area akron metro area branding 97.5 wone slogan akron s home of rock and roll frequency 97.5 mhz first air date october 1947 as wakr fm format album oriented rock erp 12 000 watts haat 271 meters class b facility id 43873 transmitter coordinates 41 03 51.00 n 81 34 59.00 w 41.0641667 n 81.5830556 w 41.0641667 ; 81.5830556 callsign meaning w one fm reference to previous owner former callsigns wakr fm 1947 74 waez 1974 85 affiliations cleveland browns radio network owner rubber city radio group inc. rubber city radio group inc. sister stations wakr wnwv wqmx webcast listen live website wone.net wone fm 97.5 fm branded 97.5 wone is a commercial album oriented rock aor radio station licensed to akron ohio . owned by rubber city radio group inc. the station primarily serves the akron metro area . in addition to a standard analog transmission wone fm is available online . both the wone fm studios and transmitter are located in akron . 1 contents 1 history 2 current programming 3 references 4 external links history edit the station signed on the air in october 1947 as wakr fm . 2 it was co owned with wakr . in 1974 the station adopted the callsign waez playing easy listening and beautiful music . the station adopted its current rock format as wone fm on january 1 1985 when then owner group one broadcasting obtained permission to share the wone base callsign of its sister station wone dayton . current programming edit rock music accounts for the majority of station programming but wone fm also serves as akron s fm affiliate for the cleveland browns . 3 on february 1 2013 wone fm announced that local radio veteran jeff kinzbach best known from his years at wmms cleveland is taking over the station s morning shift . 4 references edit http wone.net index.php contact http americanradiohistory.com broadcasting yearbook summary page.htm archived copy . archived from the original on august 4 2010 . retrieved june 22 2010 . http wone.net index.php jeff kinzbach external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wone radio locator information on wone query nielsen audio s fm station database for wone v t e radio stations in the akron ohio market by am frequency 640 1150 1350 1590 by fm frequency 88.1 88.9 89.7 91.3 94.9 97.5 98.1 100.1 by callsign wakr waps warf wcue whlo wkdd wksu wnir wone fm wqmx wstb wzip online black squirrel radio defunct 1520 wjmp 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wone fm & oldid 738187203 categories radio stations in akron ohioalbum oriented rock radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 19471947 establishments in ohio 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 7 september 2016 at 13 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view