AM 980 WONE is a Sports Talk station from right here in Dayton, Ohio. They no longer use the "Sports Animal" branding and are now affiliated with the Fox Sports Radio Network.
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
WONE
AM 980 WONE is a Sports Talk station from right here in Dayton, Ohio. They no longer use the "Sports Animal" branding and are now affiliated with the Fox Sports Radio Network.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Crossroads of America
The Interstate 70/I-75 interchange was officially completed this week. The massive $145 million project took seven years to finish. 70 and 75 are two of the longest interstates in the United States; I-75 runs from Michigan to Florida and I-70 from Maryland to Utah. They meet just north of Dayton, Ohio about 6 miles from my house. The old interchange was a 1950s-style cloverleaf where the merging of exiting and entering traffic in the same short lane was a dangerous pain in the ass. This picture isn't the actual interchange but gives you a good idea what it used to look like:
Here's a south-facing view of what it looks like now:
The project also included 16 new bridges, a railroad overpass, and the rebuilding of eight ramps. For the most part, traffic never stopped flowing regularly. There was only one time I got caught up in the construction; coming back from the Ohio State Fair around midnight they shut westbound I-70 down completely for 15 minutes. We just turned off the truck and waited it out.
This 1960s(?)-era WING AM sticker shows you just how proud we are of being "The Crossroads of America." Referring to Dayton as a "Megacity" seems like a bit of an overstatement though.
Dayton's first radio station, 1410 WING AM began as WXAX in 1921. They were a legendary Top-40 station in the 50s, 60s and 70s known as "High Flying WING AM." They are currently an ESPN radio affiliate. The WING call letters are a reference to Dayton's most famous citizens Wilbur and Orville Wright, the inventors of the world's first successful airplane.
Here's a south-facing view of what it looks like now:
The project also included 16 new bridges, a railroad overpass, and the rebuilding of eight ramps. For the most part, traffic never stopped flowing regularly. There was only one time I got caught up in the construction; coming back from the Ohio State Fair around midnight they shut westbound I-70 down completely for 15 minutes. We just turned off the truck and waited it out.
This 1960s(?)-era WING AM sticker shows you just how proud we are of being "The Crossroads of America." Referring to Dayton as a "Megacity" seems like a bit of an overstatement though.Dayton's first radio station, 1410 WING AM began as WXAX in 1921. They were a legendary Top-40 station in the 50s, 60s and 70s known as "High Flying WING AM." They are currently an ESPN radio affiliate. The WING call letters are a reference to Dayton's most famous citizens Wilbur and Orville Wright, the inventors of the world's first successful airplane.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Two TUEs for Tuesday
A Spanish Contemporary Christian station from Tulia, Texas (although it's unlikely that was the format when this minimalist, 1970s-era sticker was issued.) Still licensed but currently off the air.
WTUE is a Classic Rock station from Dayton, Ohio. They got their call letters to complement sister station WONE (1 and 2...isn't that clever!? Apparently WTWO wasn't available.) Former ESPN personality Dan Patrick got his broadcasting career started here as a DJ back in 1979. WTUE has been a Rock station since 1976 after switching from Top 40.
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