- WONW
Infobox Radio station
name = WONW
city =Defiance, Ohio
area =Defiance, Ohio Bryan, Ohio Napoleon, Ohio Paulding, Ohio
branding = "WONW AM 1280"
slogan = "Defiance's News, Sports and Talk Station"
airdate = 1949
frequency = 1280 kHz
format = News/Talk/Sports Talk
power = 1,000Watt s daytime
500Watt s nighttime
erp =
class = B
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
owner =Clear Channel Communications
sister_stations =
webcast =
website = [http://www.wonw1280.com/ WONW Online]
affiliations =Fox Sports RadioWONW is a News, Talk, and Sports formatted broadcast
radio station , affiliated withFox Sports Radio.WONW is licensed to
Defiance, Ohio , serving the Defiance/Bryan/Napoleon/Paulding area. WONW is owned and operated byClear Channel Communications .History
WONW has been on the air in Defiance since 1948 under the ownership of Tri-State Broadcasting, Inc.
It was in 1989 when WONW changed ownership for the first time when they were acquired by Maumee Valley Broadcasting, which at the time, owned now-sister station WNDH. Maumee Valley Broadcasting would later acquire now-sister FM station WZOM in 1994.
WONW would be sold for the third time back in 2000 to now-current owner
Clear Channel Communications . In 2000, WONW's format changed from country toAdult Standards . It would remain the format until 2006, when WONW would become a news/sports/talk station, a format they used briefly in 1998 before returning for a brief time to country until 2000, when Clear Channel acquired WONW.Today, WONW brings talk personalities from around the country, and a locally produced talk show. Several years ago, the station dropped its standards music programming to become an all news/talk outlet.
External links
* [http://www.wonw1280.com/ WONW AM 1280 Online]
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