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Our goal is to share and preserve the rich history of Fort Wayne's legendary 50,000 watt radio station. We encourage you to explore the many sections of this site. Much of the material you will find has been contributed by visitors like you, so please contact us if you have additional material to share!
WOWO's roster of air personalities, like Bob Sievers, Jack Underwood, Dugan Fry, Jay Gould, Chris Roberts, Ron Gregory, Bob Chase, Don Chevillet, John Cigna and many others created a lifelong bond with the citizens of WOWOland.
In its earliest years, WOWO Radio also launched the careers of many prominent broadcasters, including comedian Herb Shriner, Fort Wayne TV pioneer Hilliard Gates, and Tom Carnegie, known to millions worldwide as the voice of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
And with Indiana's most powerful radio signal, WOWO Radio gave listeners throughout the eastern half of the United States perhaps their only impression of Indiana.
We're sad to note the passing of the legendary Dick Clark. While his greatest successes were in the world of television, his roots were in radio. After graduating from high school in 1947, Clark started in the mailroom at WRUN, Rome, NY. His big break came in 1952, when joined WFIL, Philadelphia, which led to his opportunity to take over a local TV dance show that became "American Bandstand."
In the early 1980s, Dick was heard each weekend on WOWO via "The Dick Clark National Music Survey," the weekly Top 40 countdown show that he created and hosted for the Mutual Broadcasting System from 1981 to 1986. Here are a couple of custom WOWO promos voiced by Dick Clark.
We've recently added several extraordinarily rare exhibits to our airchecks page, including Bob Sievers 40th anniversary broadcast from South Side High School in 1976, a Sunday Little Red Barn show that commemorated Jay Gould's 40th anniversary, a Don Chevillet afternoon drive airshift from 1968 and more. Also, be sure to check the WOWO Video page. Several new videos are now available, including Bob Sievers with his speech, "My Fifty Years in Radio."
We are also excited about The WOWO Discussion Forum! This is a place where we encourage you to share memories and discuss any WOWO topic you can think of!
Our primary focus is on WOWO's decades of dominance under the ownership of Westinghouse Broadcasting, but we will be doing our best to chronicle everything related to the History of WOWO!!
The History of WOWO.com is a labor of love by a former WOWO Radio staffer with cooperation from many other WOWO fans and alums. If you have any WOWO airchecks, jingles or photos, please contact us and share them! Many of the sounds and images on this site have been submitted by visitors like you! If you're looking for the right speakers to listen to WOWO airchecks, jr.com speakers seems to have a good reputation.