WMAN-FM
WMAN-FM (98.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format as a simulcast of WMAN (1400 AM). Licensed to Fredericktown, Ohio, WMAN-FM serves the Ashland/Mansfield/Mount Vernon Mid-Ohio area. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and features programing from Fox News Radio, Fox Sports Radio and Premiere Networks.[1][2]
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| City | Fredericktown, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area | Ashland, Ohio Mansfield, Ohio Mount Vernon, Ohio |
| Frequency | 98.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | FM News Radio 98.3 WMAN |
| Slogan | Mid-Ohio's FM News and Talk |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Affiliations | Agri Broadcast Network Cleveland Indians Radio Network Fox News Radio Fox Sports Radio Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | iHeartMedia, Inc. (iHM Licenses, LLC) |
| WFXN-FM, WMAN, WNCO, WNCO-FM, WSWR, WXXF, WYHT | |
| History | |
First air date | September 14, 1987 |
Former call signs | WWMZ (1984–86) WJMR (1986–92) WWBK (1992–2005) WXXR (2005–11) WWMM (2011–12) |
Call sign meaning | Mansfield |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 50121 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 860 watts |
| HAAT | 189 meters (620 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°34′58.00″N 82°28′25.00″W |
| Repeater(s) | 1400 WMAN (Mansfield) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wmanfm |
WMAN-FM (then WWMM)'s simulcast of WMAN was originally a trimulcast with WMAN-FM (now WSWR) which ended on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at noon.
Prior to December 2011, the station was WXXR, which, along with Shelby-licensed WSWR (100.1 FM), programmed a classic hits format branded as "My 100.1/98.3." WSWR also featured an oldies format as "Crusin' 100." The WMAN simulcast began on December 26, 2011.[3] The first local program on the new FM signal was aired on December 26 "Rusty Cates & the WMAN Morning News". The first live high school sports broadcast on the FM signal was aired on Thursday December 29, a girls basketball game played between Clear Fork and Lexington with Josh Bowman on play by play and Rick Durkin as the color commentator.
On May 3, 2012 WMAN-FM 100.1 has split from its simulcast reverted to its previous classic hits format as "My 100.1," with the WSWR calls.[4][5] WWMM subsequently took the WMAN-FM call letters.
History of WMAN
WMAN-FM began as WWMZ granted to Fredericktown Ohio under the ownership of Kokosing Communications.[6] In 1986, the call letters were changed to WJMR before signing on as an Adult Contemporary formatted radio station. Kokosing would later sell WJMR to Bohmar Communications in 1992 for $325,000. The station changed from Adult Contemporary to Country under the new ownership and would adopt the call letters WWBK using the K-Country moniker.
In February 1998, the station was sold to Dean Stampfli and his Ashland/Knox Broadcasting for $125,000. The company also owned WFXN-FM/Galion, WQIO-FM/Mt. Vernon, WMVO-AM/Mt. Vernon, WNCO-FM/Ashland, WNCO-AM/Ashland, WXXF-FM/Loudonville. Ashland/Knox Broadcasting would later become Ohio Radio and keep the K-Country brand in place until the sale to Clear Channel Communications for $32 Million where 98.3 WWBK Mount Vernon/Mansfield and WBZW Ashland/Wooster would become KISS-FM Mid Ohio changing to a Top 40 Format.
References
- "WMAN-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- "WMAN-FM Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- "Three radio stations to simulcast broadcasting". Mansfield News Journal. December 23, 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2011.
- http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012205020320
- http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/57223/cc-reverts-in-mansfield-oh/#.T6MMM-0Zy70
- http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/80s-OCR-YB/1986-YB/1986-BC-YB-OCR-Page-0303.pdf#search=%22fredericktown%22
External links
- WMAN in the FCC's FM station database
- WMAN on Radio-Locator
- WMAN in Nielsen Audio's FM station database