WFHM-FM
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| City | Cleveland, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area |
Greater Cleveland Northeast Ohio |
| Branding | 95.5 The Fish |
| Slogan | Inspire. Encourage. Connect. |
| Frequency | 95.5 MHz |
| First air date | April 1, 1960 |
| Format |
Christian contemporary Christmas music (Nov.-Dec.) |
| ERP | 31,000 watts |
| HAAT | 189 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 54778 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°26′32.00″N 81°29′28.00″W / 41.4422222°N 81.4911111°W |
| Callsign meaning | For HiM |
| Former callsigns | WDGO (1960–62) WCLV (1962–2001) WHK-FM (2001) |
| Owner |
Salem Media Group, Inc. (Salem Media Group, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WHK, WHKW |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 955thefish |
WFHM-FM (95.5 FM) – branded 95.5 The Fish – is a commercial Christian contemporary radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio. Owned by the Salem Media Group, the station serves Greater Cleveland and much of surrounding Northeast Ohio. The WFHM-FM studios are located in the Cleveland suburb of Independence, while the station transmitter resides in Warrensville Heights. Besides a standard analog transmission, WFHM-FM is available online.
WFHM-FM first launched on April 1, 1960 as WDGO. The station derived its call letters from its principal owner: Douglas G. Oviatt. The correct call sign for the station caused confusion among some listeners since the station used a Scotty dog as a logo, causing the letters sometimes to be transposed as WDOG.
The station was purchased in 1962 by C.K. "Pat" Patrick and Robert Conrad as an outlet for classical music. At the time, most large American cities had at least one commercial radio station that devoted either a large part or all of its broadcast day to classical programming; most non-commercial classical stations were operated by colleges and universities, established years before the advent of the National Public Radio network.
Patrick and Conrad formed Radio Seaway, Inc., taking its name from the St. Lawrence Seaway, which had opened in 1959 and had made Cleveland an ocean port. The new owners wanted to shed the "WDOG" image and wanted a new callsign that would reflect their orientation toward community service to the greater Cleveland area. The initial choice was WCLE, as "CLE" was the International Air Transport Association airport code for Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Those call signs also had a previous history in the market, as they were used on a daytime-only station owned by United Broadcasting, a company organized by The Plain Dealer's parent company, Forest City Publishing, in the 1930s. At the same time, United Broadcasting also owned WHK, which now broadcast on a full-time basis. Due to new regulations enacted that prohibited duopolies in a single market, WCLE was relocated to Akron, Ohio as station WHKK, which today broadcasts as WHLO.
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