WONE (AM)

WONE

City of license	Dayton, Ohio
Broadcast area	Dayton, Ohio
Branding	980 WONE
Slogan	Dayton's Sports Station
Frequency	980 (kHz) (also on HD Radio)
First air date	1949
Format	Sports Talk
Power	5,000 watts
Class	B
Facility ID	1903
Callsign meaning	previous owner Group ONE
Owner	Clear Channel Communications
Sister stations	WDKF, WDSJ, WIZE, WLQT, WMMX, WTUE, WXEG
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wone.com

WONE is an AM radio station in Dayton, Ohio operating on 980 kHz with a Sports Talk format. It carries programming from Fox Sports Radio, as well as the Jim Rome Show and the Dan Patrick Show (Patrick was originally an on-air personality on sister station WTUE under his real name, Dan Pugh).

History

The station took the air in 1949, licensed to Skyland Broadcasting Corp. It was sold in 1961 to Brush-Moore Newspapers, publisher of the Canton Repository. In 1965 the station was sold to Group One Broadcasting of Akron, owner of WAKR. During the mid 1960s WONE was known as "Channel 98," and it was one of Dayton's two popular Top 40 stations, the other being WING. The format changed to adult contemporary around 1967, when it was called "Charisma Radio". Sometime thereafter,around 1969 it switched to country music calling itself "Country-Wide W-1" to remain synonymous with its then-owner Group One.

Changes of property

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 the WONE call sign on WAKR's FM sister station in Akron.) WONE's ownership passed to Stoner Broadcasting on December 9, 1992, to American Radio Systems on September 13, 1993, and to Jacor Communications on October 17, 1997.

Adult Standards

After a stint as a country music station, WONE changed from "98 Country" to Adult Standards, Dayton's ONE for Original Hits, on November 29, 1994 and acquired Springfield-based former Top 40 giant WIZE along the way (which at the time also aired adult standards). WIZE since then virtually simulcast all of WONE's programming until April 22, 2011, when WIZE broke away to launch a country format aimed specifically at the Springfield region.

Switch to Sports Talk

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 with WSAI 1360-AM (now on WCKY 1530-AM) in 2005. They have since dropped the simulcast of WCKY. They are now known as 980 WONE Dayton's Sports Station and air mostly Fox Sports Radio with some local shows. The local shows are The Drive weekdays from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. hosted by Clint Davis. They also have the Outdoor Connection which airs on Sunday Nights 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Thursdays 11:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., and Saturdays 5:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. The station is an affiliate for the Dan Patrick Show and Jim Rome. WONE recently began streaming online on their website. Starting for the 2011 season WONE became the affiliate for the Dayton Dragons. In August 2011 WONE became an affiliate for the Joe Morgan Show.

Programming

Sports Play-by-play

• Dayton/Springfield affiliate for:
  • Dayton Dragons baseball
  • Cleveland Browns football
  • NCAA Miami University Football and Basketball
  • NASCAR Nextel Cup Racing

External links

• Official WONE site
• Query the FCC's AM station database for WONE
• Radio-Locator Information on WONE
• Query Arbitron's AM station database for WONE