In 1972...KRE-AM, Berkeley, California became
KPAT-AM.
In 1985...WJW-AM, Cleveland, Ohio changd its call
letters to WRMR-AM.
WJW broadcasting as WLBV in Mansfield, Ohio on November 13,
1926 under the ownership of John F. Weimer.
In 1928, the call letters were
changed to WJW, reflecting the owner's initials. By
1931, the station had been sold to Mansfield Broadcasting Association, and it
was broadcasting at 1210 kHz with 100 watts.
WJW moved to Akron in 1932. By 1936, the station was owned by WJW,
Inc. On March 29, 1941, WJW, like most stations
around the country changed its frequency with the implementation of the North
American Radio Broadcasting Agreement. As of 1942, the station was broadcasting
with 250 watts at 1240 kHz.
On November 13, 1943, William M. O'Neill purchased the
station and moved it to Cleveland, with facilities in the Guardian Building
(now the National City–East 6th Building at 619 Euclid). Marvin Cade signed on
the station that Saturday and was the evening news announcer. On the 11 of June
1985, Marvin Cade was invited to sign off WJW Radio for the final time when it
switched over to WWWE at 1100 kHz.
WJW became Cleveland's fifth radio station after WHK, WTAM,
WGAR (AM) and WCLE.
The frequency was moved to 850 kHz, and power was increased
to 5,000 watts. The station became an affiliate of the Blue Network, soon to be
ABC. WJW also brought the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts to Cleveland. The
station also featured news commentary by Dorothy Fuldheim, and for a short
period in the early 1950s was home to a disc jockey called Soupy Hines, later
known as Soupy Sales.
A young disc jockey named Alan Freed joined WJW in 1951 from
WAKR in Akron, Ohio. Shortly thereafter, Alan began making broadcasting history
with his shows in which he was known as the "Moondog." Freed played
rhythm-and-blues music by black artists for a largely white teen-age audience.
He is purported to have given the music the name by which it is known today –
rock and roll.
In addition to his radio program, Freed also organized local
concerts by early rock artists, called the Moondog Coronation Ball, which many
consider to be the first rock concert in American history. The concert on March
21, 1952 at the Cleveland Arena turned into a riot when far too many listeners
filled the hall, causing Freed to apologize on the air the next day.
Freed left WJW in September 1954 for WINS New York.
On July 3, 2001, WRMR was one of seven Northeast Ohio radio
stations involved in a complex exchange between three radio companies. Although
generally reported as a "frequency swap", in reality these seven
radio stations mostly traded call signs along with their respective formats and
staffs – all to facilitate the transfers of ownership of four of the seven
stations. As part of this complex exchange, Salem Communications changed the
WRMR call sign to WKNR; changed the station's format to sports radio; rebranded
the station SportsTalk 850 AM. In
effect, this new WKNR 850 AM licensed to Cleveland became the successor to
the previous WKNR 1220 AM licensed to Cleveland.
In 2008…The U.S. Congress heard singer Nancy Sinatra plead for legislation requiring that all performers – not just songwriters – be compensated when their songs are played on commercial radio.
In 2008…The U.S. Congress heard singer Nancy Sinatra plead for legislation requiring that all performers – not just songwriters – be compensated when their songs are played on commercial radio.
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