WTAM (1100 AM, branded as Newsradio WTAM 1100 ) is a commercial radio/news radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, serving Greater Cleveland and many areas around Northeast Ohio. Owned by iHeartMedia, WTAM is a clear channel station with an extended night range, often identifying itself as The Big One . WTAM serves as a Cleveland affiliate for ABC News Radio, The Glush Beck Program, The Rush Limbaugh Show, and Coast to Coast AM; AM main stations for radio networks Cleveland Cavaliers and Cleveland Indians; and the home of Mike Trivisonno's radio personality. The WTAM Studio is located on the outskirts of Cleveland Independence, while station transmitters are in nearby Brecksville. In addition to standard analog transmissions, WTAM has also broadcasted more than one HD Radio channel (HD radio off air transmission since 2013) and is available online through iHeartRadio.
The first station carries WTAM's summons from 1923 to 1956; Assigned sequentially by the FCC, the letters were then treated as a backronym for " W here T he A rtisans M eet. "The station again adopted the same summons in 1996 to strengthen the station positions on the band AM ; station management considers historical ties "a good bonus, but... more incidental than others."
WTAM is the Primary entry point for Emergency Alert System and is responsible for activation of the EAS plan of the Central and East Lakeshore area.
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History
WTAM (1923-1956)
Initial years
WTAM began broadcasting its operation on September 26, 1923. It was one of the few stations that began between 1922 and 1923 with a call mark given sequentially by the Commerce Department with "W" as the first letter and "A "as the third. It was originally owned by S.E. Lawrence and Theodore Willard, on behalf of Willard Storage Battery Company. Initially the station offered only three hours of night programs, but soon expanded its ranks in the air. The studio is located in the Willard factory on Taft Avenue on East 131st Street. On June 30, 1924, WTAM broadcasted with 1000 watts and shared 770 kHz frequencies with WJAX.
WJAX was signed earlier in 1922, owned by Union Trust Co. In 1924 it was known as "The Waves of Lake Erie." Goodyear & amp; Rubber Co. bought WJAX in 1925 and switched to callsign to WEAR. Finally, Willard Battery buys WEAR to control the shared frequency allocation.
WTAM was the first radio station to broadcast coverage of political conventions when covering the 1924 National Convention of Republicans at the Cleveland Public Auditorium on 10-12 June 1924. The station's strength increased to 2500 watts in 1925 and to 3500 watts in 1926, as studios moved to Union Trust Building (now Huntington Building). On June 30, 1927, WTAM and WEAR broadcast at 750Ã, kHz with WTAM broadcasting with 3500 watts. On January 31, 1928 Radio Service Bulletin of the Ministry of Commerce recorded WTAM broadcasts with 3500 watts at night and 5000 watts during the day.
Clear-status channel
After Willard Battery threatened to close the station, WTAM and WEAR were purchased by the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (now part of FirstEnergy) and the Van Sweringen brothers on May 31, 1928. In a statement announcing the purchase, the new owner stated, "Acknowledging the fact that this radio station is a civil asset to the Greater Cleveland district and that the cessation of its operations will be a real loss, Van Weringering's interest and Illuminating Co. enter into an arrangement to continue, every effort will be made to maintain the station on the aircraft that will make it maximum for the public. "
When the new Federal Radio Commission enacted General Order 40 after the passage of the 1927 Radio Law, WTAM together with the WEAR sister station (at that time absorbed into WTAM completely) claimed clear channel frequency allocated to Cleveland, and on 11 November 1928 began broadcasting in 1070 kHz with WTAM broadcasting at 50,000 watts. In 1929, the station built two broadcast towers in Brecksville, Ohio, each 200 feet tall.
NBC Year
With its national advantage as a clear channel giant, WTAM becomes a valuable radio property. NBC bought WTAM on October 16, 1930, and the studio was moved to the Auditorium Building. This station is the main link in the NBC Red Network, donating some programs to the network. Around 1930, Gene Carroll and Glenn Rowell brought their vaudeville humor to WTAM with the show Gene and Glenn. This duo became famous for their character "Jake & Lena". WTAM started the program for national broadcast on the NBC Red Network and aired six days a week for five years.
NBC began investing heavily in station facilities in the 1930s. In 1937, a new tower was built in Brecksville which is 480 feet tall. The tower is still in use today by WTAM and FM WAKS stations, WTAM sister stations, and WZAK. In 1937 or 1938, the station moved to 815 Superior Avenue, and the building was renamed the NBC building. (This building is now known as Superior Building.) On March 29, 1941, with the adoption of NARBA, WTAM moved its broadcast frequency from 1070 to 1100 kHz, maintaining clear channel status.
During the 1940s, the station continued to donate several programs to the NBC radio network. On March 19, 1946, Bob Hope hosted his 10pm night Pepsodent radio show to Cleveland along with Jerry Colonna, Frances Langford and Skinnay Ennis Orchestra for broadcast on the NBC radio network. Guests included the Governor of Ohio Frank Lausche. Records of this program are still available from old radio program collectors.
WTAM also broadcast a 1948 World Series match from Indian Cleveland against Boston Braves, with broadcasters Jim Britt and Mel Allen. In 1951, WTAM started broadcasting NBC Radio Network from Cleveland Orchestra.
NBC also expanded its broadcasting interests in Cleveland outside AM radio. On October 31, 1948, NBC launched a sister TV channel, WNBK, on ​​channel 4. A few weeks later, on December 6, 1948, the WTAM-FM sister station began broadcasting at 105.7 MHz, simulcasting the AM program.
The broadcasting tower for WTAM AM-FM and WNBK was transferred to Parma, Ohio in the early 1950s. The AM radio outlet continued to use the Parma tower until 1974, when the transmission was transferred back to the original broadcast tower in Brecksville.
WTAM also aired the Cleveland Browns during the 1952, 1953, and 1955 seasons; Jim Graner gave colorful comments during the 1955 season.
KYW: The Westinghouse year
In late 1955, NBC urged Westinghouse to trade Philadelphia stations, KYW radios and WPTZ television (now KYW-TV) in return for the NBC property in Cleveland and $ 3 million in cash compensation. NBC had long wanted to have a station in Philadelphia, the third largest market in the country at the time. Swap entered into force on 22 January 1956.
Westinghouse wanted to keep the historic KYW call, which was the oldest radio facility in Chicago before being transferred to Philadelphia on December 3, 1934. Therefore, on February 13, 1956, Cleveland station became KYW-AM-FM-TV; Philadelphia station becomes WRCV-AM-TV. The callsign WTAM was later picked up by WGLS in Atlanta, Georgia.
In the early 1960s, under the director of Ken Draper's program, KYW , known as "KY11," became a full-service - 40 top powerhouse with Jim Runyon jockey ("weeeellll" voice from Chickenman series ), Jim Stagg, Jay Lawrence, Jerry G., and the morning duo Harry Martin and Specs Howard. Top 40 main competitor on the Cleveland market is WHK's "14 Color Channel", at 1420 AM.
WKYC year
Almost immediately after the trade was completed, Westinghouse complained to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Department of Justice about the imposition of NBC. It was found that Westinghouse only approved the trade when NBC made the implication that he would withdraw his television program from WPTZ and other Western NBC affiliate, WBZ-TV in Boston. In 1964, after a protracted legal battle, the FCC ordered the exchange of stations reversed without NBC realizing any advantage of the deal. NBC regained control of Cleveland station on June 19, 1965 and changed their summons to WKYC-AM-FM-TV, which created the popular "KY" slogan and identity that Westinghouse brought to Cleveland.
To this day, KYW stations insist that they "moved" to Cleveland in 1956 and "returned" to Philadelphia in 1965. However, both station facilities remain the same.
WKYC continues as a Top 40 outlet - the only station formatted under NBC ownership - with DJ Harry Martin, Specs Howard, Jay Lawrence and Jerry G holding over from KYW/Westinghouse. When Ken Draper's Program Director left for WCFL Chicago in early 1965 (before the change of ownership), Jim Stagg and Jim Runyon wasted no time following it. Bill Winters came around this time. Jim LaBarbara was expelled from a 3-day duty on WIXY for a prime time night. Chuck Dann and the morning duo of KLIF, Charlie and Harrigan, signed. Jim Gallant did an overnights.
In late 1966, DJ The famous afternoon Jerry G (Jerry Ghan) also decided to follow Draper to WCFL. She was replaced by a WIXY night man, Jack Armstrong, who then decided to call himself Big Jack. LaBarbara was moved overnight to accommodate Armstrong's installation as a night athlete.
In early 1967, air staff consisted of: LaBarbara, last night; Charlie and Harrigan, morning drives; Bob Cole, late in the morning; Jay Lawrence, mid afternoon; Chuck Dann, afternoon drive; and Big Jack in the prime time slot.
WKYC "Radio 11" is the influence of big record sales as far as New York City and Miami. However, the main local competition of the time was WIXY 1260 "Super Radio". Unlike WIXY, WKYC - being a station owned and operated by NBC in a situation unlike the WRC in Washington - is obliged to bring all NBC Radio programs like weekend Monitor , as well as all top- NBC Radio newscasts for an hour. NBC Radio's daily network news feed is also based from the WKYC studio and anchored by Virgil Dominic, who also serves as WKYC-TV's main newscaster.
On February 1, 1968, at 3:05 pm, after the NBC Radio newscast, the station changed its presentation to "Power Radio", a derivative of the Drake-Chenault Top-40 "Boss Radio" format, programmed for WKYC by Hal Moore. New voices emphasize "more music" with less chat between more strict songs and playlists. Personality at the time included Charlie & amp; Harrigan (Jack Woods and Paul Menard), Bob Shannon, Chuck Dunaway, Lee 'Baby' Sims, Fred Winston, and Buddy Harrison.
It remained a Top 40 station until early 1969, when WKYC went, for a short time, to a "Heavy 11" focusing on the Iron Butterfly acid rock artist, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Janis Joplin, and the like - oddities for the powerful AM Station. Within a short time, WKYC finally returned to a more mature-friendly MOR format. FM stations at 105.7 vary between the automatic easy-listening formats of the moment.
In 1972, NBC left the radio in Cleveland again - this time forever - by selling WKYC-AM-FM to Ohio Communications, owned by sports franchisor Nick Mileti and broadcaster Jim and Tom Embrescia. NBC eventually retained ownership of WKYC-TV until 1991.
WWWE years
The AM radio station call was changed to WWWE (for E mbrescia, though Mileti was the majority owner of 1100) and WKYC-FM became WWWM (for Mileti, although Embrescia was 105.7 's majority owner), both on November 7, 1972. The FM station picked up the "M105" on-air persona, while the AM station adopted the "3WE" brand. Mileti also has Indian Cleveland and Cleveland Cavaliers; radio broadcasts for both teams were moved from WERE (1300 AM) to WWWE.
Pete Franklin also moved from WERE and took over an evening sports call called the Sportsline . The program airs from 7 pm to 12 pm every Sunday night, and follows Indian and Cavaliers games. Franklin became a legend, boasting that his nightly signal at the station could be heard "over 38 states and half of Canada" (claims still on-air hosted by WTAM hosts to this day), and he soon developed listeners across the country. Franklin stayed with the station until 1987, when he left for WFAN in New York.
In addition to Franklin, the daytime lineup included at one time or another, Jim Runyon, Larry Morrow, Phil McLean, Jim Davis, Jack Reynolds, Tony Matthews, Jeff Elliot, Johnny Andrews, Lanny Wheeler, Ted Alexander and Bill King. During the 1970s and 1980s, formats included air conditioning, oldies, country, and MOR. Ownership "3WE" also changed hands many times, had the succession of the owner. In 1977, the station was sold to the Pacific & amp; Southern Co. (where he again dropped NBC's affiliate network) and Gannett Co. (ironically, the current WKYC-TV owner).
This station has a new generation of listeners who only know it as "3WE," while the historic WTAM callsign is finally used by the 102.3 facility in Gulfport, Mississippi. WWWM passed into separate ownership in 1975, and paired with the WBBG in the late 1970s. "M105" changed to "Majic 105.7" as WMJI with soft AC format in 1982.
Lake Erie Broadcasting (owned by Art Modell and Al Lerner) purchased the station in 1985. The station became "Radio 11 WWWE" with a news/talk format, adopting the popular WJW-AM news format/talks that Lake Erie have been sold to buy WWWE (and become WRMR in the process). Talents in the "new WWWE" include news director John O'Day, and Ed Coury's news staff, Lisa Meyer, Bruce Kamp, Jim Bellis, and Merle Pollis's talk carrier, Joel Rose, John McCullough, among others.
WWWE is sold to Independent Group Ltd. (owned by Tom Embrescia, Tom Wilson and Larry Pollock) on November 30, 1987, where he once again became "3WE" - home to Gary Dee's popular local "surprise athlete" in the afternoon driving. However, the station continues through many talent turnovers. At one point or another, Fig Newton, "Dancin" Danny Wright ", Beth Fisher, Bob Henderson, Lee Kirk, Geoff Sindelar and Bruce Drennan will all appear on the WWWE during this time.
In 1990, WWWE was purchased by Booth American Co., based in Detroit. WWWE became affiliated with Radio ABC, and its news department was taken to a 24-hour operation. The studio was moved to the Western Reserve Building on West Ninth Street overlooking the Flats. Ed Coury, a former journalist, was brought from Washington, D.C. to host the morning news program, and then, to become News Director of the station. WWWE added both Paul Harvey (down from WGAR-FM) and Rush Limbaugh (down from WERE) to the schedule, but ended his radio contract with the Cleveland Indians after the 1991 season. After terminating his contract with India, WWWE signed Craig Carton, with local sports reporter Mike Snyder. Carton currently hosts the morning show at WFAN in New York, while Snyder continues at WTAM.
In April 1994, Booth joined Broadcast Alchemy to form Secret Communications LP, which owns the station through the rest of its tenure as WWWE. It was at this point that Gary Bruce was hired from WIOD in Miami as program director, and soon began making major changes to the line.
Two new hosts brought in from WIOD; Chuck Meyer first for the morning drive, followed by "shock-jock" Jaz McKay from 9 am to noon. The former WMMS team morning "Jeff 'n Flash" (Jeff Kinzbach and Ed "Flash" Ferenc) reunited in the afternoon with "Rock' n Roll Talk Radio," and former Mike Trivisonno's "Sportsline" caller - dubbed "Mr. Recognizing All "mocked by Pete Franklin - took over as host of" Sportsline "in 6 pm - 11 pm slots.
Finally, Rich Michaels joined the WWWE in May 1995 at midday, and Jaz McKay moved into the 11: 00-2: 00 slot. Unfortunately, the WWWE itself will make the news on January 23, 1996, when air traffic strikes the cell phone tower and crashed in Highland Hills. The traffic reporter James Endsley (known as Fred Wesley) and pilot James McVeigh were killed. WTAM (1996-present) WTAM (1996-present)
In 1996, ownership decided to replace the WWWE summons. The station was temporarily labeled as "Newsradio AM 1100" during this time, and in search of the new "AM" call alert, it found that the original WTAM call was available. On July 26, 1996, the station once again became WTAM , forty years after dropping the summons. The WWWE call sign was then assigned to a 5000 watt daytime station in Atlanta (which also happened to broadcast at 1100 kHz).
On April 25, 1997, Jacor Communications announced the purchase of WTAM together with WLTF from Secret Communications LP. Then on August 19, Jacor also announced the purchase of WKNR from Cablevision Systems Corp. WKNR has the rights to the Cleveland Indians baseball, where Jacor moved to WTAM starting with the 1998 season. Jacor was then forced to exchange WKNR with WTAE Capstar Broadcasting in Pittsburgh in August as part of the Justice Department's completion when Jacor bought Nationwide Communications. WTAE then quickly spun to Radio ABC. In May 1999, iHeartMedia (then known as Clear Channel Communications) completed its $ 6.5 billion purchase from Jacor and 454 stations, including WTAM (reuniting stations with its former 105.7 FM partners, now WMJI).
As the main Indian station, and picked up some popular national talk shows, such as Dr. Laura Schlessinger (who replaced Rich Michaels) and Coast to Coast AM, WTAM began to build - and maintain - the audience. The success was unlikely to be found with Mike Trivisonno in 1996 after he moved into an afternoon-drive shift and eventually became a hint to India and the Cavaliers broadcast.
In 1998, Bill Wills was taken from the WLW sister's station in Cincinnati and paired with old radio veterans John Webster and Casey Coleman to host Wills, Webster and Coleman in the Morning - a morning drive of a patterned news event after Wills' show on WLW. (Webster retired in 2001, and the title of the morning's show was shortened to Wills and Coleman ).
Glenn Beck replaces Dr. Laura Schlessinger at 9 am - 12 pm. daypart, which aired from 1997 to 2001, following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Later, Beck was replaced in March 2005 with a midnight show by Jerry Springer. In March 2006, WTAM replaced Springer with a local program organized by Bob Frantz, coming from the Clear Channel WSPD sister station in Toledo. Beck's show was then brought back on 3 November 2008, crashing Frantz into the night (Frantz since leaving the station).
The studios for all Cleveland Clear Channel stations, including WTAM, were consolidated into a new facility in Independence, Ohio in July 2002. WTAM canceled its fifteen-year affiliation with ABC Radio in August 2005, picked up Fox News Radio in a national deal involving another Clear Channel talk station , but continued on Radio ABC, Paul Harvey until August 12, 2006.
On November 27, 2006, Casey Coleman, who hosted the popular morning show Wills and Coleman, and a side reporter on the Cleveland Browns station coverage, died after a fifteen-month fight with pancreatic cancer at age 55. Sports director Mike Snyder was taken to the morning slot to replace Casey, and the program was named Wills and Snyder .
The station is one of 10 stations that received the Crystal Radio 2007 Award for public services provided by the National Association of Broadcasters. The winners were honored on Radio Luncheon on April 17, 2007, during the NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Current programming
Business Day
The old WTAM figures Bill Wills and Mike Snyder hosted the Wills and Snyder morning workweek, followed by The Spew , an hourlong debate between long-time Cleveland radio personnel , John Lanigan and Mike Trivisonno. Middays include the conservative talk show Glenn Beck Program The Rush Limbaugh Show , both via Premiere Networks. The Mike Trivisonno Show local program airs the weekday afternoon (which is usually rated among Talkers Magazine talkers "Heavy Hundred"). Nick Camino sports announcer station hosts an evening sports chat. Ground Zero/paranormal oriented/conspiracy program with Clyde Lewis, and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory's night in the evening until late at night, either through Premiere. WTAM also delivers weather updates every hour through WKYC. Weekends
WTAM aired several weekend talk show programs, including: At Home with Gary Sullivan ; The Mutual Fund Show ; Somewhere in Time with Art Bell host; and Live on Sunday Night with host Bill Cunningham. In addition, John B. Wells and George Knapp held Saturday and Sunday night editions of Coast to Coast AM , respectively (all via Premiere). WTAM also airs Fox Sports Radio program over the weekend, and meets the programming of public affairs on Sunday morning with the City Club of Cleveland's Friday Forum .
Sports coverage
WTAM serves as AM's main station for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Indian Cleveland (sharing coverage with its flagship WMMS twin/FM stations).
As the flagship for both teams, WTAM also airs other network programming, such as the weekly Cavs HQ during basketball season (simulcast at Fox Sports Ohio), and Tribe Talk with Jim Rosenhaus - which airs all day Saturday.
Locally, WTAM aired the Tribe Insider - a 30-minute pre-show show hosted by previous network coverage hosted by Nick Camino, and Additional (also hosted by Camino) which is a 90 minute postgame event following network coverage. Extra Inning will not air after a weekday game or game that has a 9 night start time. ET or later on night events (in those cases, regular programs resumed after the network postgame event). During the basketball season, Camino hosts the Cavs Now, a 30-minute pregame show that airs before the Cavaliers network coverage.
During the football season, WTAM shows local pregame and postgame events before and after the Cleveland Browns game.
References
External links
- WTAM 1100
- Request the AM FCC station database for WTAM
- Radio-Determining Information on WTAM
- Request the AM Nielsen Audio station database for WTAM
- FCC History Card for WTAM
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