WHKW
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| City | Cleveland, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area |
Greater Cleveland Northeast Ohio |
| Branding | AM 1220 The Word |
| Slogan | Cleveland's Christian Talk |
| Frequency | 1220 kHz |
| First air date | May 15, 1924 |
| Format | Christian |
| Power | 50,000 watts (unlimited) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 14772 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°18′26.00″N 81°41′21.00″W / 41.3072222°N 81.6891667°W |
| Callsign meaning | W H K "The Word" |
| Former callsigns | WDBK (1924–27) WFJC (1927–30) WGAR (1930–90) WKNR (1990–2001) WHKC (2001) WHK (2001–05) WHKZ (2005) |
| Former frequencies | 1450 kHz (1924–41) 1480 kHz (1941–44) |
| Affiliations | Bowling Green Falcons |
| Owner |
Salem Communications (Caron Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WFHM-FM, WHK |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | whkwradio |
WHKW (1220 AM) – branded AM 1220 The Word – is a commercial Christian radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, serving Greater Cleveland and much of surrounding Northeast Ohio. Owned by Salem Communications, WHKW is a local affiliate for the Salem Radio Network and the Michigan IMG Sports Network. The WHKW studios are located in the Cleveland suburb of Independence, and the station transmitter resides in neighboring Broadview Heights. Besides a standard analog transmission, WHKW is available online.
WHKW began as WDBK on May 15, 1924, broadcasting with 250 watts of power. The station was owned by Stanley Broz, in the name of the M.F. Broz Furniture, Hardware and Radio Co., and was located at 13918 Union Avenue in Cleveland. The station moved to Boltan Square Hotel on Carnegie Avenue in 1925, and was using the slogan, "Broadcasting from Cleveland." In September 1927, Broz sold the station to William F. Jones, and WDBK was taken off the air. The station relocated to the Akron Beacon Journal building in Akron, and resumed broadcast operations in November 1927 as WFJC, the new call letters being derived from the owner's initials. Sam Townshend was listed as co-owner, and the first two announcers were Cyril Jones and Jerry McKiernam.
Jones sold the station to George A. Richards of Detroit in September 1930, and Richards moved the station back to Cleveland. He obtained a new callsign based on his initials, and WGAR signed on the air on December 15, 1930. WGAR was part of the Goodwill Station group that included WJR and KMPC, both also owned by Richards.
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