whof callsign from 1961 to 1967 see wilb am . whof city north canton ohio broadcast area canton akron metro areas branding my 101.7 slogan the 80s and more frequency 101.7 mhz also on hd radio translator s 99.7 w259bw canton relays hd2 first air date july 25 1968 format variety hits hd2 country 99.7 canton s new country erp 6 000 watts haat 81 meters class a facility id 73135 transmitter coordinates 40 49 22.00 n 81 25 41.00 w 40.8227778 n 81.4280556 w 40.8227778 ; 81.4280556 callsign meaning hall of fame city former callsigns wjer fm 1968 2006 affiliations cumulus media networks iheartradio owner iheartmedia cc licenses llc sister stations warf whlo wkdd wrqk fm webcast listen live listen live hd2 website my1017.com cantonsnewcountry.com hd2 whof 101.7 fm branded my 101.7 is a commercial variety hits radio station licensed to north canton ohio serving both the canton and akron metro areas . owned by iheartmedia the station is the local affiliate for programs hosted by nationally syndicated personalities ron wilson and jim brickman . the whof studios are located in north canton while the station transmitter resides in canton . in addition to standard analog transmission whof broadcasts over two hd radio channels and is available online via iheartradio . history edit former logo whof began as wjer fm under license to dover ohio on july 25 1968 . on april 14 2006 the federal communications commission approved a request from the station s owners iheartmedia then known as clear channel communications to move the wjer fm city of license to north canton ohio . on december 27 2006 the station adopted a new callsign whof and signed off . on january 16 2007 whof signed back on as my 101.7 with an adult contemporary format ; billy joel s my life was the first song to air . 1 2 3 on september 4th 2015 whof dismissed all on air staff and began stunting with 80s music teasing a change to come the following tuesday at 8am . at that time rumors abounded that whof would adopt the country format of its hd2 channel . 4 the something different turned out to be an 1980s oriented variety hits format as whof removed all current recurrent music . 5 the first song under the variety hits format was my town by the michael stanley band . references edit http www.americanradiohistory.com archive bc yb idx 60s ocr yb 1969 yb 1969 bc yb for ocr page 0295.pdf http hraunfoss.fcc.gov edocs public attachmatch da 06 845a1.pdf clear channel launches my 101.7 allaccess.com my 101.7 canton teasing something different my 101.7 shifts to variety hits external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for whof radio locator information on whof query nielsen audio s fm station database for whof v t e radio stations in the canton ohio market by am frequency 960 990 1060 1310 1450 1480 1520 1540 by fm frequency 88.7 89.3 90.1 90.9 90.9 91.1 91.5 92.5 94.1 95.3 95.9 99.9 101.7 104.5 106.9 by callsign wbtc wcws fm wdjq wdpn whbc whbc fm whof wilb winw wjdd wjee wjer wklm wkrj wkrw wkvx wnpq wofn wqkt wrmu fm wrqk fm wtig wtuz defunct wcer 900 am 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 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 whof & oldid 681551513 categories hd radio stationsradio stations established in 1968radio stations in ohio1968 establishments in ohioiheartmedia radio stations 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 17 september 2015 at 22 26 . 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