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The Essentials

Frequency: 107.5fm
City of License: Fort Wayne
Metro(s): Fort Wayne
Power: 75 watts
Format: News/Talk
Address: 2915 Maples Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46816-3199
Phone: 260.447.5511
Ownership: Pathfinder Communications Corp.
Web Presence: http://www.wowo.com
Notes: Simulcasts WOWO(AM)

Station Personnel

GM: Ben Saurer (January 3, 2020 - Current; from GSM: February 16, 2009 - January 2, 2020)
Director of Engineering: Jack Didier (? - Current; Was Chief Engineer from April 1997)
Chief Engineer: Mogan David
GSM: Ben Saurer (February 16, 2009 - Current)
PD: Mike Ragozino
Digital Content Editor: Heather Starr (December 10, 2018 - Current)
Farm Director: Rob Winters (2008 - Current) (From APD/afternoons at KUGN(AM) in Eugene, Oregon)
Promotions Director: Kaytlin Hart
Mornings: Kayla Blakeslee ('Fort Wayne's Morning News') (5:00am - 9:00am) (October 16, 2018 - Current)
Mid-Mornings: Glenn Beck (9:00am - 12:00pm) (January 7, 2002 - Current)
Mid-Afternoons: Dan Bongino ('The Dan Bongino Show') (May 24, 2021 - Current)
Afternoons: Pat Miller ('Pat Miller Program') (3:00pm - 6:00pm) (April 26, 2010 - May 4, 2012; January 2, 2013 - Current)
Evenings: Sean Hannity (6:00pm - 9:00pm) (Debuted 6pm - 9pm on March 26, 2002 and moved to 3pm - 6pm [for a brief time] on June 7, 2012.)
Nights: Mark Levin (9:00pm - 12:00am) (June 21, 2021 - Current; June 30, 2010 - January 31, 2018)
Overnights: Clyde Lewis ('Ground Zero, with Clyde Lewis') (12:00am - 1:00am)
Overnights: George Noory ('Coast to Coast AM') (1:00am - 5:00am) (June 25, 2001 - Current)
Weekends: Paid Programming (Saturday 5:00am - 8:00am)
Weekends: Rob Winters ('Mid-West Ag Matters') (Saturday 8:00am - 9:00am) (June 12, 2010 - Current)
Weekends: HealthCall Live with Lee Kelso (Saturday 9:00am - 10:00am)
Weekends: Paid Programming (Saturday 10:00am - 10:30am)
Weekends: Unholstered w/ Kayla Blakeslee & FW Police Captain Sofia Rosales-Scatena (Saturday 10:30am - 11:00am)
Weekends: Paid Programming (Saturday 11:00am - 12:00pm)
Weekends: Kim Komando ('The Kim Komando Show') (Saturday 12:00pm - 3:00pm)
Weekends: Paid Programming (Saturday 3:00pm - 5:30pm)
Weekends: Unholstered w/ Kayla Blakeslee & FW Police Captain Sofia Rosales-Scatena (Saturday 5:30pm - 6:00pm)
Weekends: Glenn Beck ('Glenn Beck Weekend') (Saturday 6:00pm - 9:00pm)
Weekends: Sean Hannity (Saturday 9:00pm - 12:00am)
Weekends: Midnight Movie Maniacs with Mike Ragz (Sunday 12:00am - 1:00am)
Weekends: Coast to Coast AM (Sunday 1:00am - 5:00am)
Weekends: Paid Programming (Sunday 5:00am - 7:30am)
Weekends: The FLOT line hosted by Rick Hughes (Sunday 7:30am - 8:00am)
Weekends: Paid Programming (Sunday 7:30am - 10:30am)
Weekends: The Lutheran Hour (Sunday 10:30am - 11:00am)
Weekends: Paid Programming (Sunday 11:00am - 1:00pm)
Weekends: Movie Maniacs with Mike Ragz (Sunday 1:00pm - 2:00pm)
Weekends: Tony Katz (Sunday 2:00pm - 4:00pm)
Weekends: Paid Programming (Sunday 4:00pm - 5:00pm)
Weekends: Dana Loesch ('The Dana Show') (Sunday 5:00pm - 7:00pm)
Weekends: Jimmy Failla ('Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla') (Sunday 7:00pm - 10:00pm)
Weekends: Bill Cunningham ('Sunday Night With Bill Cunningham') (Sunday 10:00pm - Monday 1:00am)

Former

GM: Jim Allgeier (August 27, 2012 - November 11, 2019) (From GM of WBYR and WFWI) (From the Citadel Communications stations in Lansing, Michigan) (Now GM at the Leighton Broadcasting radio stations in Winona, Minnesota)
Director of Engineering: Jack Didier (? - Current; Was Chief Engineer from April 1997)
PD: Ryan Reker (November 5, 2012 - January 11, 2017) (From PD at WEGE and WWSR in Lima, Ohio) (Now overnight host at KMOX(AM) in St. Louis, Missouri)
PD: Jon Zimney (OM/PD: September 2, 2002 - July 18, 2007) (From OM at KERN in Bakersfield, California) (Also PD/News Director at WTRC and WTRC-FM)
APD/News Director: Kayla Blakeslee (PD: July 5, 2017 - ?; News Director: January 2013 - 2015; August 30, 2016 - ?) (Now mornings)
Promotions Director: Sally Allgeier (March 21, 2016 - July 14, 2017)
Promotions Coordinator: Paige Fransen (March 9, 2018 - January 29, 2019; Promotions Director: July 17, 2017 - March 8, 2018)
Digital Content Editor: Heather Starr (December 10, 2018 - ?)
Production Director: Cliff Mitchell (August 27, 2012 - ?) (Also production director for WFWI, WBYR, WMEE-FM, WQHK-FM, and WKJG)
Promotions Director: Krystal Smith (March 9, 2018 - ?)
Promotions Coordinator: Clare Ramel (February 18, 2019 - Current)
Mornings: Charly Butcher ("Fort Wayne's Morning News") (5:00am - 9:00am) (February 2004 - August 15, 2018) (From mornings at WMEE) (Butcher did Middays (1:00pm - 3:00pm) on WOWO: ? - September 1995) (Deceased 15 August 2018)
Nights: Buck Sexton (9:00pm - 12:00am) (February 1, 2018 - ?)
Weekends: Rush Limbaugh ("Best of Rush Limbaugh") (Saturday 6:00am - 7:00am)
Weekends: Rick Wolf ("House Calls") (Saturday 9:00am - 10:00am)
Weekends: The Adult Beverage Show (Saturday 10:30am - 11:00am)
Weekends: The Adult Beverage Show (Saturday 4:30pm - 5:00pm)
Weekends: Rush Limbaugh ("Best of Rush Limbaugh") (Sunday 2:00pm - 5:00pm)

Station History

In July 2015, Clear Channel Communications, Inc. sold the W298BJ CP for $100,000 to Pathfinder Communications Corp. WOWO began simulcasting their 1190am programming on 107.5fm in mid-December 2015. WOWO-FM (92.3fm, Fort Wayne) dropped their simulcast of WOWO(AM) on January 1, 2016.

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