. wspd city toledo ohio broadcast area toledo ohio branding news radio 1370 wspd slogan toledo s home for news talk and weather frequency 1370 khz translator s 92.9 w225am toledo testing and measurement repeater s 101.5 2 wrvf hd2 toledo first air date april 15 1921 format news talk power 5 000 watts class b facility id 62187 callsign meaning w speedene oil w speedy former callsigns 1921 1928 wtal affiliations fox news radio rocket sports radio network cleveland indians radio network owner iheartmedia inc. citicasters licenses inc. webcast listen live website 1370 wspd wspd 1370 am is a news talk radio station licensed to toledo ohio . wspd broadcasts on a full time basis with 5 000 watts including a directional signal pattern at night . the station is currently owned by iheartmedia inc. . wspd s studios are located in downtown toledo at superior and lafayette avenues and their transmitter is located on oregon road near wales road in perrysburg township . the transmitter site still contains a small dj booth reportedly the original broadcast studio and features three unique free standing towers . current programming on wspd features local hosts fred lefebvre morning drive and scott sands afternoon drive as well as syndicated programs such as the rush limbaugh show the sean hannity show the glenn beck program and coast to coast am . wspd is affiliated with fox news radio which provides live top of the hour newscasts actualities and breaking national news coverage . wspd features local newscasts on the top and bottom of the hour during morning drive with kevin milliken . history edit wspd is toledo s longest running radio station originally started on air as wtal in april 1921 . it would be purchased by the nascent storer communications in january 1928 and was renamed wspd . the call letters came from speedene oil a brand of gasoline that storer communications founders george b. storer and brother in law j. harold ryan owned and marketed . for decades wspd was commonly known as speedy 1370 . some locals still refer to the station as speedy although that nickname is no longer officially used on the air recently traffic reports on wspd were renamed speedy traffic a nod to the heritage slogan . wspd was the flagship of storer broadcasting until 1980 when it was spun off to wspd inc. toledo broadcasting inc. acquired the station in 1986 ; eventually it would be sold to jacor which sold the station in 1999 to iheartmedia inc. formerly clear channel communications . in the early 1990s as well as across the country radio consolidation affected the small independent stations wspd transitioned from a full service adult contemporary mor station to its current corporate news talk format mainly with an extreme partisan conservative focus and became known as news radio 1370 wspd . the station went by the slogan news talk 1370 from late 2005 until the winter of 2011 . the station has since reverted to the news radio 1370 wspd slogan . the wspd call letters were once shared with tv channel 13 when both were commonly owned by storer broadcasting . the tv station s call letters changed to wtvg in 1980 when the radio stations were sold off to wood broadcasting and storer broadcasting retained control of the tv station . wspd has been the flagship station of university of toledo football and men s basketball since the mid 1960s heading a network of six affiliate stations across ohio michigan and indiana as of may 2016 carrying all home and away games as well as the coach s shows for both sports . the station is also the chief northwest ohio affiliate of cleveland indians baseball . wspd carries all weeknight and weekend indians games that do not conflict with u t broadcasts . weekday afternoon games are heard on sister sports station wcwa . former logo prior to addition of fm simulcast although only 5 000 watts it had enormous influence in the toledo market due to unusually high ratings . some on air alumni of wspd include connie desmond art barrie jim ubelhart jeanne overton bob seybold randy huston jean shepherd bob martz don edwards neal carmean chuck parmelee ed hunter jerry keil eddie kootz frank venner ron tindall bill nordstrom ted dalaku jim donkel kent slocum jack mitchell mary beth zolik mitch & mary beth in the morning ed burns who had the station s first overnight country show gene packard lee conklin bill stewart jude lacava joe gunderman dave macy lee kirk mike shepherd pat brogan deborah boyce roy e. blair news announcer & broadcast standards manager rich hoffer jerry anderson larry weseman art edgerton lou hebert mike stanley paul stowers paul w. smith jim ted bayer doug bermick maggie moore paula pennypacker sean baligian scott sloan city councilman dennis lange mark standriff dick scott bob frantz denny schaffer and brian wilson . wspd was also instrumental in the very early show business days of toledo native teresa brewer who sang on the radio station as a child in the 1930s . deborah boyce hosted the first nightly evening drive time jazz show in the country on am radio from 1977 1979 . on september 14 2007 wspd began 24 hour hd radio broadcasting . wspd formerly broadcast in am stereo from the 1980s into the 1990s . on october 21 2015 wspd added an fm simulcast on translator w221bg 92.1 . while the transmitter was in the testing and measurement phase it was on and off air . the former location of this station was in rudolph ohio . the translator is owned by educational media foundation emf owners of air one and k love radio networks . iheart media leased the translator from emf . the translator is now w220em 91.9 simulcasting emf s wnwt . external links edit 1370 wspd query the fcc s am station database for wspd radio locator information on wspd query nielsen audio s am station database for wspd query the fcc s fm station database for w225am radio locator information on w225am coordinates 41 36 03 n 83 32 09 w 41.600810 n 83.535748 w 41.600810 ; 83.535748 toledo blade ad for several wspd personalities 1970s http vintagetoledotv.squarespace.com vintage radio station print ad single gallery 15240163 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 news talk radio stations in the state of ohio stations wabq painesville wakr akron wasn youngstown wbex chillicothe wbtc uhrichsville wclt newark wcvx cincinnati weol elyria lorain were cleveland heights cleveland whbc canton whio dayton whio fm piqua whk cleveland whlo akron wint willoughby wkbn youngstown wkrc cincinnati wlw cincinnati wman mansfield wman fm fredericktown wmoh hamilton cincinnati wmrn marion wnir kent akron wonw defiance wspd toledo wtam cleveland wtod toledo wtvn columbus defunct wjmp kent akron see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in ohio 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 wspd & oldid 741983645 categories radio stations in toledo ohioiheartmedia radio stationsradio stations established in 1921news and talk radio stations in the united stateshidden categories coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 september 2016 at 22 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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