WNOU

For the former WNOU at 93.1, see WIBC (FM).

WNOU

City of license	Speedway, Indiana
Broadcast area	Indianapolis, Indiana
Branding	"RadioNOW 100.9"
Slogan	"All The Hits"
Frequency	100.9 MHz
First air date	June 15, 1998 (100.9 WYJZ) March 1, 2000 (RadioNow 93.1) October 10th, 2007 (RadioNOW 100.9)
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	6420
Transmitter coordinates	39°48′1.0″N 86°4′39.0″W
Callsign meaning	NOU altered spelling of "Now"
Former callsigns	WNON-FM (1980-1985) WBCI (1985-1990) WIRE (1990-1998) WYJZ (1998-2007)
Owner	Radio One
Sister stations	WHHH, WTLC, WTLC-FM
Webcast	WNOU Webstream
Website	WNOU Online

WNOU is a top 40 (CHR) with a rhythmic lean formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Speedway, Indiana, serving the Indianapolis Metro area. WNOU is owned and operated by Radio One.

WNOU features The NOW Morning Show weekday mornings with Kyle, Rachel, and Producer Kal from 5:30am - 10:00am. The rest of the on-air lineup includes Reka mid-days from 10:00am - 2:00pm, Stick On The Radio afternoons from 2:00pm - 6:00pm, and Mikey V. weeknights from 6:00pm - 10:00pm. Other on-air personalities include Kal (weekends), Tank (weekends), Zach (weeknights/weekends), and syndicated Dawson McAllister (Sunday nights from 10:00pm - 12:00am).

Specialty programming includes the Friday Vibe and the Saturday Vibe with various house DJ's including DJ Orion, DJ Cool Hand Lex, DJ Indiana Jones, and DJ Slater Hogan.

History

Prior to October 2007, the 100.9 frequency was home to WYJZ, a smooth jazz station that began broadcasting on June 15, 1998.

On Monday, October 8, 2007, at Noon, the "RadioNow" format was dropped from the 93.1 frequency (then owned by Emmis Communications when it switched to Christmas music in advance of picking up the talk format from sister WIBC, which in turn was moving from AM 1070 to clear a spot for sports radio WFNI in December 2007.

Two days later, on Wednesday, October 10, 2007, at 4:30 PM, after playing "Anthem For a New America" by Jeff Lorber, WYJZ dropped its smooth jazz format and picked up the contemporary hit radio format of WNOU. Radio One purchased the intellectual property of WNOU including its "RadioNOW" branding, format and logo, which were all installed on 100.9 FM. Radio One management claimed that they will offer the displaced staffers of the original WNOU the first chance of joining the station's lineup, and will use the same imaging as the former 93.1.

The last song played on "RadioNow 93.1" was "When You're Gone" by Avril Lavigne. The first song played on "RadioNOW 100.9" was "Bartender" by T-Pain and Akon.

On October 31, 2007, WYJZ picked up the WNOU call sign, completing the "move" of "Radio Now" to 100.9.

By 2009, when Cumulus Media's WRWM picked up the contemporary hit radio format, WNOU started to lean more rhythmic as it forced sister station WHHH to move from rhythmic to urban. The rhythmic lean was reduced when WRWM switched to hot adult contemporary.

Alumni

• David Edgar (former PD/OM, now OM of Clear Channel/Pittsburgh)
• Ed Wank (from Wank and O'Brien, now on WLHK 97.1 Hank-FM)
• Dave O'Brien (from Wank and O'Brien, now on WLHK 97.1 Hank-FM)
• Nigel (former Afternoon Drive)
• Mysti (former Middays, now on WKSL 93.9 KISS-FM, Raleigh, North Carolina)
• Chris Edge (former Program Director, now Digital Sales Manager, Emmis Austin)
• Chris Pickett (former Program Director, now PD KVUU/KIBT Colorado Springs)
• Marco (Marc Orem) (former Host, "The Morning Mess", now Afternoons WRWM "i94", Indianapolis, Indiana)
• Shannon (Shannon Murphy) (Former co-host, "The Morning Mess", now morning co-host on 'MoJo in the Morning' on WKQI "Channel 955", Detroit, Michigan)
• Super-Phat Mikey (Mike Dennison) (Former co-host, "The Morning Mess")
• Madison (Shawnda McNeal) (Former co-host, "The Morning Mess", now morning co-host on the "Atom Smasher Show" on WSTO "HOT 96", Evansville, Indiana)
• Dylan (former Nights, now Afternoons as "JD Greene" at KEEY-FM "K102" in Minneapolis, Minnesota)
• Austin (John Lubeck) (former Nights, now Mornings at KHTT "106.9 KHITS", Tulsa, Oklahoma)
• Alana (Alana Maddox) (former weekends, recently Mornings at WJFX "Hot 107.9", Fort Wayne, Indiana)
• Bryan (Bryan LaRoche) (former night co-host, now APD/MD/Afternoons at WNWW "RadioNOW 97.9", Jacksonville, Florida)
• Figgy (Ashely Figueroa) (former weekends, now Mornings as "Carrie West" at WWKA, "K92", Orlando, Florida)
• Scrap Jackson (former Program Director, now at WBTT, Fort Myers, Florida)
• Jana Sutter (former Music Director, now MD/Middays at WXXL, Orlando, Florida)
• JD Redman (former Midday and Overnights)
• Brandon Scott (Weekends/Swing, now Reporter at Bay News 9 Tampa, Florida)
• Crash (former weekends, now Nights at WNKS/Charlotte)
• Chris Ott (former Afternoons)
• AJ (former production director/middays, now Creative Director CBS Radio Washington DC)
• Summer (former Middays)
• Doc Miller (former Nights)
• Mike Thomas (former Overnights, now "Jagger", nights on WKTU "103.5 KTU", and MD of WHTZ "Z100", New York, New York)
• McKinzie Roth (former co-host "The Scotty Show", now working in TV)
• Shy (former co-host "The Scotty Show")
• Riggs (former Nights, now Afternoon Drive/Imaging Director at WRNW "97.3 RadioNOW", Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
• Slater (former Overnights, recently Nights at WJJS "Jammin' JJS", Roanoke, Virginia)
• Mahoney (former weekends, now Afternoons at WBTU, "US 93.3", Fort Wayne, Indiana)
• Scotty Davis (former host "The Scotty Show", now Afternoons at WFLZ, "93.3 FLZ", Tampa, Florida)
• Rayne (Tim Rainey) (former PD/Afternoons)

External links

• Radio Now 100.9
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WNOU
• Radio-Locator information on WNOU
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WNOU