area greater cleveland northeast ohio branding 95.5 the fish slogan be encouraged . be inspired . frequency 95.5 mhz first air date april 1 1960 1 format christian contemporary erp 31 000 watts haat 189 meters class b facility id 54778 transmitter coordinates 41 26 32.00 n 81 29 28.00 w 41.4422222 n 81.4911111 w 41.4422222 ; 81.4911111 callsign meaning for him 2 former callsigns wdgo 1960 62 wclv 1962 2001 whk fm 2001 owner salem media group inc. salem media group llc sister stations whk whkw webcast listen live website 955thefish . com wfhm fm 95.5 fm branded 95.5 the fish is a commercial christian contemporary radio station licensed to cleveland ohio . owned by the salem media group the station serves greater cleveland and much of surrounding northeast ohio . the wfhm fm studios are located in the cleveland suburb of independence while the station transmitter resides in warrensville heights . besides a standard analog transmission wfhm fm is available online . 3 contents 1 history 1.1 wdgo 1.2 wclv 95.5 fm 1.3 2001 frequency swap 1.4 95.5 the fish 2 current programming 3 references 4 external links history edit wdgo edit wfhm fm first launched on april 1 1960 as wdgo . 1 the station derived its call letters from its principal owner douglas g. oviatt . the correct call sign for the station caused confusion among some listeners since the station used a scotty dog as a logo causing the letters sometimes to be transposed as wdog . the station was purchased in 1962 by c.k. pat patrick and robert conrad as an outlet for classical music . at the time most large american cities had at least one commercial radio station that devoted either a large part or all of its broadcast day to classical programming ; most non commercial classical stations were operated by colleges and universities established years before the advent of the national public radio network . wclv 95.5 fm edit not to be confused with cleveland market radio station wclv . patrick and conrad formed radio seaway inc. taking its name from the st. lawrence seaway which had opened in 1959 and had made cleveland an ocean port . the new owners wanted to shed the wdog image and wanted a new callsign that would reflect their orientation toward community service to the greater cleveland area . the initial choice was wcle as cle was the international air transport association airport code for cleveland hopkins international airport . those call signs also had a previous history in the market as they were used on a daytime only station owned by united broadcasting a company organized by the plain dealer s parent company forest city publishing in the 1930s . at the same time united broadcasting also owned whk which now broadcast on a full time basis . due to new regulations enacted that prohibited duopolies in a single market wcle was relocated to akron ohio as station whkk which today broadcasts as whlo . 4 5 however the wcle calls had already been taken by a station in cleveland tennessee and the wcld calls were in use by a station in cleveland mississippi . as a result patrick and conrad opted for the call letters wclv and branded the station wclv 95 5 on november 1 1962 ; the forward slash was always used in print instead of a point on the frequency number in station promotions and identification . the station immediately launched an impressive for its day line up of classical music programming . fm stereo broadcasts were begun on february 4 1963 just three months after the debut . two hour long evening programming blocks also were unveiled within months of each other first the symphony at seven sponsored by cleveland trust on october 5 1964 and the heinen s concert hall on february 1 1965 . concert hall ended its run in 2003 while symphony at seven continues to this very day its sponsorship carried over by cleveland trust s successors ameritrust society bank and keybank . one of wclv s booth announcers martin perlich debuted the perlich project in late 1966 a mixture of classical music with the early selections of progressive rock along with perlich s own personal comments and editorials on events of the day . his show would gain renown as one of the earliest such shows on commercial radio and as a model for the progressive rock medium itself . in 1965 the station began broadcasting concerts of the cleveland orchestra on sunday afternoons at 4 00 p.m. that time slot has remained virtually unchanged since . wclv eventually started national distribution of the orchestras broadcasts to stations throughout the country through its subsidiary syndication arm seaway productions . wclv and seaway also started to syndicate other programs including karl haas adventures in good music which ran from 1970 until 2007 and concert broadcasts of the detroit symphony the royal amsterdam concertgebouw orchestra the rotterdam philharmonic and the san francisco symphony . logo as wclv studios were moved from the original location in the eastgate shopping center in mayfield heights to downtown cleveland s terminal tower in 1968 to warrensville heights in 1986 and finally to the current location in the idea center at playhouse square in downtown cleveland as of december 2010 . the station did continue one traditional program from the old wdgo days . on saturday night wclv broke away from its usual classical music programming to present an eclectic program of folk and novelty music and comedy called wclv saturday night ; the program was rebroadcast on wednesday afternoon under the title wclv saturday night on wednesday afternoon . the program also initiated some friendly feuding with rival classical music station wcrb in boston . hosted by wclv president and longtime cleveland orchestra commentator robert conrad wclv saturday night spawned an hourlong syndicated version in 1982 titled weekend radio ; it is still heard on numerous npr affiliated stations elsewhere in the u.s. by 1990 conrad decided to retire the full three or so live hours on wclv in favor of the hourlong version . at about the same time he reformatted the show substituting light classical pieces for the folk and novelty songs of past years . beginning in 1970 the station pre empted regular programming for a week in september to broadcast requested concert recordings of the cleveland orchestra as a fund raiser for the orchestra and event known as the cleveland orchestra marathon . under wclv s classical music format fm 95.5 won the national association of broadcasters marconi award for classical music station of the year in 1995 . 6 2001 frequency swap edit for more information on the july 3 2001 exchange involving seven northeast ohio radio stations see 2001 in radio . on july 3 2001 wclv was one of seven northeast ohio radio stations involved in a complex exchange between three radio companies . although generally reported as a frequency swap in reality these seven radio stations mostly traded callsigns along with their respective formats and staffs all to facilitate the transfers of ownership of four of the seven stations . as part of this complex exchange radio seaway sold wclv to salem communications ; both companies retained their respective on and off air staff . salem then changed the wclv callsign to whk fm ; changed the station s format to contemporary christian music ccm ; 7 and rebranded the station 95.5 the fish . on august 16 2001 salem changed the station s callsign to wfhm fm . 8 9 95.5 the fish edit the station began its ccm format under the fish branding which is used on most salem christian contemporary stations in july 2001 . 7 10 among the station s earliest notable personalities under the ccm format was longtime cleveland tv news anchor and former national talk show host robin swoboda who co hosted the wfhm morning show from 2002 to 2005 . 7 11 current programming edit the fish lineup features local djs len howser and sara carnes mornings gina hart middays and joe cronauer afternoons . syndicated hosts include penny evenings keep the faith radio 12 and night light with andrea featuring andrea jaxson overnights salem music network . 13 14 wfhm fm airs christmas music during the holiday season . 15 references edit a b u.s. stations directory including am fm profiles ohio pdf broadcasting 1963 yearbook issue via americanradiohistory.com broadcasting publications inc. p. b 139 1963 wdgo fm 95.5 mc ... am & fm radio directories ohio pdf broadcasting 1964 yearbook issue via americanradiohistory.com broadcasting publications inc. p. b 119 1964 wclv fm april 1 1960 95.5 mc ... directory of radio stations in the united states and canada ohio pdf broadcasting & cable yearbook 2009 via americanradiohistory.com pro quest llc p. d 419 2008 wfhm fm apr 1 1960 95.5 mhz ... cleveland ohio broadcast radio archives project . cleve radio.com 2002 03 04 . retrieved on 2014 08 18 . salem radio stations . salem.cc . salem communications corporation . 2010 . retrieved december 20 2010 . encyclopedia of cleveland history wclv . ech.case.edu . retrieved on 2014 08 18 . cleveland ohio broadcast radio archives project . cleve radio.com 2002 03 04 . retrieved on 2014 08 18 . nab awards marconi radio awards past award winners . nab.org . retrieved on 2014 08 18 . a b c contemporary christian music salem.cc quinn jim june 29 2001 . it s time to reset your radio dial seven stations will get new frequencies tuesday . akron beacon journal . beacon journal publishing co. p. b1 entertainment . o connor clint july 2 2001 . do touch that dial six radio stations switch frequencies . the plain dealer . the plain dealer publishing co. p. c1 arts & life . len howser bio . wfhm . retrieved 2014 12 20 . robin swaboda bio . wkyc . retrieved 2014 12 20 . penny keep the faith radio wfhm line up 955thefish . com night light with andrea 955thefish . com cleveland s the fish starts playing christmas music . newsnet5.com . the e.w. scripps co. november 4 2015 . retrieved november 14 2015 . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wfhm radio locator information on wfhm query nielsen audio s fm station database for wfhm cleveland broadcast radio archives wfhm fm timeline v t e radio stations in the cleveland ohio market by fm frequency 87.7 88.3 88.3 88.7 89.3 90.3 91.1 91.5 92.3 93.1 95.5 96.5 98.5 99.1 99.5 100.7 102.1 103.3 104.1 104.9 105.7 106.5 107.3 107.9 by am frequency 850 930 1000 1040 1100 1220 1260 1300 1320 1330 1380 1420 1460 1490 1540 1560 defunct by wx frequency 162.55 by callsign khb59 w256bt wabq waks watj defunct wbwc wccd wccr wclv wcpn wcrf fm wcsb wdlw wdok wenz weol were wfhm fm wgar fm whk whkw whlk whwn wint wjcu wjmo wjtb wkhr wknr wkrk fm wlfm lp wmji wmms wncx wnwv wobl wqal wruw fm wtam wwgk wzak online owow radio ohio radio markets akron canton cincinnati cleveland columbus dayton lima marietta toledo youngstown warren other ohio radio regions ashtabula ironton mid ohio sandusky southern ohio wheeling steubenville see also list of radio stations in ohio radio stations in southwestern ontario clear channel stations with extended nighttime coverage . v t e salem media group am radio stations kbjd kcbq kcro kdiz kdmt kdow kdzr kexb kfax kfia kgnw kgu khcm khnr kkol kkms kknt klfe klup knth knts knus kotk kpdq kprz kpxq krdy krks krla ksky kslr ktek ktie ktkz ktno ktrb kxxt kycr kznt wafs wava wbix wbzw wdtk wdwd wdyz weze wfia wfil wgka wgtk wgul whim whk whkw whkz wind wkat wlcc wlqv wlss wlta wmca wniv wntp wnym wocn worl wpgp wpit wrcw wrfd wrol wsdz wtbn wtln wtwd wwdj wwmi wwrc