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| City | Huber Heights, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area | Dayton, Ohio |
| Branding | Oldies 97.3 ("97-three") |
| Slogan | Your Community Radio Station |
| Frequency | 97.3 MHz |
| First air date | September 2004 (as WOXR-LP) |
| Format | Oldies (1950s through 1970s) |
| ERP | 100 watts |
| HAAT | 30 meters |
| Class | L1 |
| Facility ID | 131375 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°49′32.10″N 84°08′59.40″W / 39.8255833°N 84.1498333°WCoordinates: 39°49′32.10″N 84°08′59.40″W / 39.8255833°N 84.1498333°W |
| Callsign meaning | SouthWestern Ohio |
| Former callsigns | WOXR-LP (2004-2007) |
| Former frequencies | 97.7 MHz (2004-2011) 97.5 MHz (2011-2013) |
| Owner | Southwestern Ohio Public Radio |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Oldies 97.3 |
WSWO-LP "Oldies 97-3" is a non-commercial low-power FM station at 97.3 MHz licensed to Southwestern Ohio Public Radio Inc. in Huber Heights, Ohio.
The station originally signed on as WOXR-LP in September 2004, switching to its current calls in January 2005. The WSWO calls were previously used in Wilmington, Ohio at 102.3 FM (formerly WKFI, now WKLN, the K-LOVE affiliate for Wilmington, south Dayton, Middletown and Hamilton).
From 1968 to 1972, the WSWO calls were used by independent Channel 26 out of Springfield, Ohio (now WBDT, the Dayton affiliate of The CW).
WSWO-LP is a non-commercial radio station relying solely on donations from listeners and local businesses to cover expenses for daily operations and music royalties. Accordingly, all persons involved in the station's programming and maintenance are unpaid volunteers. The station's format consists of oldies music (1950s through 1970s), but also airs syndicated and locally produced programs devoted to different genres of oldies, including pre-rock and roll era music. The station also prominently features coverage of Wayne High School sports, and occasionally broadcasts locally produced radio dramas, including a dramatized version of A Christmas Carol, which features several members of the air staff in the cast and has been an annual holiday presentation since it first aired in 2011.
Though non-commercial, the station broadcasts acknowledgments of local businesses who support the station, added to which community announcements are aired along with PAMS-style jingles for identification purposes.
WSWO-LP operates with a power of 100 watts. Its original transmitter (then at 97.7) was located on Lisa Drive. The station later moved its studios and transmitter to the Huber Centre, a shopping center at the intersection of Brandt Pike (aka SR 201) and Chambersburg Road, with the station's transmitter located behind the building.
The station originally used translator W268AX at 101.5 MHz from Old Troy Pike (SR 202) in north Dayton with a power of 106 watts which provided a wider coverage area reaching downtown Dayton, Moraine, Troy, and the fringe areas in Piqua to the north and Miamisburg to the south. The transition from 101.5 to 101.1 took place on Monday August 11, 2008. Both FMs served the area of north Dayton, Vandalia, Englewood and surrounding communities.
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