WNIR
Overview
 
WNIR — branded "WNIR 100 FM" — is a talk
Talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...

 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...

 licensed to Kent, Ohio
Kent, Ohio
Kent is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the largest city in Portage County. It is located along the Cuyahoga River in Northeastern Ohio on the western edge of the county. The population was 27,906 at the 2000 United States Census and 28,904 in the 2010 Census...

 in 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...

 radio market. The station, along with sister station 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....

, and low power television station "The CAT" (WAOH-LP
WAOH-LP
WAOH-LP channel 29 in Akron, Ohio and W35AX channel 35, also known as WAX, in Cleveland, Ohio are low power Class A television stations serving the Akron/Cleveland market...

 channel 29 Akron and W35AX channel 35 Cleveland), is locally owned by Media-Com, Inc. Its facilities, as well as those of its sister radio and television stations, are located along State Route 59 in Franklin Township
Franklin Township, Portage County, Ohio
Franklin Township is a civil township located in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It is located along the Cuyahoga River in Northeast Ohio on the western edge of the county. The 2000 census found 5,276 people in the township...

 east of Kent and adjacent to the village of Brady Lake
Brady Lake, Ohio
Brady Lake is a village in Portage County, Ohio, United States. The population was 513 at the 2000 census and 497 in the 2006 estimate. Incorporated in 1927, it originally developed as an amusement park and summer resort that opened in 1891. It was formed from a small portion of Franklin Township...

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WNIR has been acknowledged as the #1 rated FM talk radio station in America in the categories of "FM Market Rank" as well as "FM Talk Share" (among listeners age 12+) according to the article titled "The Inside Story with Mike Kinosian: FM Talk" published in INSIDE RADIO magazine.

WNIR is owned by Media-Com, one of the last family-owned media outlets in northeast Ohio.
 
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