WELD (Columbus, Ohio)

This article is about an early FM radio station in Columbus, Ohio. For other stations with this call sign, see WELD.

WELD was an FM radio station in Columbus, Ohio, that began broadcasting, as W45CM, in 1941. It was the first commercial FM station authorized in the state of Ohio.[1][2] WELD suspended operations and was deleted in 1953.

  1. ^ "Frequency Modulation (FM) Broadcasting Stations Authorized by the FCC" (Log completed to January 15, 1941), Broadcasting Yearbook (1941 edition), page 386.
  2. ^ "Columbus Mileposts: Nov. 9, 1941—First FM radio station is music to few ears", Columbus Dispatch, November 9, 2012.