WMVO

Coordinates: 40°24′17.00″N 82°26′23.00″W / 40.4047222°N 82.4397222°W / 40.4047222; -82.4397222

WMVO
City of license	Mount Vernon, Ohio
Branding	13 WMVO
Slogan	Your Knox County Connection
Frequency	1300 kHz
First air date	1953
Format	Oldies/Talk/Sports
Power	410 watts (day) 51 watts (night)
Class	D
Facility ID	74474
Transmitter coordinates	40°24′17.00″N 82°26′23.00″W / 40.4047222°N 82.4397222°W / 40.4047222; -82.4397222
Callsign meaning	Mount Vernon, Ohio
Affiliations	ABC News The True Oldies Channel Cincinnati Bengals Radio Network Cleveland Indians Radio Network Ohio State IMG Sports Network
Owner	BAS Broadcasting
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wmvo.com

13 WMVO is an AM radio station in Mount Vernon, Ohio located at 1300 kHz. The station plays a full-service oldies format along with assorted talk and sports programming. It carries syndicated host Doug Stephan in the morning, local hosts in the midday hours, and Citadel Media's "The True Oldies Channel" format in all other hours. 13 WMVO is also an ABC News Radio affiliate.

WMVO and its FM sister station WQIO are currently owned by BAS Broadcasting of Fremont, Ohio. Prior to October 1, 2005, the station was owned by Clear Channel Communications. WMVO has maintained its local presence for much of the station's history, with an additional news presence on WQIO.

WMVO is affiliated with the Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Cavaliers, Ohio State Buckeyes and the Mount Vernon Yellow Jackets.

History

WMVO and sister station WQIO were founded by Helen E. Zelkowitz in 1951 and remained locally owned and operated until their sale in 1994. Then Ashland Broadcasting purchased the stations to pair with WNCO/WNCO-FM in nearby Ashland. The name of the company was Ohio Radio Group.

In 1994 Ashland Broadcasting purchased the stations to pair them with WNCO & WNCO-FM in nearby Ashland. The company's new name after the purchase from Zelkowitz was Ohio Radio Group. Ohio Radio Group eventually become a local radio powerhouse, owning 7 stations, including WFXN-FM (102.3, Galion, Ohio), WMAN-FM (98.3, Fredericktown, Ohio)and WXXF (107.7 Loudonville, Ohio). In 1996, WQEL and WBCO were added to the company based in Bucyrus, Ohio where they would become sister stations with WFXN-FM and WYNT which was based in nearby Upper Sandusky, Ohio making Ohio Radio Group the largest radio ownership company in Ohio. By the time of the Ohio Radio Group sale in 2000, they owned 9FM and 4AM radio stations. Clear Channel Communications who owned WYHT and WMAN in nearby Mansfield, Ohio had to divest two radio stations which is why WQEL and WBCO in Bucyrus, Ohio are now owned by Saga Communications.

In 2005, Clear Channel spun off WMVO and WQIO to BAS Broadcasting, based out of Fremont, Ohio. Most of WQIO's airstaff (which by then was predominately voicetracked) and long-time WMVO personality Ron Staats were dismissed with the ownership change. Since then, WMVO has maintained its local programming block during the morning and midday hours up to the present day.

Prior to February 13, 2010, WMVO was an affiliate of ABC Radio/Citadel Media's Timeless satellite channel, which it carried during non-local programming. After that format's shutdown by Citadel, WMVO switched to a relay of The True Oldies Channel.

External links

WMVO Website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WMVO

Radio-Locator Information on WMVO

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WMVO

Radio stations in the Ashland-Mansfield-Mt. Vernon, Ohio region

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By callsign	W216AH W247BL W257CV W274AN WAUI WBCO WCKY-FM WFOT WFXN-FM WKVX WJJE WLRD WMAN WMAN-FM WMRN WMRN-FM WMVO WNCG-LP WNCO WNCO-FM WOSB WOSV WQEL WQIO WQKT WRDL WRGM WSHB WSWR WVMC-FM WVNO WVXG WXML WXXF WYHT WYKL WYNT

Ohio radio markets Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Lima Marietta Toledo Youngstown–Warren Other Ohio radio regions Ashtabula Ironton Mid-Ohio Sandusky Southern Ohio Wheeling/Steubenville See also List of radio stations in Ohio

Oldies radio stations in the state of Ohio

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By callsign	WAKR WCHO WDJO WDLW WKVX WLGN WMVO WPTW WQCT WQTT WRPO-LP WSWO-LP WTTF WWOW WZOO

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See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Ohio See also Oldies Classic Hits

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