monroe county mi branding 104 7 wiot slogan toledo s rock station frequency 104.7 mhz also on hd radio first air date october 1949 format album oriented rock hd2 sports talk wcwa simulcast erp 50 000 watts haat 165 meters class b facility id 19628 transmitter coordinates 41 40 23.00 n 83 25 31.00 w 41.6730556 n 83.4252778 w 41.6730556 ; 83.4252778 former callsigns wtol fm 1949 65 wcwa fm 1965 72 affiliations iheartradio premiere networks premium choice united stations radio networks owner iheartmedia inc. citicasters licenses inc. sister stations wcky fm wcwa wrvf wspd wvks webcast listen live website 104.7 wiot wiot 104.7 fm branded 104 7 wiot is a commercial mainstream rock radio station licensed to toledo ohio serving metro toledo and monroe county michigan . owned by iheartmedia inc. wiot is the toledo affiliate for the bob & tom show and the house of hair with dee snider . the wiot studios are located in downtown toledo while the station transmitter resides in the toledo suburb of oregon . in addition to a standard analog transmission wiot broadcasts over two hd radio channels and is available online via iheartradio . 1 2 3 contents 1 history 2 broadcast area 3 references 4 external links history edit wiot began as wtol fm in october 1949 . 4 wiot was toledo s first fm rock station when it went on the air december 25 1972 replacing a beautiful music classical format . the call letters stood for in our time . citation needed the call letters were in the past wtol fm and wcwa fm . buck and o connor hosted mornings in the early 80 s. buck mcwilliams and chris o connor . they left wiot to milwaukee and then minneapolis . in the late 1980s the bob and brian morning show became the next toledo favorite . the show left for milwaukee where they remain to this day currently at whqg . the next morning team that created an impact was the dawnbusters known as jeff and mark . jeff provided all of the voices and skits while mark kept the shows pace . the show was a major success . in 1994 jeff and mark s dawnbusters worried about all the firings in radio at the time asked for a contract from wiot . they said we don t give contracts here . so jeff and mark went to wxkr who was the last place station at the time . 94.5 wxkr was a station who just upped its power to 30 000 watts and was looking to launch a fight against wiot with a 100 % classic rock format . in one rating book they took wxkr from last place to first place . wiot sued jeff and mark because jeff lamb had the nerve to take his voices with him . wiot claimed intellectual property on all of jeff s character names to stop him from using them . when the dust cleared jeff and mark were number one at wxkr and most of the people involved in the lawsuit from wiot were gone . jeff changed a few of the character names gave them the same voices and all was well . other djs during this time were program director lyn casey michael young party party party don davis dave duran beckey shock dennis o brian beth daniels & will worster . in 1994 the station hired the new dawnbusters carlson and mckenzie . they brought a new life in morning radio for toledo . carlson and mckenzie drew large morning numbers . after about 2 years carlson and mckenzie left for boston now on 100.7 wzlx and new owners enterprise media hired back jeff and mark . in 1998 they station was bought by jacor media where they tweeked the format a bit more hard rock and they inked a deal with syndicated morning show the bob and tom show where it airs to this day . around this time new jox were introduced to the listeners . susan gates mid days troy michaels 7p 12m and overnights with grizley brown . darrin arrens became the pd . darrin and susan left in 1999 . don davis left in 2001 and was replaced by dave rossi as pd from the wave fm in south carolina . micki also left and sherri vegas became the mid day jox . wiot began to return to its major stranglehold on the toledo rock ratings . rossi left in 2003 to head back to south carolina . troy michaels took over afternoons and grizley moved up to evenings . wiot s studios are located in the fort industry square building on summit street in downtown toledo . its offices are at superior and lafayette in toledo . the station s transmitter is located at north wynn and cedar point roads in oregon oh . prior to its home in fort industry square the station was located at 604 jackson street the site of the former news bee building and what is now one government center . their longtime owner was reams broadcasting begun by fraser reams sr. and later by his son fraser junior . reams also owned wcwa and wtol tv and wcwa fm s transmitter was on wtol tv s tower . wiot is licensed for hd radio operations . its hd2 programming consists of a simulcast of wcwa am s fox sports radio format . 5 broadcast area edit the station serves toledo and northwest ohio but its signal also reaches downtown detroit the southern and western suburbs the latter due to the hills as well as most of essex county ontario including windsor ontario and leamington ontario . under exceptionally good conditions such as fog the station s signal can reach chatham ontario also the signal has been heard into michigan as far north as flint michigan lapeer and port huron michigan before it starts to interfere with woodstock ontario s cihr fm which is also on 104.7 fm . the station also experiences regular interference from geneva ohio s wkky which is also on 104.7 near the wheatley ontario and comber ontario areas mostly in the southeastern corner of essex county . during 2011 wiot was also experiencing interference from detroit repeater w284bq which was simulcasting wgpr s the oasis smooth jazz subchannel on 104.7 mhz . in may 2011 wiot filed a complaint with the fcc 6 saying that w284bq interferes with wiot in the michigan portion of their broadcast area . wiot had also solicited comments and reception reports from listeners in the affected area . 7 martz communications group which owns the repeater and programs the oasis would soon after establish a website http www.savetheoasis.com which explains the station s position on the issue stressing that wiot should not get special treatment on the grounds that it is an ohio radio station that serves no part of detroit though the statement is not exactly true . wiot s protected contour does serve parts of the detroit area in part due to its grandfathered status . on october 18 2011 the fcc sided with clear channel on the issue and ordered w284bq to cease operation immediately . 8 martz would later apply with the fcc to relocate w284bq to 93.9 potentially interfering with windsor ontario station cidr fm then later to 93.5 9 before giving up on the concept altogether . 10 references edit http www.allaccess.com mediabase q report stations by format for r5 http houseofhaironline.com house of hair stations list by city http www.ibiquity.com hd radio hdradio find a station state sa & thisbecolorover ff920f & thisbecolorout 11839d & thecity 89 stationlist http www.americanradiohistory.com hd2 archive bc yb idx 60s ocr yb 1963 yb 1963 bc yb ocr page 0346.pdf http hdradio.com station guides widget.php id 84 hd radio guide for toledo fcc document of wiot s complaint may 19 2011 . archived march 24 2012 at the wayback machine . wiot website signal interference archived copy pdf . archived from the original pdf on october 30 2011 . retrieved october 18 2011 . fcc licensing data for w284bq http radioinsight.com blog headlines 55478 detroits bone oasis go dark . tyiglziqc70 external links edit 104.7 wiot query the fcc s fm station database for wiot radio locator information on wiot query nielsen audio s fm station database for wiot v t e radio stations in the toledo ohio market by am frequency 730 1230 1370 1520 1560 by fm frequency 88.1 88.3 88.3 88.9 89.3 89.7 90.3 91.3 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.5 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.7 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.3 98.3 99.1 99.5 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.3 103.3 103.7 104.1 104.7 105.5 105.9 106.1 106.5 107.3 107.7 107.9 digital radio 1230 1370 92.5 1 92.5 2 93.5 1 99.9 1 101.5 1 101.5 2 104.7 1 104.7 2 105.5 1 105.5 2 106.5 1 internet radio wfal falcon radio defunct wtod 1470 by callsign w221bg w225am w231aj w235bh w258bt w264ak w277bi w281al w290ba wakt lp wbgu fm wcky fm wcwa wgte fm wimx wiot wjuc wjym wjze wkko wkxa fm wmim wmlz lp wmtr fm wnkl wnoc wnwt wotl wpfx fm wpos fm wqqo wrqn wrvf wspd wtod wtpg wvks wwyc wxkr wxts fm wxut wysz wvzc lp 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 list of radio stations in michigan detroit radio south central michigan radio southwestern ontario radio v t e active rock radio stations in the state of ohio by frequency 99.7 100.7 102.7 104.7 106.9 by callsign webn wiot wmms wrqk fm wrkz by city canton akron cincinnati cleveland columbus toledo see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in ohio see also active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock v t e iheartmedia corporate officers bob pittman chairman ceo board of directors lowry mays irving azoff b. j. red mccombs j. c. watts john h. williams radio stations list of radio stations owned by iheartmedia radio networks fox sports radio premiere networks premium choice total traffic and weather network miscellaneous clear channel outdoor clear channel uk iheartradio list of programming syndicated by iheartmedia mediabase radio computing services retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wiot & oldid 741829988 categories hd radio stations1949 establishments in ohioactive rock radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 1949radio stations in toledo ohioiheartmedia radio stationshidden categories articles with wayback machine 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