WWSR

WWSR

City of license	Lima, Ohio
Broadcast area	Lima, Ohio
Branding	93.1 The Fan
Frequency	93.1 MHz
First air date	1993
Format	Sports
ERP	3,000 watts
HAAT	97 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	74294
Callsign meaning	WW Sports Radio
Former callsigns	WYRX (1993-1998) WFRY (1998) WFGF (1998-2009)
Affiliations	Cleveland Browns Radio Network Cleveland Cavaliers Radio Network
Owner	Childers Media Group LLC (Childers Media Group LLC of Lima)
Sister stations	WCIT, WDOH, WEGE, WFGF
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	931TheFan.com

WWSR (93.1 FM, "93.1 The Fan") is a commercial radio station in Lima, Ohio, broadcasting a sports format.

History

WWSR (previously WFGF) was founded in August 1993 as WYRX "93 Rocks"(later 93-X and briefly as WFRY) a sister station to WZOQ at first with an album-oriented rock format and transmits with 3,000 watts E.R.P. Its studios were shared with WZOQ in a building which previously housed a KFC restaurant on Cable Road in Lima. Its transmitter is located on Baty Rd. When Forever Broadcasting purchased the former WCIT-AM and WLSR-FM,the studios were moved up the street into the location of the AM/FM combo now known respectively as the resurrected WCIT (AM) with an oldies format and classic rock WEGE-FM. The call letter and format switch to WFGF "Froggy 93" took place in March 1998. Although, Froggy did make a brief country format appearance in 1993 and changed back to the rock format, 93-X. Froggy 93 continued its local country music following in Lima, and Maverick Media currently owns the station which it purchased from Forever Broadcasting in 2005.

The WFGF callsign and country format was moved to 92.1 in May 2009 as the new branding "92.1 The Frog."

Station ownership

1993 - 2003 FOREVER BROADCASTING LLC - also owned stations in Altoona, Johnstown, State College and Meadville
2003 - 2013 MAVERICK MEDIA LLC - also owns stations in Santa Rosa Calif, Eau Claire WI and Rockford Ill.
2013- present CHILDERS MEDIA GROUP LLC a Lima based company

Change to sports radio

On June 1, 2009, the sports/talk format on sister station WZOQ was moved over to the 93.1 FM facility, while the country music format and WFGF calls were moved to the 92.1 FM facility, replacing the soft AC "Star" format. The 940 AM facility assumed an oldies format and reverted to its original WCIT callsign. "93.1 The Fan" carries the programming of the national sports network ESPN Radio. Some local sports programming included "SportsTalk With Koza" hosted by former WLIO-TV sports director Vince Koza, and "Sportsrap with Matt and Matt."

Effective July 1, 2013, WWSR and its sister stations were sold by Maverick Media LLC to a local company, Childers Media Group LLC, at a price of $2.1 million; its studios and offices were moved to new facilities located at 57 Town Square in downtown Lima.

Former logo

External links

WWSR "Sports Radio 93.1 The Fan" official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WWSR

Radio-Locator information on WWSR

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WWSR

Radio stations in the Lima, Ohio market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 88.9 89.3 90.7 91.5 92.1 93.1 93.9 94.3 94.9 96.1 97.7 101.1 101.3 102.1 103.3 104.9 105.9 106.3 107.1 107.5

By AM frequency	940 1150 1220

By callsign	WBCJ WBIE WBKS WBUK WBWH-LP WCBV-LP WCIT WDOH WEGE WERT WFGF WGLE WHJM WIMA WIMT WJTA WKKI WMLX WONB WRKD-LP WTGN WTTP-LP WWSR WYSM WZRX-FM

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

Sports radio stations in the state of Ohio

By AM frequency	630 850 940 980 990 1230 1230 1240 1270 1330 1340 1350 1360 1390 1390 1410 1430 1440 1460 1530 1540

By FM frequency	92.3 93.1 97.1 100.9 106.5 106.7

By callsign	WARF WBBW WBNS WBNS-FM WCIT WCKY WCWA WFGA WFOB WILE WING WJAW WJAW-FM WKNR WKRK-FM WLQR-FM WMPO WNCO WNIO WONE WRGM WSAI WTIG WWGK WWSR WYPC WYTS

By city	Akron Ashland Cambridge Cincinnati Cincinnati Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Heights-Cleveland Columbus Columbus Columbus Dayton Dayton Fostoria Hicksville Lima Lima Massillon McConnelsville McConnelsville Middleport-Pomeroy Ontario Toledo Toledo Wellston Youngstown Youngstown

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 ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio Sports Byline USA

ESPN Radio stations in the state of Ohio

Full-time affiliates	Ashtabula WFUN Cambridge WILE Cincinnati WCKY Columbus WBNS Columbus WBNS-FM Cleveland WKNR Cleveland WWGK Dayton WING Lima WWSR-FM Logan WLGN Mansfield WRGM AM/FM Marietta WJAW Massillon WTIG McConnelsville WJAW-FM Middleport WMPO Portsmouth WNXT

Part-time affiliates	Archbold WMTR Bellefontaine WBLL Celina WCSM Centerville WKBV Chillicothe WCHI Findlay WFIN Marietta WMOA Paulding WKSD Uhrichsville WBTC West Middlesex WWIZ

See also List of ESPN Radio affiliates 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 ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio Sports Byline USA

Coordinates: 40°45′47″N 84°10′59″W / 40.763°N 84.183°W / 40.763; -84.183

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