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| Broadcast area | Fort Wayne metro |
| Frequency | 1190 kHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | News/Talk WOWO 92.3 FM 1190 AM |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Talk radio |
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| History | |
First air date | March 31, 1925 |
Former frequencies | 1160 kHz (1929–1941) |
Call sign meaning | Requested for its distinctiveness |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 28205 |
| Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 40°59′47.17″N 85°21′5.91″W / 40.9964361°N 85.3516417°W |
| Translator(s) | 107.5 W298BJ (Fort Wayne) |
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| Website | wowo |
WOWO (1190 AM) – branded News/Talk WOWO 92.3 FM 1190 AM – is a commercial talk radio station licensed to Fort Wayne, Indiana, serving primarily the Fort Wayne metropolitan area. Currently owned by Federated Media via licensee Pathfinder Communications, WOWO serves as the Fort Wayne affiliate for: Fox News Radio, The Glenn Beck Program, The Dan Bongino Show, The Sean Hannity Show, The Buck Sexton Show, Coast to Coast AM; and the flagship station for the Fort Wayne Komets.
The WOWO studios are located at the transmitter site for sister station WKJG on Maples Road in Fort Wayne,[2] while the station transmitter resides in Roanoke.[3] Besides its main analog transmission, WOWO broadcasts over an in-band on-channel HD Radio signal;[4] simulcasts over both analog Fort Wayne translator W298BJ (107.5 FM) and the HD2 digital subchannel of WMEE; and streams online with availability on the iHeartRadio platform.[5] WOWO is one of three primary entry point stations for Fort Wayne in the Emergency Alert System.[6]
Historically, the station is perhaps best known for having been a clear-channel station with extended nighttime skywave range from 1941 until 1999; it was downgraded to a Class B AM signal after a 1995 ownership transfer briefly put it under common ownership with WLIB in New York City.[7] WOWO was also the first radio station in the world to broadcast a live basketball game, and the first station to be acquired by Westinghouse Electric Corporation subsidiary Westinghouse Broadcasting, which owned the station from 1936 to 1982. WOWO's call letters are usually phonetically pronounced on-air as "Wo-Wo", rhyming with "go-go."
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WOWO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (October 21, 2011). "Tower Site of the Week: WKJG 1380, Fort Wayne, Indiana". Fybush.com. Retrieved August 25, 2020 – via RadioBB.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (July 20, 2012). "Site of the Week 7/20/2012: WOWO, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 2010". Fybush.com. Retrieved August 25, 2020 – via RadioBB.
- ^ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?realid=390 HD Radio Guide for Fort Wayne, IN
- ^ "Federated Media Radio Stations Join iHeartRadio". iHeartMedia. New York, NY. August 6, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ "Indiana State EAS (Emergency Alert System) Plan" (PDF). indianabroadcasters.org. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ "The Indiana Radio Archive | Stations | WOWO". indianaradio.net. Retrieved December 16, 2019.