WFWI
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WFWI is an FM radio station
located in Fort Wayne, Indiana
. The station operates on the FM radio frequency of 92.3 MHz.
and Production Director Keith Harris later took over Programming of WFWI. Soon Harris changed the format to "Classic Hits." On January 6, 1995 the "newly syndicated" Bob & Tom Show signed on as the stations morning show. In 1997, Federated Media purchased WFWI from Edgewater Radio.
One final format change was made soon after the sale to Federated Media from classic hits
to its current classic rock
format.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
located in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...
. The station operates on the FM radio frequency of 92.3 MHz.
Programming
WFWI began broadcasting in March, 1993. The station was owned by Russ Oasis and Steve Avellone Tony Coles was the Program Director. The format was Adult contemporary until early 1994. Oasis and Coles then changed the format to The Greatest Hits of the 70's. A few months after the format change, Tony Coles left Fort Wayne for New York's WLTWWLTW
WLTW is a radio station with an Adult Contemporary format in New York City.The station is often number one or close to it in Arbitron ratings for New York City. From 2002 to 2004, the station generated more revenue than any other radio station in the New York market...
and Production Director Keith Harris later took over Programming of WFWI. Soon Harris changed the format to "Classic Hits." On January 6, 1995 the "newly syndicated" Bob & Tom Show signed on as the stations morning show. In 1997, Federated Media purchased WFWI from Edgewater Radio.
One final format change was made soon after the sale to Federated Media from classic hits
Classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...
to its current classic rock
Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...
format.