WMAN-FM

Coordinates: 40°56′42.00″N 82°39′42.00″W / 40.9450000°N 82.6616667°W / 40.9450000; -82.6616667

WMAN-FM

City of license	Fredericktown, Ohio
Broadcast area	Ashland, Ohio Mansfield, Ohio Mount Vernon, Ohio
Branding	FM News Radio 98.3 WMAN
Slogan	Mid-Ohio's FM News and Talk
Frequency	98.3 (MHz) (also on HD Radio)
First air date	September 14, 1987
Format	News/Talk
ERP	860 watts
HAAT	189 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	50121
Transmitter coordinates	40°34′58.00″N 82°28′25.00″W / 40.5827778°N 82.4736111°W / 40.5827778; -82.4736111
Callsign meaning	"W-MANsfield"
Former callsigns	WWMM (2011-2012) WXXR (2005-2011) WWBK (1992-2005) WJMR (1986-1992) WWMZ (1984-1986)
Affiliations	Fox News Radio Fox Sports Radio Premiere Networks Agri Broadcast Network
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC)
Sister stations	WFXN, WMAN, WNCO, WNCO-FM, WSWR, WXXF, WYHT
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wmanfm.com

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]

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 who 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 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

Query the FCC's FM station database for WMAN

Radio-Locator information on WMAN

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WMAN

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

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News/talk radio stations in the state of Ohio

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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

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

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