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WNIR (FM)

WNIR
WNIR (FM) logo.png
City Kent, Ohio
Broadcast area Akron metropolitan area
Branding WNIR 100 FM
Slogan The Talk of Akron
Frequency 100.1 MHz
First air date February 19, 1962
Format Talk
ERP 4,200 watts
HAAT 120 meters (394 feet)
Class A
Facility ID 41077
Transmitter coordinates 41°06′28.00″N 81°21′19.00″W / 41.1077778°N 81.3552778°W / 41.1077778; -81.3552778
Callsign meaning "WINneR 100"
(former slogan)
Former callsigns WKNT-FM (1962–79)
Affiliations Westwood One Network
Salem Radio Network
ABC News Radio
Owner Media-Com, Inc.
(Media-Com, Inc.)
Sister stations W16DO-D, WAOH-CD, WJMP
Webcast Listen Live
Website wnir.com

WNIR (100.1 MHz) – branded WNIR 100 FM – is a commercial FM talk radio station. WNIR is licensed to Kent, Ohio, and serves the Akron metro area. Owned by Media-Com, Inc., the station airs mostly local shows in the day and evening, while carrying nationally syndicated personalities Jim Bohannon and Mike Gallagher at night. The WNIR studios are in Franklin Township, while the station transmitter is located on Holiday Drive near Interstate 76 in Brimfield. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WNIR is available online.

The station first signed on the air on February 19, 1962, as WKNT-FM. It shared its call letters with its sister station AM 1520 WKNT (now WJMP) which signed on two years later, and most programming was simulcast on both stations. The stations were owned by the publisher of the Kent Ravenna Record-Courier newspaper and primarily served the Portage County area with an adult contemporary radio format.


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