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The Essentials

Call Letters: WOWO
Frequency: 1190am
City of License: Fort Wayne
Metro(s): Fort Wayne
Power: 50,000 watts - Day, 9800 watts - Night, DA-Night (Class B)
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: Also heard on W298BJ.

Station Personnel

Current

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: Scott Howard (February 2020 - 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: Wilmer C. Swartley (1930s) (Deceased 23 January 2013)
GM: Robert G. Duffield (May 1946 - June 1951) (Deceased 29 June 1998)
GM: J.E. Baudino
GM: Paul E. Mills
GM: John B. Conley
GM: Carl Vandagrift (1961 - ? ) (also was PD) (Deceased 1 December 1991)
GM: Warren Maurer (1975-1976)
GM: Edward Wallis
GM: Dan Friel
GM: Bill Latz
GM: Charlie Slavik (March 1984 - April 1985) (Now out of radio)
GM: Jane Bartsch (Deceased 14 June 2011)
GM: Steve Schram (March 1986 - September 1988) (Now Director of Michigan Public Media, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan)
GM: Joe D. Buys (August 1987 - January 1990) (Now out of radio)
GM: Gina Maxwell (December 1993 - 1994; GM: December 1991 - December 1993)
GM: John Irwin
GM: Tony Richards (Started with parent Pathfinder Communications Corp. in 1978. Served as GM until June 30, 2001)
GM: Mark DePrez (April 9, 2001 - January 18, 2012; GSM: October 1994 - November 2000. Pathfinder Communications Corp. COO from January 2012 until August 27, 2012.)
GM: Jim Allgeier 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)
Chief Engineer: Bruce H. Ratts (1940s) (Deceased 1 May 1985)
Chief Engineer: Harold L. Brokaw (1950s)
Chief Engineer: Billy L. Wolfe (1970s)
Chief Engineer: Homer Evans
Chief Engineer: David Snyder
Chief Engineer: Ed Didier (? - March 1997) (Now Chief Engineer at the Adams Radio Group, Inc. radio stations in Fort Wayne)
Director of Sales: Mark Osborn (February 15, 2002 - ?) (From Sales Manager at WBYR) (Now LSM for the Adams Radio Group, Inc. radio stations in Fort Wayne.)
GSM: Howard D. 'Tommy' Longsworth (? - 1972) (Deceased 26 February 2002)
GSM: Ted Jordan (Retired)
GSM: Scott Savage
GSM: Candace Wendling (Retired)
GSM: Rodney Krol (May 1988 - ?) (From WKWK-AM/FM in Wheeling, West Virginia)
GSM: Jim Tighe (November 2000 - ?) (From salesperson) (Retired)
NSM: Doug Wagner (November 1997 - ?) (Now out of radio)
NSM: Mary DePrez
SM: P.E. Mills
SM: Douglas Shull
SM: John Boggs (1985 - ?) (From GSM at WTPI)
OM/PD: Tommy Allen (April 22, 1996 - ?) (From OM/PD at KDTH(AM)/KATF-FM in Dubuque, Iowa) (Now out of radio)
OM/PD: Andy Ober (August 30, 2007 - October 6, 2008) (APD: March 6, 2006 - August 29, 2007; October 7, 2008 - April 25, 2011)
OM/PD: Dan Mandis (October 7, 2008 - March 9, 2011) (From OM/PD at KKML and KVOR in Colorado Springs, Colorado) (Now PD at KHOW(AM) and KKZN(AM) in Denver, Colorado.)
OM/PD: Gregg Henson (May 2, 2011 - August 17, 2012) (From morning co-host at KRLD-FM in Dallas, Texas) (Now PD at WRVA in Richmond, Virginia.)
PD: C.A. Bollwinkel
PD: Dr. Roger Skolnik (Deceased 5 November 1994)
PD: Chris Rathaus (1973- 1974) (Deceased 18 May 2006)
PD: Thom Brown (Deceased 19 August 2023)
PD: Ned Foster
PD: Gary Noe (September 1982 - 1995) (From APD/Production Director) (Deceased 13 February 1997)
PD: John Picano (December 1995 - February 1996) (From WJNO in West Palm Beach, Florida) (Deceased 22 November 2012)
PD: Chuck Bailey (Now out of radio)
PD: Dan MacClintock (March 1991 - 1992) (From PD at WNRB in Youngstown, Ohio)
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: Bethany Rowe (August 2004 - January 2005) (Now Senior Promotions Manager for K-LOVE and Air 1 Radio Networks in Indianapolis)
APD: Brian LaMartina (October 2011 - August 17, 2012)
APD/News Director: Kayla Blakeslee (PD: July 5, 2017 - Current; News Director: January 2013 - 2015; August 30, 2016 - Current)
MD: Sam DeVincent (Deceased 1 December 1997)
News Director: Bob Carlin
News Director: Harold (Hal) Cessna (1950s)
News Director: Gary Froseth (Deceased 9 January 2010)
News Director: Art Saltsberg (1977 - 1979)
News Director: Victor Locke (1979 - 1983) (Now News Director at KSUT in Durango, Colorado)
News Director: Dugan Fry (? - August 5, 1989)
News Director: Michael O'Shea (1995 - January 2003) (Now News Director at WGFN in Glen Arbor/Traverse City, Michigan)
News Director: Kevin Morse (February 17, 2003 - July 27, 2004) (Now out of radio)
News Director: Jon Zimney (August 2004 - July 18, 2007) (From OM at KERN in Bakersfield, California) (Now PD/News Director at WTRC and WTRC-FM)
News Director: Andy Ober (October 7, 2008 - April 25, 2011) (OM/PD: August 30, 2007 - October 6, 2008) (Also PD at sister WKJG) (From Newsperson at WASK)
News Director: Mike Wilson
News Director: David Wheaton (November 2, 2011 - November 20, 2012)
News Director: Kayla Blakeslee (Now morning host)
News Director: Darrin Wright (November 2018 - January 2022)
Director of War Programs: Carl Kenagy ('Tom Carnegie') (1942 - ?) (Deceased 11 February 2011)
Production Director: Steve Brelsford (1994 - August 27, 2012) (Now Production Director at WAJI and WLDE)
Production Director: Cliff Mitchell (August 27, 2012 - Current) (Also production director for WFWI, WBYR, WMEE-FM, WQHK-FM, and WKJG)
Production: Chris Tyler (? - November 1997) (Now afternoons at WWDK in Lansing, Michigan)
Promotions Director: Hilda Woehrmeyer (Deceased 18 April 1989)
Promotions Director: Guy Harris
Promotions Director: Andrew Dawson (Drew Dawson) (July 1979 - November 1982) (Now a broadcast journalist with the Virtual News Center in Boston, Massachusetts)
Promotions Director: Sheryce Hilkey (February 1991 - ?) (From Promotions Asisstant)
Promotions Director: Tony Malone (November 1997 - June 1998) (Now out of radio)
Promotions Director: Lynn Williams (August 20, 1998 - October 1999) (From Promotions Director with the former Kovas Communications stations in Fort Wayne)
Promotions Director: Natalee Kohls (1998 - December 13, 2001) (Now middays as 'Sky Taylor' at WWMJ in Ellsworth/Bangor, Maine)
Promotions Director: Sean Bratton (July 29, 2002 - April 27, 2003) (From nights at WMEE, where he now does afternoons.)
Promotions Director: Dan Bader
Promotions Director: Nikki Jasperson (? - September 13, 2013) (From Promotions Director/Sales Assistant for the Cumulus Broadcasting radio stations in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)
Promotions Director: Kristin Craft (October 29, 2013 - April 2015)
Promotions Director: Suzanna Pynakker (April 22, 2015 - March 21, 2016)
Promotions Director: Sally Allgeier (March 21, 2016 - July 14, 2017)
Promotions Director: Krystal Smith (March 9, 2018 - ?)
Promotions Coordinator: Paige Fransen (March 9, 2018 - January 29, 2019; Promotions Director: July 17, 2017 - March 8, 2018)
Promotions Coordinator: Clare Ramel (February 18, 2019 - ?)
Farm Director: Jay Gould (1938 - July 10, 1983) (Deceased 20 January 1984)
Farm Director: Pam Geppert
Farm Director: Dave Russell
Farm Director: Ron Powers (? - September 1995) (Deceased 15 July 2001)
Farm Director: Kevin Morse (February 12, 1996 - February 23, 2003) (Now out of radio)
Farm Director: Kurt Deffenbaugh (February 24, 2003 - December 2006) (Now out of radio)
Newsperson: Eric Berman (Now a newsperson with WIBC-FM and Network Indiana)
Newsperson: Damon Bruce (March 2005 - ?) (From afternoon co-host at WBNS in Columbus, Ohio) (Now afternoons at KGMZ in San Francisco, California)
Newsperson: Lee Burdorf (? - September 2000) (Retired)
Newsperson: Charlotte Burke (From PD at KDWN in Las Vegas, Nevada)
Newsperson: Kurt Deffenbaugh (March 6, 1998 - December 2006) (From Newsperson at WKXA in Findlay, Ohio) (Now out of radio)
Newsperson: Matt Demczyk (January 5, 2009 - ?) (From news reporter at KTRH in Houston, Texas) (Now News Director at WFIN in Findlay, Ohio)
Newsperson: Steve Douglas (November 24, 2004 - February 2005)
Newsperson: Doug Fisher (1975 - 1979)
Newsperson: Aishah Hasnie (Now an anchor and reporter for FOX News)
Newsperson: Jerry Hoffman
Newsperson: Laura King (April 1, 2003 - ?)
Newsperson: Dan Knight (? - January 1997)
Newsperson: Jeremy Lawrence (August 2007 - January 2, 2009)
Newsperson: Linda Losch (Now out of radio)
Newsperson: James Measel (1997 - 1998) (Now a newsperson at WLKI)
Newsperson: Blake Miller (May 6, 2002 - November 14, 2003) (From WGSN/WRSW) (Now out of radio)
Newsperson: John Perlich (September 2000 - ?) (From WGL) (Now out of radio)
Newsperson: Bonnie Presser (March 1997 - March 1998) (Now out of radio)
Newsperson: Van Rockefeller (Now out of radio)
Newsperson: Jim Schweickart (1974 - 1977) (Now out of radio)
Newsperson: Erica Taylor
Weather: Earl Finckle (Deceased 3 July 2009)
Mornings: Jay Gould (Deceased 20 January 1984)
Mornings: Bob Sievers (1936 - April 30, 1984) (Deceased 3 September 2007)
Mornings: Chris Roberts (1973 - June 30, 1995) (Now owns WERT(AM) in Van Wert, Ohio, and WKSD-FM in Paulding, Ohio)
Mornings: Rick Hughes (Interim between Chris Roberts and Jay Walker) (Retired)
Mornings: Jay Walker (October 8, 1995 - March 1997) (Deceased 6 June 2012)
Mornings: Dave Macy (5:00am - 9:00am) (June 1998 - December 16, 2002) (From PD/mornings at WLAC in Nashville, Tennessee) (Now out of radio)
Mornings: Rob Hines (5:00am - 9:00am) (October 1999 - ?) (Producer for Dave Macy's morning show) (Now out of radio)
Mornings: Kelly Turner (5:00am - 9:00am) (May 2001 - ?) (Producer) (Now out of radio)
Mornings: Bethany Rowe (5:00am - 9:00am) (August 2004 - January 2005) (Producer) (Now Senior Promotions Manager for K-LOVE and Air 1 Radio Networks in Indianapolis)
Mornings: Brock Andrews (Producer) (5:00am - 9:00am) (February 2, 2005 - ?) (Now out of radio)
Mornings: Enoch Perry (5:00am - 9:00am) (Producer) (November 7, 2005 - March 3, 2009)
Mornings: Loren Gardner (5:00am - 9:00am) (Producer) (September 2011 - 2014)
Mornings: Chevy Smith (5:00am - 9:00am) (News) (November 2005 - April 27, 2009)
Mornings: Krista Miller (5:00am - 9:00am) (News) (July 2013 - ?) (Now a TV news anchor at WPTA-TV.)
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)
Mid-Mornings: Dr. Laura Schlessinger (9:00am - 12:00pm) (? - January 4, 2002)
Middays: Doug Gruber ('Doug Stephens') (10am - 3pm) (1963 - 1968) (Deceased 19 February 2014)
Middays: Jack Underwood (1966 - 1986) (Deceased 18 February 1992)
Middays: Ron Gregory (September 1995 - June 1997; Nights: 1973 - March 1985)
Mid-Afternoons: Rush Limbaugh (12:00pm - 3:00pm) (August 20, 1997 - May 21, 2021) (Deceased 17 February 2021)
Afternoons: Stu Collins
Afternoons: Don Chevillet (3:00p - 7:30pm) (? - 1968) (From nights)
Afternoons: Bob Chase (3:00pm - 7:00pm) (Retired) (Deceased 24 November 2016)
Afternoons: Chris Roberts (Now owns WERT(AM) in Van Wert, Ohio, and WKSD-FM in Paulding, Ohio)
Afternoons: Gary Burbank ('The Gary Burbank Show') (Syndicated from WLW in Cincinnati, Ohio) (? - March 14, 1997)
Afternoons: Diane Current (3:00pm - 6:00pm) (Producer) (March 17, 1997 - May 2007; APD: October 1999 - July 2002; Formerly Promotions Director)
Afternoons: Pat White (3:00pm - 6:00pm) (March 17, 1997 - April 22, 2010)
Afternoons: Gregg Henson (3:00pm - 6:00pm) (May 7, 2012 - June 6, 2012) (Now PD at WRVA in Richmond, Virginia.)
Afternoons: Casey Hendrickson (3:00pm - 6:00pm)
Early Evenings: SportsTalk (6:00pm - 7:00pm) (1985 - June 16, 2003)
Nights: John Cigna (7:30pm - 12:00am) (mid 1960s) (Deceased 20 May 2011)
Nights: Dale Reeves
Nights: Robb Westaby (5:00pm - 9:00pm)
Nights: Jim Reed (1994 - ?; Middays: ? - April 1991) (Now mornings at WLDE)
Nights: Mike Rivers (September 1991 - ?) (From WRVQ in Richmond, Virginia)
Nights: BJ Stone (From morning co-host) (1993-1994) (Now out of radio)
Nights: The Dolans (7:00pm - 9:00pm) (? - March 25, 2002)
Nights: Paul Phillips (8:00pm - 10:00pm) (March 26, 1996 - September 18, 1996)
Nights: Michael Savage (9:00pm - 12:00am) (March 26, 2002 - ?)
Nights: Buck Sexton (9:00pm - 12:00am) (February 1, 2018 - ?)
Late Nights: Marvin Hunter (10:00pm - 12:00am)
Late Nights: Mike Reagan (9:00pm - 1:00am) (? - March 25, 2002)
Overnights: Calvin Richards
Overnights: Michael O'Shea (12:00am - 5:00am) (Now News Director at WGFN in Glen Arbor/Traverse City, Michigan)
Overnights: Listo Fisher
Overnights: Carol Ford
Overnights: Tony Robinson
Overnights: Terry Morgan
Overnights: Chris Underwood (October 1991 - March 23, 1996) (Now out of radio)
Overnights: Joey Reynolds (1:00am - 5:00am) (August 1998 - June 2001)
Weekends: Syd Cornell (1931 - 1934) (Deceased 1993)
Weekends: Sean Compton (June 1992 - November 1992) (Now President, Networks, at Nexstar Media, Inc.)
Weekends: Consider This with Big Joe Clark (Saturday 5:00am - 6:00am)
Weekends: Rush Limbaugh ('Best of Rush Limbaugh') (Saturday 6:00am - 7:00am)
Weekends: Rick Wolf ('House Calls') (Saturday 9:00am - 10:00am) (? - 2019)
Weekends: Rush Limbaugh ('Week in Review') (Saturday 12:00pm - 3:00pm)
Weekends: Zach Bonahoom ('The Zach Bonahoom Show') (Saturday 12:00pm - 2:00pm) (? - August 3, 2013)
Weekends: Mike McConnell ('The Weekend') (Saturday 12:00pm - 3:00pm) (April 2003 - ?)
Weekends: Consider This with Big Joe Clark (Saturday 5:00pm - 6:00pm)
Weekends: Laura Schlessinger (Sunday 4:00pm - 7:00pm)
Weekends: Clark Howard (Saturday 6:00pm - 7:00pm; Sunday 8:00pm - 9:00pm)
Weekends: Rusty Humphries (Saturday 7:00pm - 10:00pm) (April 2003 - ?)
Weekends: Michael Savage (Sunday 9:00pm - 10:00pm)
Weekends: The Allen Hunt Show (Saturday 9:00pm - 12:00am) (September 2008 - ?)L
Weekends: The Adult Beverage Show (Saturday 10:30am - 11:00am)
Weekends: 'The Weekend' (Saturday 12:00pm - 3:00pm) (April 2003 - ?)
Weekends: The Dave Ramsey Show (Saturday 12:00pm - 3:00pm) (August 17, 2013 - ?)
Weekends: Rush Limbaugh ('Week in Review') (Saturday 3:00pm - 6:00pm)
Weekends: John Batchelor ('The John Batchelor Show') (Saturday 9:00pm - 1:00am)
Weekends: The Adult Beverage Show (Saturday 4:30pm - 5:00pm)
Weekends: Rush Limbaugh ('Best of Rush Limbaugh') (Sunday 2:00pm - 5:00pm)
Weekends: John Gibson ('The John Gibson Show') (Sunday 4:00pm - 7:00pm)
Weekends: Bruce DuMont ('Beyond the Beltway') (Sunday 7:00pm - 9:00pm)
Weekends: Todd Starnes ('The Todd Starnes Show') (Sunday 7:00pm - 10:00pm)
Weekends: Casey Hendrickson ('Casey Hendrickson Weekend') (Sunday 9:00pm - 10:00pm) (Formerly Saturday 2:00pm - 3:00pm)
Weekends: FOX News Sunday (Sunday 9:00pm - 10:00pm)
Airstaff: George Applegate (1937 - 1938)
Airstaff: Bob Delgiorno
Airstaff: Manthis Manchikes ('Pete Mathews') (Deceased 26 January 1993)
Airstaff: Neil McGinley
Airstaff: Al Mitchell
Airstaff: Rob Nichols
Airstaff: Richard S. (Dick) Rice (Deceased 22 February 2002)
Airstaff: Calvin 'Baby' Richards

Station History

WOWO signed on March 31, 1925. It began as a 500 watt station with studios above the Main Auto Supply Company. While running 10,000 watts on 1160am, the station shared time with WWVA (Wheeling, West Virginia). Westinghouse purchased WOWO in 1936. Studios located at 124. W. Washington Blvd., Fort Wayne, IN. On March 29, 1941, WOWO changed dial positions from 1160am to 1190am. Studios located at 925 S. Harirson St., Fort Wayne, IN. In the Fall of 1968, WLYV(AM), then doing a Top 40 format and competiting with WOWO, beat WOWO by 1 point (12+). This was a significant feat, as WLYV was just under 500 watts, compared to the 50,000 watts of WOWO. In the 1970s, WOWO relocated to 128 W. Washington Blvd., Fort Wayne, IN (Telephone Number: 219.742.8373). Westinghouse sold WOWO in 1982 for $6 million to Price Communications. At 7:30am on December 16, 1988, WOWO changed formats from MOR to Oldies. In 1994, Price Communications sold WOWO (and sister WOWO-FM for $2.3 million to Inner City Broadcasting Corp. Inner City sold WOWO(AM) and WOWO-FM to different companies: Pathfinder Communications Corp. purchased WOWO(AM). When Pathfinder Communications Corp. acquired the station, they moved WOWO from its studios and offices at 203 West Wayne Street to their current Maples Road location. In January 1997, the historic WOWO 'Sunshine Studio' was retired. September 1998 saw the departure of ESPN Radio to rival WGL(AM). It was later reclaimed by WOWO sister station WONO in August 2000. WOWO began broadcasting in HD on April 4, 2005. WOWO began an FM simulcast on 92.3fm at Noon on Wednesday March 28, 2012.

For Further Reading...

Signon. The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, November 26, 1923. Page 10.
Signon. The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, November 20, 1929. Page 11 and 17.
"WOW Protests Powers Granted WCAU, WHAM." Broadcasting, 1, no. 1 (1931): 26.
Kurtz, Dave. "Jay Gould -- More Than Just Hog Prices." Kendallville News-Sun, December 28 and 29, 1974. Pages 1, 6.
Wight, Linda. "Voice of Mr. WOWO, Bob Sievers, go its start selling religious books," The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. June 7, 1978. Page 7B.
"WBCL Names Manager." The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, January 27, 1979. Page 5A.
"WOWO names sales chief." The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, March 24, 1979. Page 7B.
Calkins, Royal. "AM stereo sounds like wave of future to Magnavox." The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, May 19, 1979. Page 1A.
McFarland, Myra. "Fry at east as 'voice of farming'." The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, June 10, 1979. Page 3A.
Ross, K.D. "The Birth of a Station, WOWO." (Book) 1981.
Laughlin, Nancy. "Under this ceiling is no place to be." The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, January 22, 1981. Page 1C.
McKenna, Lynne, and Doug Fisher. "Westinghouse places WOWO on selling block." The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, September 15, 1981. Page 1A.
"Price Communications Purchase." The Wall Street Journal, November 18, 1982. Page 39.
Ehrlich, Heidi. "Plenty of radio personality." USA Today, April 24, 1984. Page 1D.
"Changing Faces...Changing Places." The Fort Wayne Business Digest, June, 1988. Page 26.
Nall, Nancy. "Underwood's legend went beyond his voice." The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, February 20, 1992. Pages 1A, 4A.
"WOWO legend Sievers will be host this week." The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, July 6, 1992. Page 8F.
Kilbane, Kevin. "WOWO's closing list is one slick operation." The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, February 2, 1994. Pages 1F, 6F.
"WOWO metro news 1st in state." The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, April 18, 1994. Page 9A.
Barfield, Deborah. "FCC gets little WOWO feedback." The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, April 27, 1994. Page 8A.
Sosbe, Tim. "WOWO news director moving on." The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, May 19, 1994.
Kilbane, Kevin. "Johnny Appleseed songs grow out on limb." The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, September 14, 1994. Pages 1F, 6F.
Marcus, Morton. "Hoosier state losing power and prestige." The Hammond Times, December 25, 1994. Pages E-1, E-3.
"Station Trading." Broadcasting & Cable 125, no. 9 (1995): 44.
"WOWO, WMEE get new hosts." The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, August 31, 1995. Page 2A.
"WQHK Changes Format." The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, March 13, 1996. Page 3D.
Robinson, Dean. "Country reigns as K105 leads in local radio ratings." The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, January 24, 1997. Page 9D.
Chang, Ellen Y. "WOWO Radio Manager and Racing Fan Gary B. Noe Dies." The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, February 14, 1997. Page 3C.
Shepherd, Michelle L. "Veteran broadcaster Tom Williams dies." The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, January 11, 1998. Page 14A.
Vela, Susan. "Former broadcaster in city dies of heart attack at 60." The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, January 12, 1998. Page 10A.
Robinson, Dean. "Channel 33 hires Majic Man." The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, April 20, 1998. Page 6D.
Shepherd, Michelle L. "Former WOWO manager Robert Duffied, 90, dies." The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, July 8, 1998. Page 3C.
Fortier, Bill. "Meaningful or Meaningless?" Worcester (Mass.) Telegram and Gazette, August 28, 1998. Page C1.
"Five midwestern radio stations continue to deliver strong farm programming." Agri Marketing. v. 38, no. 10 (2000), Page I-19 (Supplement).
"Obituaries." The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, July 17, 2001. Page 3C.
Reddick, Bekah. "Straddling the Great Divide: Farm Broadcasters Work to Overcome the Rural/Urban Gap." Agri Marketing. vol. 40, no. 6. June, 2002. Pages 38-40, 42-43.
"Dave Macy to return to airwaves, complete with more controversy." The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, February 22, 2003. Page 7A.
Emerson, Laura. "WOWO sues to block fired host Macy's new gig." The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, February 25, 2003. Page 2D.
"WOWO files court papers against Macy's new show." The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, February 25, 2003. Page 3A.
Emerson, Laura. "Ex-WOWO host fights for job at competition." The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, March 4, 2003. Page 2C.
Kelly, Niki. "Court delivers split decision in Macy feud." The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, September 18, 2003. Pages 1C, 4C.
"That was then." Radio Magazine. vol. 11, no. 11. November 2005. Page 62.
Wank, Ed. "Captain of the Airwaves." Indianapolis Monthly. vol. 33, no. 6. January 2010. Page 20.
Burger, Ken. "Bringing in sounds from afar." The (Charleston, S.C.) Post and Courier, January 15, 2011. Page B1.
Cavin, Curt. "The Voice and the heart of the Speedway are silenced." The Indianapolis Star, February 12, 2011. Pages A1, A8.


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