WHKW
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owner: Salem Media Group
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subject: Category:Radio stations in Cleveland
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affiliations: Salem Radio Network
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author: John Crosby
branding: AM 1220 The Word
lat: 41.30727386474609
language: American English
source: WGAR-FM engineer
haat: 160.33
city: Cleveland, Ohio
broadcast network: Salem Radio Network
quote: Some of the happiest times of my life were in Cleveland, I met some of my best friends there. Actually, any style I have derives not from Benny or Hope, but from Maury Condon and Wayne Mack, two announcers at WGAR. Maury... had a fey, leprechaun outlook on the world.
licensee: Salem Communications Holding Corporation
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width: 125
quote: There's nothing worse than five calls in a row about the same thing. We're in the entertainment business. There's a misconception that talk shows are part of people's First Amendment rights.
subject: Category:Christian radio stations in Ohio
point: 41.307275 -81.68901666666666
author: Jack G. Thayer
type: RadioStation
caption: P. M. Thomas
type: Organisation
call: W245CY
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type: Thing
subject: Category:Radio stations established in 1930
website: thewordcleveland.com
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image: Leo J. Fitzpatrick.png
description: stazione radiofonica statunitense @it
quote: WGAR was a 50,000-watt blowtorch. That's radio lingo for a station that didn't have other stations interfering, and "the friendly station" could be heard in 38 states and a big part of Canada during certain times of the day. We gave them plenty to listen to as well. Every day part had a jock who put on a show like morning drive. Lots of interviews, impressions, jingles and a staff who could pull it off.
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author: Paul Phillips
image: George A Richards.png
type: Broadcaster
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author: Jack Paar
quote: ...beyond these unimportant immediate results lie some future possibilities that are more ominous. If a network or station were permitted to formulate an editorial policy for or against a major party or major issue, it's hard to see how sacred cows could fail to creep into the news rooms. An editor, or even a recognized news commentator whose job was at stake, would think twice before broadcasting a news item that ran counter to his network known editorial policy.
hypernym: Station
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start year: 1938
author: John Lanigan
name: WHKW
facility id: 14772
type: Q43229
alt: refer to caption
caption: Leo J. Fitzpatrick
caption: George A. Richards
subject: Category:Salem Media Group radio stations
source: WKNR general manager
align: right
broadcast station class: B
description: Christian radio station in Cleveland
type: SpatialThing
airdate: 1930-12-15
first air date: 1930-12-15
subject: Category:Peabody Award winners
quote: While other radio stations can operate from a calendar, we're going to operate from a stopwatch... we're going to move this station... we're going to make you believe in radio again.
logo: WHKW logo.png
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quote: We have moved into a different era of broadcasting. These days of 12 different stations in a market with 12 different owners are over. Now, it's my mega-corporation against your mega-corporation. It's the same thing we're seeing in other businesses... the battles are between one company that owns six stations, and another company that owns six stations.
image: P. M. Thomas.png
quote: A few minutes before midnight, the AM/FM simulcast broke away and the voice of Mark Krieger came on and narrated the presentation. An extremely well put-together piece, with moments from the likes of alumni Don Imus and Jack Paar. It wound down as the clock edged toward midnight. Krieger came back on with a reminder that Cleveland's Country continued on 99.5 FM: "Won't you join us? ... This is W-G-A-R A-M Cleveland, Signing off." Silence. About five seconds' worth. The carrier dropped. About ten seconds of random junk. The carrier popped back on with a carted legal ID identifying the new station, walking all over Ronnie Milsap's "Smoky Mountain Rain".
fid: 145205
type: Q15265344
cpxcity: Cleveland, Ohio
subject: Category:Nationwide Communications
width: 350
width: 325
sister stations: WKLV-FM
subject: Category:1930 establishments in Ohio
licensing authority: Federal Communications Commission