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| Broadcast area | Dayton metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 980kHz |
| Branding | Fox Sports 980 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WCHD,WIZE,WMMX,WTUE,WZDA | |
| History | |
First air date | 1949; 76 years ago (1949) |
Call sign meaning | The word "one" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 1903 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°40′3″N84°10′1″W / 39.66750°N 84.16694°W /39.66750; -84.16694 |
| Repeater | 104.7 WTUE-HD2 and HD4 (Dayton) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | wone |
WONE (980kHz) is anAMradio station inDayton, Ohio with asportsformat. It carries programming fromFox Sports Radio, as well asThe Dan Patrick Show (Dan Patrick was originally an on-air personality on sister stationWTUE under his real name, Dan Pugh). Its studios are located in downtown Dayton and its transmitter is inKettering, Ohio.
The station took the air in 1949, licensed to Skyland Broadcasting Corp. It was sold in 1961 toBrush-Moore Newspapers, publisher of theCanton Repository. In 1965 the station was sold to Group One Broadcasting of Akron, owner ofWAKR. During the mid-1960s WONE was known as "Channel 98," and it was one of Dayton's two popularTop 40 stations, the other beingWING. The format changed to adult contemporary in 1968, when it was called "Charisma Radio" and "The Good Life in Dayton". Sometime thereafter, in early 1969 it switched tocountry music calling itself "One Country" or "Country-Wide W-1" to remain synonymous with its then-owner Group One.
On September 8, 1986, Group One was dissolved, and the station was sold to DKM Broadcasting. (One year beforehand, Group One obtained permission to place theWONE call sign on WAKR's FM sister station in Akron.) WONE's ownership passed to Stoner Broadcasting on December 9, 1992, toAmerican Radio Systems on September 13, 1993, and toJacor Communications on October 17, 1997.
During most of the station’s years of programming country music, WONE did well in the Dayton market ratings, usually scoring first or second place in ratings among adults 18–49 years of age. The weekday programming lineup for most of the country years started with David G. McFarland in themorning drive time period, followed by Jim Howell in late mornings, John Ross in early afternoons, and Terry Wood (program director) in afternoon drive. The evening show was hosted over the years by Dean Taylor, Ed Riley and Chuck Wheeler. After-midnight shifts and weekends were hosted by Lee Nolan, Jim Lyons and others.
After 25 years as a country music station, WONE changed from "98 Country" toadult standards, "Dayton's ONE for Original Hits", on November 29, 1994 and acquired Springfield-based former Top 40 giantWIZE (which at the time also aired adult standards) along the way. WIZE would simulcast virtually all of WONE's programming until April 22, 2011, when WIZE broke away to launch a country format aimed specifically at theSpringfield region.
WONE adopted its present sports talk format on December 8, 2003, (as "980 Sports ONE") again competing with WING, then adopted the "Homer" nickname and weekday programming associated withWSAI 1360 AM (now onWCKY 1530 AM) in 2005. This simulcast with WCKY would eventually be severed in 2007, when WONE would start to air local sports talk in the afternoon, as well as clearingFox Sports Radio in the morning hours (which eventually led to a clearance of Dayton native Dan Patrick's late morning show.) They are now known as Fox Sports 980. The station airs the entireFox Sports Radio lineup. The station is an affiliate for the Dan Patrick Show. WONE is streamed online viaiHeartRadio.