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| Broadcast area | Defiance, Ohio Bryan, Ohio Napoleon, Ohio Paulding, Ohio |
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| Frequency | 1280kHz |
| Branding | WONW AM 1280 |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk/sports |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio Fox Sports Radio Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
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| WDFM,WNDH,WZOM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1948; 77 years ago (1948) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 40710 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 1,000watts day 500 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°16′44″N84°23′50″W / 41.27889°N 84.39722°W /41.27889; -84.39722 |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | wonw1280.iheart.com |
WONW (1280AM) is anews/talk/sports formattedbroadcastradio station, affiliated withFox News Radio,Fox Sports Radio,Compass Media Networks, andPremiere Networks.
WONW is licensed toDefiance, Ohio, serving the Defiance,Bryan,Napoleon, andPaulding areas. WONW is currently owned and operated byiHeartMedia.
WONW has been on the air in Defiance since 1948 under the ownership of Tri-State Broadcasting, Inc, and started as afull service radio station with news, sports, music, and other events. WONW was a long time affiliate of theMutual Broadcasting System until MBS shut down in 1999.
It was in 1989 when WONW changed ownership for the first time when they were acquired by Maumee Valley Broadcasting, which at the time, owned now-sister station WNDH. Maumee Valley Broadcasting would later acquire now-sister FM station WZOM in 1994.
WONW would be sold for the third time in 2000 to now-current ownerClear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia). In 2000, WONW's format changed fromcountry toadult standards. It would remain the format until 2006, when WONW would become a news/sports/talk station, a format they used briefly in 1998 before returning to country.
Today, WONW is affiliated withPremiere Radio Networks andFox Sports Radio, and brings talk personalities from around the country such as;Glenn Beck,Rush Limbaugh, andDave Ramsey, as well as a locally produced talk show. WONW is also the home station forDefiance High School athletic events.
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