WDJO
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First air date | 1953 |
Former call signs | WCIN (1953–2010) |
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Facility ID | 32953 |
Class | B |
Power | 4,500 watts day 300 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°12′43″N 84°29′20″W / 39.21194°N 84.48889°W |
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Webcast | Listen live |
Website | www |
WDJO (1480
The station was long known as WCIN, called "The Pulse of the City", and provided programming for the
History
The station was established in 1953 as WCIN. During the 1960s, WCIN became a highly regarded
In 1995, then-owner J4 Broadcasting Network bought radio stations in
In January 2006, the station was placed up for auction to settle a $954,679 judgment against J4 Broadcasting and owner John Thomas. On May 15, Bob Cox of St. Louis, Missouri was appointed successor receiver by the federal district court. Two days later, after a stunt in which the station broadcast nothing but a simulated heartbeat and on the hourly station ID, listeners would hear: "You asked for it, and prayed for it... Coming soon", the station switched to a smooth jazz format.
WCIN's programming was delivered via satellite from Jones Radio Networks until September 30, 2008, when it switched over to Broadcast Architecture's newer Smooth Jazz Network. It was one of the few AM stations in the United States featuring smooth jazz, and is the first station with the format in Cincinnati since WVAE 94.9 FM dropped it in 1999 to become WMOJ.
In May 2009, the station dropped smooth jazz and switched to a simulcast of then-sister station WDJO's oldies format, in preparation of picking up that station's format and call letters. The new WDJO was soon purchased by Alchemy Broadcasting. The company retained the smooth jazz programming as an online streaming station [1].
In 2011, WDJO became the Cincinnati affiliate the Ohio State Buckeyes Radio Network, airing OSU football and men's basketball games and coaches' shows.
Alchemy Broadcasting sold WDJO to Robert T. Nolan's Mustang Media, Inc. in a transaction that closed on April 6, 2015.
References
- ^ Greg Paeth, "WCIN 'Classic Oldies' format expanding into syndication," The Cincinnati Post, June 6, 1995.
External links
- Oldies 1480
- Cincinnati Enquirer: WCIN to be sold
- WDJO in the FCC AM station database
- WDJO in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- W237FL in the FCC FM station database
- W237FL at FCCdata.org
- W258CI in the FCC FM station database
- W258CI at FCCdata.org
- W300CI in the FCC FM station database
- W300CI at FCCdata.org
- FCC History Cards for WDJO