Akron
The University of Akron is a coeducational public research university located in Akron, Ohio, United States. The university is part of the University System of Ohio. It was founded in 1870 as a small college affiliated with the Universalist Church. In 1913 ownership was transferred to the City of...
. Throughout the format changes from all-sports to progressive talk and back to all-sports, WARF continues to carry its live sports programming —University of Akron
University of Akron
The University of Akron is a coeducational public research university located in Akron, Ohio, United States. The university is part of the University System of Ohio. It was founded in 1870 as a small college affiliated with the Universalist Church. In 1913 ownership was transferred to the City of...
football and basketball and Akron Aeros
Akron Aeros
The Akron Aeros are a minor league baseball team based in Akron, Ohio, USA. The team, which plays in the Eastern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians.The Aeros play in Canal Park, located in downtown Akron, which seats 9,097 fans...
minor league baseball, though NASCAR
NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
races have moved to sister station WHLO
WHLO
WHLO is an AM radio station in Akron, Ohio, USA, operating on 640 kHz, and owned by Clear Channel Communications.The station has a news/talk format with Jim Quinn's program from WPGB in Pittsburgh, and a schedule of syndicated talkers during the day, headed by Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, with a...
. Tony Bruno
Tony Bruno
For Tony Bruno, the musician, see Tony Bruno Tony Bruno is an American sports talk radio personality in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
was originally a part of Sporting News Radio's lineup in mid-mornings, but after his dismissal from the network, WARF picked up the "Content Factory"-syndicated Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
Daniel Patrick Pugh , professionally known as Dan Patrick, is an American sportscaster, radio personality, and actor from Mason, Ohio...
show.
In June 2009, WARF switched back to Fox Sports Radio
Fox Sports Radio
Fox Sports Radio, abbreviated FSR, is an international radio network consisting of sports talk programming. The network is a service of Premiere Networks...
, and brought over The Jim Rome Show
The Jim Rome Show
The Jim Rome Show is a sports radio talk show hosted by Jim Rome. It airs live for three hours each weekday from 9 a.m. to noon Pacific. The show is produced in Los Angeles, California, syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks, and can be heard on more than 200 affiliate radio stations in the U.S...
as well, while WJMP
WJMP
WJMP AM 1520 is daytime only radio station licensed to Kent, Ohio and serving the Akron, Ohio radio market. WJMP operates with a maximum power output of 1,000 watts, using a six-tower, daytime-only directional antenna pattern....
switched to a news/talk format. The current lineup still includes Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
Daniel Patrick Pugh , professionally known as Dan Patrick, is an American sportscaster, radio personality, and actor from Mason, Ohio...
's show (now simulcast on FSR) and Tony Bruno
Tony Bruno
For Tony Bruno, the musician, see Tony Bruno Tony Bruno is an American sports talk radio personality in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
; making WARF one of the very few sports stations in the country to have carried most - if not all - of Bruno's network show incarnations.
Beginning in January of 2010, WARF started the area's first local sports talk show in nearly 20 years, The Jon Marochino Show. The show featured sports-talk as well as lifestyle opinions, concentrating mostly on local pro (Cleveland Cavs, Indians, and Browns), and college teams (Akron, Ohio State, and Kent State). As of October 2010, the show was re-tooled and branded as Ken And Fish and is hosted by Ken Carman and longtime FM Rock personality, Todd Fisher (who were already co-hosts on The Jon Marochino Show). Jon Marochino was transferred to sister station WKDD for afternoon drive and is now heard in morning drive on another WARF sister station, WHOF
WHOF
WHOF — branded My 101.7 — is a commercial FM radio station serving Akron/Canton, Ohio, licensed to the suburb of North Canton. It is part of the Clear Channel Akron/Canton cluster, along with WARF, WHLO, WKDD, and WRQK-FM....
.
The show went through another change in January 2011, as Fisher was moved to WRQK-FM for afternoon drive, leaving Carman to do the show solo. The Ken Carman Show aired weekday afternoons, but was substituted by Fox Sports Radio's Loose Cannons when Carman is out on other assignments.
Carman moved to WKRK-FM
WKRK-FM
WKRK-FM — branded Sports Radio 92.3 The Fan — is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Serving Greater Cleveland and much of surrounding Northeast Ohio, WKRK-FM is owned by CBS Radio and broadcasts a sports format...
92.3 in Cleveland on August 29, 2011 to become the evening host, as the station switched to a sports talk format. Former Fox Sports Radio host Chuck Booms, once heard on WARF, is heard on WKRK-FM's morning show.
WARF's schedule on their website has listed Loose Cannons as airing between 3 - 6 p.m. to fill Carman's spot, thus making AM 1350 a 24/7 FSR affiliate Monday-Friday (save for play by play coverage).
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