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WHOF
North Canton, Ohio;
Broadcast area	Canton-Akron metro areas
Frequency	101.7 (Mhz) (HD Radio)
Branding	My 101.7
Programming
Format	Adult Contemporary
Ownership
Owner	Clear Channel Communications
Sister stations	WARF, WHLO, WKDD, WRQK-FM
History
First air date	January 16, 2007; (1969 as WJER-FM)
Call sign meaning	W-"Hall Of Fame City"; (Canton home to Pro Football Hall of Fame)
Technical information
Class	A
ERP	6,000 watts
Links
Website	my1017.com

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WHOF (101.7 FM) — branded My 101.7 — is a commercial FM radio station serving Akron/Canton, Ohio, licensed to the suburb of North Canton. It is part of the Clear Channel Akron/Canton cluster, along with WARF, WHLO, WKDD, and WRQK-FM.

Prior to 2007, the station operated as WJER-FM out of Dover and served the Tuscarawas County area starting in 1969. 101.7 was also home to WFAH-FM Alliance, Ohio from about 1950-68.That station moved to 92.5 FM and is now WDJQ. WHOF-101.7 is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications.

On April 14, 2006, the Federal Communications Commission approved Clear Channel's request to move WJER-FM's community of license to North Canton, Ohio [1]. The new location was intended to provide coverage to all of the urban Canton area, and to allow WJER-FM to increase its power by three kilowatts.

In the meantime, former WJER owner Gary Petricola had operated both 101.7 FM and 1450 AM in a reverse LMA with Clear Channel. On December 20, 2006, it was announced that Clear Channel had agreed to sell WJER-AM for $200,000 to a newly formed LLC titled WJER Radio LLC. The LLC is 100% controlled by Petricola. WJER-FM signed off on December 27.

Clear Channel then filed to change the call letters of the FM facility to WHOF, as Canton is the "Hall of Fame City." Those calls previously were on the 1060-AM facility in the early 1960s.

After much speculation with regard to a new format, WHOF re-launched as "my 101.7" on January 16, 2007, at 4:00 p.m. WHOF's new format is adult contemporary, to compete with "Mix 94.1" WHBC-FM. The first song played was "My Life" by Billy Joel.

Preceded by WJER-FM in Dover, Ohio	FM 101.7 MHz January 16, 2007-Present	Succeeded by WHOF in North Canton, Ohio

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WHOF in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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 {{Infobox Radio station
  | name = WHOF
- | image = [[Image:WHOF-FM.jpg|250px|WHOF-FM Canton]]
+ | image = [[File:WHOF logo.png]]
  | city = [[North Canton, Ohio|North Canton]], [[Ohio]]
- | area = [[Canton, Ohio|Canton]]/[[Akron, Ohio|Akron]], [[Ohio]]
+ | area = [[Canton, Ohio|Canton]]-[[Akron, Ohio|Akron]] metro areas
- | branding = ''My 101.7''
+ | branding = '''My 101.7'''
  | slogan = "Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites"
  | airdate = January 16, 2007<br>([[1969]] as [[WJER]]-FM)
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  | erp = 6,000 [[watt]]s
  | class = A
- | callsign_meaning = Canton's "'''H'''all '''O'''f '''F'''ame City" nickname<br>(as in [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]])
+ | callsign_meaning = '''W'''-"'''H'''all '''O'''f '''F'''ame City"<br><small>([[Canton, Ohio|Canton]]&nbsp;home&nbsp;to&nbsp;[[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Pro&nbsp;Football&nbsp;Hall&nbsp;of&nbsp;Fame]])</small>
  | owner = [[Clear Channel Communications]]
- | sister_stations = [[WARF]], [[WHLO]], [[WKDD]], [[WRQK-FM|WRQK]]
+ | sister_stations = [[WARF]], [[WHLO]], [[WKDD]], [[WRQK-FM]]
  | website = [http://www.my1017.com my1017.com]
 }}
-'''WHOF''' (101.7 [[FM broadcasting|FM]], "My 101.7") is a commercial [[FM broadcasting|FM radio]] station serving [[Akron, OH|Akron]]/[[Canton, Ohio]], licensed to the suburb of [[North Canton, Ohio|North Canton]]. It is part of the Clear Channel Akron/Canton cluster, along with [[WARF]], [[WHLO]], [[WKDD]], and [[WRQK]].
+'''WHOF''' (101.7 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) — branded '''My 101.7''' — is a commercial [[FM broadcasting|FM radio]] station serving [[Akron, OH|Akron]]/[[Canton, Ohio]], licensed to the suburb of [[North Canton, Ohio|North Canton]]. It is part of the Clear Channel Akron/Canton cluster, along with [[WARF]], [[WHLO]], [[WKDD]], and [[WRQK-FM]].
 Prior to 2007, the station operated as WJER-FM out of Dover and served the Tuscarawas County area starting in 1969.  101.7 was also home to WFAH-FM Alliance, Ohio from about 1950-68.That station moved to 92.5 FM and is now [[WDJQ]]. WHOF-101.7 is currently owned by [[Clear Channel Communications]].