WKRK-FM
sports radio station in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, United States
WKRK-FM (92.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland Heights, Ohio, United States, known as "Sports Radio 92-3 The Fan" and carrying a sports format. Owned by Audacy, Inc., WKRK-FM serves Greater Cleveland and surrounding Northeast Ohio as a co-flagship for the Cleveland Browns Radio Network and an affiliate of Westwood One Sports. WKRK-FM's studios are located at the Halle Building in Downtown Cleveland and the station transmitter resides in the Cleveland suburb of Warrensville Heights. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WKRK-FM broadcasts over three HD Radio channels and is available online via Audacy.
The station originated in 1947 as WSRS-FM, the FM adjunct to WSRS, and initially broadcast at 95.3 FM. When WJMO (1540 AM) owner United Broadcasting purchased WSRS AM/FM, it transferred the WJMO calls and format to the AM facility and relaunched the FM as WCUY with jazz music, followed by a frequency move to 92.3 FM. WCUY became WLYT in 1971 and was subject to frequent format and personnel changes over the next 13 years, concurrent with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigating United Broadcasting and WJMO over various issues. In 1983, the station became WRQC, initially with the "Rock of the 80s" new wave format, then switched to contemporary hits (CHR) several months later. WRQC combined programming with WJMO in 1990 to become "Jammin' 92", with a hybrid urban/CHR format. A contested sale of WJMO AM/FM saw WJMO-FM go to a group led by WZAK personality Lynn Tolliver and owner Lee Zapis and become WZJM in 1994.
Sold as part of a combined buyout of three local groups to Chancellor Broadcasting in 1998, WZJM switched format in May 1999 to urban oldies as "92.3 The Beat". Sold to Infinity Broadcasting in 2000 after a larger sequence of mergers involving Chancellor successor AMFM and Clear Channel Broadcasting, WZJM became active rock WXTM "Xtreme Radio" in 2001; as WXTM, the station launched Rover's Morning Glory, which became regionally syndicated, then was selected in 2006 as one of several replacements for The Howard Stern Show while "Xtreme" adopted the WXRK calls, "K-Rock" name and a more mainline alternative format.
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