WEOL
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WEOL — branded AM930 WEOL — is a commercial radio station
licensed to Elyria, Ohio
. The station serves both Elyria and Lorain
, as well as the western portion of Greater Cleveland
. The station specifically identifies as also serving Medina
, a fast growing Cleveland suburb within its strong signal area, and the location of one of its parent company's newspapers.
WEOL's transmitter is in Grafton, Ohio and their studios are in downtown Elyria. The station is locally owned by Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting Co.
was the first radio station to sign on in Lorain County.
WEOL has a news/talk format, carrying syndicated talk shows hosted by Laura Ingraham
, Clark Howard
, Sean Hannity
and Jim Bohannon
. It is Lorain County's Fox Sports Radio
affiliate and runs its programming on evenings and weekends, and is also affiliated with ABC Radio and the Wall Street Journal Radio
Network.
WEOL is the Lorain County
affiliate for the Cleveland Indians
, Cleveland Browns
, Cleveland Cavaliers
, Columbus Blue Jackets
and the Ohio State Buckeyes
. WEOL also has coverage of local high school sports, including football, basketball, softball, baseball, volleyball and hockey.
On October 17, 2008, WEOL marked its 60th anniversary of broadcasting.
The station's early years were spent fighting for their very survival. In the 1930s and 1940s, the Lorain Journal (today known as The Morning Journal) enjoyed a monopoly
in news coverage and advertising revenue in Lorain. With the establishment of WEOL, however, the Journal feared the presence of this new competitor. In response, the Journal unofficially instituted an "exclusivity policy" that prevented Journal advertisers from doing business with WEOL.
WEOL's owners sued Journal Publishing, and it went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. In the 1951 decision Lorain Journal Co. v. United States, 343 U.S. 143, it was found that the Journal violated key provisions of the Sherman Antitrust Act
by seeking to maintain their near monopoly on advertising revenue. In addition, the Journal was found to have acted in a "predatory" and illegal manner.
On May 15, 1958, Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting Co. was purchased by the Lorain County Printing and Publishing Company, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. LCP&P also owns the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram and Medina Gazette; in effect forming a radio/newspaper duopoly. This arrangement has lasted to this day, grandfathered by FCC legislation that now prohibits such arrangements.
Through the 1950s, WEOL was a "real hot rocker," playing the early gyrating rhythms of rock 'n roll to sock hops throughout Lorain County, and as far away as Ontario, Canada. By this same time, records show that the station had obtained a construction permit in the mid-1950s for WEOL-TV on channel 31, but the television station never made it on the air.
Among the personalities who worked at WEOL in their early years include Alice Weston (later with WUAB-TV - and who was present at WEOL's sign-on), Dick Conrad, Gary Short (later with WERE, WDBN, WDOK, WJW-TV, WUAB-TV), Ron and Dick Barrett, Ron Penfound
(better known as "Captain Penny
" on WEWS), Neil Zurcher (later with WJW-TV), Jim Mehrling (later with WERE and WCLV), David Mark (later with WEWS-TV, WNCR, WKSW, WQAL, and WDOK, the promotional voice of many Fox and UPN TV stations from coast-to-coast, and radio image voice for radio stations around the globe) and Jeff Baxter (later with WWIZ/WLRO
, WDBN
, WLEC
, who later teamed up with Jack Riley at WERE
). For over 20 years, Jim Mehrling has produced and hosted The High School Scholastic Games of Lorain County programs on WEOL with David Mark as the program announcer (see Seasonal Programs below).
Jeff Baxter also helped make nationally popular a recording artist in Laura Lee Perkins. Laura, who recently moved to Elyria from her home state of West Virginia
, broke out into a song while visiting the WEOL studios. Hearing her sing, Jeff gave her airtime on the station, and eventually parlayed it into a west-coast recording deal. Laura, now retired, resides in Michigan.
In 1968, WEOL-FM started separate programming under new calls WBEA with an automated easy-listening format that still served the Lorain County
audience. The format changed in 1982 to top-40 while retaining the same call letters. In 1986, WBEA changed to "Z-Rock" WCZR with an automated rock format. Fifteen months later, WCZR changed to smooth jazz
as "The Wave" WNWV
, positioned to serve the Cleveland market, which it is to this day.
Initially an independent station, WEOL affiliated with the Mutual Broadcasting System
in the early 1960s, and then switched to ABC Radio's American Entertainment Network in 1968. Throughout the 1970s, '80s and '90s, WEOL was "Your Hometown Radio Station," a middle-of-the-road outlet that put a heavy emphasis on local news and sports programming. WEOL also hired the first radio newswoman in the county back in the mid-1970s with Sandy Kozel, now with Associated Press
Radio.
In 1982, WEOL and WBEA moved to new studios on 538 Broad Street, where they remain at to this day. WEOL began broadcasting in C-QUAM
AM stereo
in the mid-1980s before dropping the standard in the late 1990s. WBEA would change format to rock as WCZR and smooth jazz as WNWV in 1987, aiming their audience towards Cleveland, but remaining in their Elyria studios. Over the course of time, WEOL's news and sports department has garnered dozens of awards from the Ohio Associated Press and Cleveland Press Club, particularly "Outstanding News Operation" in large market radio.
On November 28, 1997, WEOL dropped its MOR format for a "news all day, sports at night" approach with the Associated Press
All News Radio network from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and One-on-One Sports (today Sporting News Radio
) from 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., along with long-form local news programming in drive-time hours. WEOL was re-branded as "The News Station," taking its cue from the All News Radio positioners.
WEOL started to segue into airing topical talk programming by adding Clark Howard
in the late 90s, Jim Bohannon
in 2000, Sam Donaldson
in 2001, and Mitch Albom
's show in early 2003. In May 2005, WEOL picked up Glenn Beck
in the late morning slot, one year after the cancellation of Sam Donaldson's talk show. At the beginning of 2006, WEOL replaced Mitch Albom
, whose show was no longer distributed nationally, with Sean Hannity
.
On July 15, 2005, the Associated Press
All News Radio network ceased operations. While this prompted WEOL to pick up Fox Sports Radio
for evening and weekend programming, the station maintained use of the All News Radio "News Station" name for on-air promotions until April 2006.
On November 5, 2008, WEOL replaced Glenn Beck with Laura Ingraham
as WTAM reacquired the rights to Glenn's program .
From May 31, 2005 until August 20, 2010, Les in the Morning, hosted by Les Sekely, ran in morning-drive as a mixture of news updates, comedy, contests and interviews. Les Sekely previously worked in Hollywood during the 1980s and 1990s as a writer for "America's Funniest Home Videos
," "America's Funniest People
," and on a freelance basis writing skits for Nickelodeon
’s "Nick at Nite
." Sekely did some writing, directing, producing and acting in several B movies, and hosted the internet-only radio show "B+ Movie Making" for five years.
A 2005 recipient of a master’s degree in teaching, Sekely left WEOL to take a full-time teaching job. His replacement, Jeff Thomas, has been a long-time sports update anchor with Metro Networks and WKNR
. Thomas then left on August 26, 2011 to become the new morning sports anchor on WKRK-FM
in Cleveland.
High School Sports: Basketball season
High School Sports: Baseball/softball season
Lorain County affiliate for:
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed to Elyria, Ohio
Elyria, Ohio
-Community:Elyria has an extensive, although financially burdened, community food pantry and "Hot Meals" program administered through the Second Harvest Food Bank and several churches Elyria is served by Elyria Memorial Hospital.-Recreation and parks:...
. The station serves both Elyria and Lorain
Lorain, Ohio
Lorain is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Black River, about 30 miles west of Cleveland....
, as well as the western portion of Greater Cleveland
Greater Cleveland
Greater Cleveland is a nickname for the metropolitan area surrounding Cleveland, Ohio and is part of what used to be the Connecticut Western Reserve.Northeast Ohio refers to a similar but substantially larger area as described below...
. The station specifically identifies as also serving Medina
Medina, Ohio
In the city the population was spread out with 29.9% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 33.8% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 92.1 males...
, a fast growing Cleveland suburb within its strong signal area, and the location of one of its parent company's newspapers.
WEOL's transmitter is in Grafton, Ohio and their studios are in downtown Elyria. The station is locally owned by Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting Co.
Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting Co.
The Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting Co. is a privately held holding company of various assets in the broadcast media, based in Elyria, Ohio...
was the first radio station to sign on in Lorain County.
WEOL has a news/talk format, carrying syndicated talk shows hosted by Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
Laura Anne Ingraham is an American radio host, author, and conservative political commentator. Her nationally syndicated talk show, The Laura Ingraham Show, airs throughout the United States on Talk Radio Network...
, Clark Howard
Clark Howard
Clark Howard , is a popular U.S. talk radio host of the nationally syndicated consumer advocate program The Clark Howard Show. The show covers consumer and financial news, with advice on how to spend less, save more and avoid rip-offs...
, Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity is an American radio and television host, author, and conservative political commentator. He is the host of The Sean Hannity Show, a nationally syndicated talk radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks. Hannity also hosts a cable news show, Hannity,...
and Jim Bohannon
Jim Bohannon
James E. "Jim" Bohannon is an American broadcaster who has worked in both television and radio.During the 1980s he was a fill-in for Larry King when King had his popular nighttime national radio program. He also does much work with the Smithsonian Associates...
. It is Lorain County's Fox Sports Radio
Fox Sports Radio
Fox Sports Radio, abbreviated FSR, is an international radio network consisting of sports talk programming. The network is a service of Premiere Networks...
affiliate and runs its programming on evenings and weekends, and is also affiliated with ABC Radio and the Wall Street Journal Radio
Wall Street Journal Radio
The Wall Street Journal Radio Network has provided radio news to its affiliates for over 25 years. It is a part of The Wall Street Journal, owned by Dow Jones....
Network.
WEOL is the Lorain County
Lorain County, Ohio
Lorain County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, and is considered to be a part of what is locally referred to as Greater Cleveland. As of the 2010 census, its population was 301,356. an increase from 284,664 in 2000...
affiliate for the Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Indians
The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...
, Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
, Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They began playing in the National Basketball Association in 1970 as an expansion team...
, Columbus Blue Jackets
Columbus Blue Jackets
The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
and the Ohio State Buckeyes
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
. WEOL also has coverage of local high school sports, including football, basketball, softball, baseball, volleyball and hockey.
On October 17, 2008, WEOL marked its 60th anniversary of broadcasting.
History
WEOL signed on on October 17, 1948 at both 930 kHz and 107.3 MHz, in Elyria, Ohio with studios in the Elyria Savings and Trust Building in downtown Elyria. The FM installations, like most of the era, were established as an adjunct to the AM programming. Both stations were owned by the newly created Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting Co.The station's early years were spent fighting for their very survival. In the 1930s and 1940s, the Lorain Journal (today known as The Morning Journal) enjoyed a monopoly
Monopoly
A monopoly exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity...
in news coverage and advertising revenue in Lorain. With the establishment of WEOL, however, the Journal feared the presence of this new competitor. In response, the Journal unofficially instituted an "exclusivity policy" that prevented Journal advertisers from doing business with WEOL.
WEOL's owners sued Journal Publishing, and it went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. In the 1951 decision Lorain Journal Co. v. United States, 343 U.S. 143, it was found that the Journal violated key provisions of the Sherman Antitrust Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
The Sherman Antitrust Act requires the United States federal government to investigate and pursue trusts, companies, and organizations suspected of violating the Act. It was the first Federal statute to limit cartels and monopolies, and today still forms the basis for most antitrust litigation by...
by seeking to maintain their near monopoly on advertising revenue. In addition, the Journal was found to have acted in a "predatory" and illegal manner.
On May 15, 1958, Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting Co. was purchased by the Lorain County Printing and Publishing Company, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. LCP&P also owns the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram and Medina Gazette; in effect forming a radio/newspaper duopoly. This arrangement has lasted to this day, grandfathered by FCC legislation that now prohibits such arrangements.
Through the 1950s, WEOL was a "real hot rocker," playing the early gyrating rhythms of rock 'n roll to sock hops throughout Lorain County, and as far away as Ontario, Canada. By this same time, records show that the station had obtained a construction permit in the mid-1950s for WEOL-TV on channel 31, but the television station never made it on the air.
Among the personalities who worked at WEOL in their early years include Alice Weston (later with WUAB-TV - and who was present at WEOL's sign-on), Dick Conrad, Gary Short (later with WERE, WDBN, WDOK, WJW-TV, WUAB-TV), Ron and Dick Barrett, Ron Penfound
Ron Penfound
Ronald A. Penfound was a local television personality in the Cleveland, Ohio market, specifically on WEWS-TV channel 5 where from 1955 to 1971 he hosted an afternoon program for children...
(better known as "Captain Penny
Captain Penny
Captain Penny was the host of a children's television series on WEWS-TV in Cleveland, Ohio from 1955 to 1971. The show starred Ron Penfound as "Captain Penny" and was produced by Earl Keyes....
" on WEWS), Neil Zurcher (later with WJW-TV), Jim Mehrling (later with WERE and WCLV), David Mark (later with WEWS-TV, WNCR, WKSW, WQAL, and WDOK, the promotional voice of many Fox and UPN TV stations from coast-to-coast, and radio image voice for radio stations around the globe) and Jeff Baxter (later with WWIZ/WLRO
WDLW
WDLW — branded Kool Kat Oldies 1380AM — is a commercial radio station broadcasting in Lorain, Ohio. It studios are at co-owned WOBL's studio/transmitter site in Oberlin, and its transmitter is located in Sheffield Township...
, WDBN
WQMX
WQMX — branded FM 94.9 WQMX — is a commercial country radio station serving to the Akron, Ohio metro area. It is licensed to nearby Medina, Ohio and is owned by the Rubber City Radio Group, Inc. which also owns Akron's WAKR and WONE-FM....
, WLEC
WLEC
WLEC is an AM radio station in Sandusky, Ohio, USA broadcasting at 1450 kHz. It is owned by BAS Broadcasting. WLEC carries an Adult Contemporary/Adult Standards format, using Dial Global Local's satellite-delivered format known as The Lounge...
, who later teamed up with Jack Riley at WERE
WERE
WERE — branded News/Talk 1490 WERE-AM — is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland Heights, Ohio broadcasting a news/talk format. The station is owned by Radio One, and has studios at 2510 St. Clair Avenue, while the transmitter is along Euclid Avenue near East 118th Street, adjacent to...
). For over 20 years, Jim Mehrling has produced and hosted The High School Scholastic Games of Lorain County programs on WEOL with David Mark as the program announcer (see Seasonal Programs below).
Jeff Baxter also helped make nationally popular a recording artist in Laura Lee Perkins. Laura, who recently moved to Elyria from her home state of West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
, broke out into a song while visiting the WEOL studios. Hearing her sing, Jeff gave her airtime on the station, and eventually parlayed it into a west-coast recording deal. Laura, now retired, resides in Michigan.
In 1968, WEOL-FM started separate programming under new calls WBEA with an automated easy-listening format that still served the Lorain County
Lorain County, Ohio
Lorain County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, and is considered to be a part of what is locally referred to as Greater Cleveland. As of the 2010 census, its population was 301,356. an increase from 284,664 in 2000...
audience. The format changed in 1982 to top-40 while retaining the same call letters. In 1986, WBEA changed to "Z-Rock" WCZR with an automated rock format. Fifteen months later, WCZR changed to smooth jazz
Smooth jazz
Smooth jazz is a genre of music that grew out of jazz fusion and is influenced by R&B, funk, rock, and pop music styles ....
as "The Wave" WNWV
WNWV
WNWV — branded V107.3 Cleveland — is a commercial radio station licensed to Elyria, Ohio broadcasting an adult album alternative format. The station serves the Cleveland radio market and much of surrounding Northeast Ohio, and is one of the few remaining locally-owned stations in the entire...
, positioned to serve the Cleveland market, which it is to this day.
Initially an independent station, WEOL affiliated with the Mutual Broadcasting System
Mutual Broadcasting System
The Mutual Broadcasting System was an American radio network, in operation from 1934 to 1999. In the golden age of U.S. radio drama, MBS was best known as the original network home of The Lone Ranger and The Adventures of Superman and as the long-time radio residence of The Shadow...
in the early 1960s, and then switched to ABC Radio's American Entertainment Network in 1968. Throughout the 1970s, '80s and '90s, WEOL was "Your Hometown Radio Station," a middle-of-the-road outlet that put a heavy emphasis on local news and sports programming. WEOL also hired the first radio newswoman in the county back in the mid-1970s with Sandy Kozel, now with Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
Radio.
In 1982, WEOL and WBEA moved to new studios on 538 Broad Street, where they remain at to this day. WEOL began broadcasting in C-QUAM
C-QUAM
C-QUAM is the method of AM stereo broadcasting used in Canada, the United States and most other countries. It was invented in 1977 by Norman Parker, Francis Hilbert, and Yoshio Sakaie, and published in an IEEE journal....
AM stereo
AM stereo
AM stereo is a term given to a series of mutually incompatible techniques for wireless radio broadcasting stereo audio in the AM band in a manner that is compatible with standard AM receivers...
in the mid-1980s before dropping the standard in the late 1990s. WBEA would change format to rock as WCZR and smooth jazz as WNWV in 1987, aiming their audience towards Cleveland, but remaining in their Elyria studios. Over the course of time, WEOL's news and sports department has garnered dozens of awards from the Ohio Associated Press and Cleveland Press Club, particularly "Outstanding News Operation" in large market radio.
On November 28, 1997, WEOL dropped its MOR format for a "news all day, sports at night" approach with the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
All News Radio network from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and One-on-One Sports (today Sporting News Radio
Sporting News Radio
Yahoo! Sports Radio, formerly Sporting News Radio is a United States sports radio network that broadcasts sports news, talk, scores, and highlights 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. On August 1, 2011, it was announced the network would change its name to Yahoo! Sports Radio, effective...
) from 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., along with long-form local news programming in drive-time hours. WEOL was re-branded as "The News Station," taking its cue from the All News Radio positioners.
WEOL started to segue into airing topical talk programming by adding Clark Howard
Clark Howard
Clark Howard , is a popular U.S. talk radio host of the nationally syndicated consumer advocate program The Clark Howard Show. The show covers consumer and financial news, with advice on how to spend less, save more and avoid rip-offs...
in the late 90s, Jim Bohannon
Jim Bohannon
James E. "Jim" Bohannon is an American broadcaster who has worked in both television and radio.During the 1980s he was a fill-in for Larry King when King had his popular nighttime national radio program. He also does much work with the Smithsonian Associates...
in 2000, Sam Donaldson
Sam Donaldson
Samuel Andrew "Sam" Donaldson, Jr. is a reporter and news anchor, serving with ABC News from 1967 to the present, best known as the network's White House Correspondent and as a panelist and later co-anchor of the network's Sunday Program "This Week."-Early life and career:Donaldson was born in El...
in 2001, and Mitch Albom
Mitch Albom
Mitchell David "Mitch" Albom is an American best-selling author, journalist, screenwriter, dramatist, radio and television broadcaster and musician. His books have sold over 30 million copies worldwide...
's show in early 2003. In May 2005, WEOL picked up Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
Glenn Edward Lee Beck is an American conservative radio host, vlogger, author, entrepreneur, political commentator and former television host. He hosts the Glenn Beck Program, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks...
in the late morning slot, one year after the cancellation of Sam Donaldson's talk show. At the beginning of 2006, WEOL replaced Mitch Albom
Mitch Albom
Mitchell David "Mitch" Albom is an American best-selling author, journalist, screenwriter, dramatist, radio and television broadcaster and musician. His books have sold over 30 million copies worldwide...
, whose show was no longer distributed nationally, with Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity is an American radio and television host, author, and conservative political commentator. He is the host of The Sean Hannity Show, a nationally syndicated talk radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks. Hannity also hosts a cable news show, Hannity,...
.
On July 15, 2005, the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
All News Radio network ceased operations. While this prompted WEOL to pick up Fox Sports Radio
Fox Sports Radio
Fox Sports Radio, abbreviated FSR, is an international radio network consisting of sports talk programming. The network is a service of Premiere Networks...
for evening and weekend programming, the station maintained use of the All News Radio "News Station" name for on-air promotions until April 2006.
On November 5, 2008, WEOL replaced Glenn Beck with Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
Laura Anne Ingraham is an American radio host, author, and conservative political commentator. Her nationally syndicated talk show, The Laura Ingraham Show, airs throughout the United States on Talk Radio Network...
as WTAM reacquired the rights to Glenn's program .
From May 31, 2005 until August 20, 2010, Les in the Morning, hosted by Les Sekely, ran in morning-drive as a mixture of news updates, comedy, contests and interviews. Les Sekely previously worked in Hollywood during the 1980s and 1990s as a writer for "America's Funniest Home Videos
America's Funniest Home Videos
America's Funniest Home Videos is an American reality television program on ABC in which viewers are able to send in humorous homemade videotapes. The most common videos usually feature slapstick physical comedy arising from incidents, accidents and mishaps...
," "America's Funniest People
America's Funniest People
America's Funniest People is an American reality series on ABC that debuted on May 1, 1990 as an hour-long special, and later as a weekly half-hour prime time series from September 8, 1990 to August 28, 1994. It was hosted by Dave Coulier and Arleen Sorkin from 1990 to 1992. Tawny Kitaen replaced...
," and on a freelance basis writing skits for Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
’s "Nick at Nite
Nick at Nite
Nick at Nite is the nighttime Cable network that broadcasts over the channel space of Nickelodeon on Sundays from 8.p.m.-7.am., Monday through Fridays from 9 p.m.-7 a.m. and Saturdays from 10 p.m.-6 a.m. . Though it shares channel space with Nickelodeon, A.C. Nielsen Co...
." Sekely did some writing, directing, producing and acting in several B movies, and hosted the internet-only radio show "B+ Movie Making" for five years.
A 2005 recipient of a master’s degree in teaching, Sekely left WEOL to take a full-time teaching job. His replacement, Jeff Thomas, has been a long-time sports update anchor with Metro Networks and WKNR
WKNR
WKNR — branded ESPN 850 WKNR — is a commercial sports radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio. Owned by Good Karma Broadcasting, WKNR is the primary Cleveland affiliate for ESPN Radio; together with sister station WWGK, WKNR is often referred to as ESPN Cleveland.WKNR is the Cleveland affiliate...
. Thomas then left on August 26, 2011 to become the new morning sports anchor on WKRK-FM
WKRK-FM
WKRK-FM — branded Sports Radio 92.3 The Fan — is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Serving Greater Cleveland and much of surrounding Northeast Ohio, WKRK-FM is owned by CBS Radio and broadcasts a sports format...
in Cleveland.
Seasonal Programs
- WEOL Matia Monday Night Sports Spotlight with Tim Alcorn, Zoltan " Z " Zoltai, and Bob Tomaszewski: Mondays from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. during the NFL season.
- The Cobos Insurance Center Countdown at the Q with Tim Alcorn, Matt Loede and Joe Lull: before select Cleveland CavaliersCleveland CavaliersThe Cleveland Cavaliers are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They began playing in the National Basketball Association in 1970 as an expansion team...
home games. Always precedes the Cavaliers Radio Network pre-game show. - The High School Scholastic Games of Lorain County, a weekly quiz show featuring teams from Lorain County high schools, produced and hosted by Jim Mehrling. Mondays from 6:05 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. January through May.
Sports play-by-play
High School Sports: Football season- The Kolczun & Kolczun Football Forecast Show airs usually at 5:30 p.m. on Friday nights (but sometimes at 5:00 p.m.) Hosts: Tim Alcorn and Matt Loede
- The Kolczun & Kolczun Gridiron Clash airs at 7:00 p.m. Friday nights, featuring high school football teams from Lorain County. Broadcasters: Tim Alcorn, Bob "Tomo" Tomaszewski, and Gary Pelter (sidelines). Some Gridiron Clashes occur on Saturday, with rotating broadcasters.
- The Medina General Hospital Medina County Matchup airs on a tape-delay basis, featuring high school football teams from Medina County. Broadcasters usually rotate, but they include a combination of the following: Rob Polinsky, Zoltan "Z" Zoltai, Tom Evans, Matt Loede, Joe Lull and Scott Zurilla. Lull provides the final scores of all area high school football games during the commercial breaks.
High School Sports: Basketball season
- The Kolczun & Kolczun Cage Matchup airs, on various days (but primarily Tuesday and Friday nights) when there is a high school basketball game, boys or girls, to be broadcast. Broadcasters rotate, but the games usually feature one or more of the following: Tim Alcorn, Rob Polinsky, Gary Pelter, Zoltan "Z" Zoltai, Kevin Mayer, Matt Loede, Joe Lull or Scott Zurilla.
High School Sports: Baseball/softball season
- The Kolczun & Kolczun Diamond Duel airs on select days, featuring various high school baseball and softball matchups. Broadcasters usually rotate.
Lorain County affiliate for:
- Cleveland IndiansCleveland IndiansThe Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...
baseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond... - Cleveland CavaliersCleveland CavaliersThe Cleveland Cavaliers are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They began playing in the National Basketball Association in 1970 as an expansion team...
basketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... - Ohio State UniversityOhio State UniversityThe Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
footballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
/basketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... - Columbus Blue JacketsColumbus Blue JacketsThe Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
hockeyHockeyHockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...