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57-540: WING operates at 5,000 watts around the clock. A single tower is used during the day, providing at least secondary coverage to most of southwestern Ohio. At night, two towers are used in a directional pattern to protect CFTE in Vancouver, British Columbia , concentrating the signal around Dayton. WING was first licensed on May 31, 1924 as WDBS to the S.M.K. Radio Corporation at 39 East Third Street in Dayton, Ohio. After

114-445: A Top 40 music format in 1960 to challenge the supremacy of Vancouver rock-n-roll powerhouse CKWX (the former CFDC). During much of the 1960s, CFUN's disc jockey crew, known on-air as the "Good Guys", became well known to Vancouver radio listeners. These were some of them during the station's Top 40 heyday: CFUN's first Top 40 era ended on September 18, 1967, when the format was dropped for easy listening music. On May 28, 1968,

171-614: A local marketing agreement with owner RAY (Ronald A. Yontz) Broadcasting. By this time, both stations operated in the same building. Staggs sold the station in the 1990s to WONE's then-owner, JACOR Broadcasting using the name Citicasters, which dropped all local programming for a simulcast of WONE, effectively ending any and all relationship with Springfield. After a stint as a country music station, WONE/WIZE changed to Adult Standards on November 29, 1994. It adopted its present sports talk format (as "Sports ONE") on December 8, 2003, competing with Radio One -owned WING. This eventually became

228-564: A TV weatherman in Cincinnati). WIZE was also the home to news and sports director Gerry Allen (Gerry Pavelka) and notable news reporters Karen Anderson and Darryl Bauer (now of WHIO-AM). Will Harris also worked with Gerry Allen on high school and Wittenberg sports broadcasts in the 70's. He went on to work in Dayton at WHIO, WONE, WCLR (in Piqua) and WPFB FM (then known as the Rebel). He is now on

285-416: A few years as General Manager, and was replaced by George Wymer (son of WING, Dayton, radio legend Jack Wymer) with the intention of purchasing the station from Great Trails. He was unable to make the purchase and left the station. The next General Manager was Jerry Staggs, who eventually did purchase the station. Under Staggs' watch, WIZE associated with the former WBLY, the predecessor of WULM as part of

342-644: A near-total simulcast of then "1360 Homer" in Cincinnati, even though the programming was originated from the Dayton Ohio studios and was in no way connected to the Cincinnati market, even as the "Homer" format itself moved from WSAI to WCKY 1530-AM in July 2006. This "simulcast" of nationally syndicated programming or at least the appearance of a simulcast with WCKY would eventually be further diluted in 2007, when WONE/WIZE would start to air local sports talk in

399-637: A new transmitter site on David Road in Kettering. It was in the 1940s during the Big Band era and later with the advent of R&B-combined rock n' roll in the 1950s when WING became Dayton's original hit music station. Charlie Reeder, inducted into the Dayton Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2007 was one of its first morning personalities during this era with his program "Sunny Side Up". Local DJ legend Gene "By Golly" Barry came on board with

456-611: A producer for Mel Blanc in Hollywood, WING radio news staff was headed by National Broadcasters Hall Of Fame inductee Rod Williams who won numerous awards including a commendation from the Ohio General Assembly for his combat reporting in Vietnam. Broadcasters Hall Of Fame induction ceremony http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1527972980220648955# Jack Wymer "Dayton's Man On The Street," among countless others and

513-459: A reorganization resulting from its implementation of General Order 40 . WSMK was assigned to 570 kHz. The first studio was located in the former Beckel House Hotel on East Third Street in downtown Dayton. Actor/dancer/singer/musician Scatman Crothers got his start at the station during the WSMK era in 1932. Another ownership change took place in 1939 when Cincinnati businessman Charles Sawyer bought

570-544: A residence. As a result, WIZE's studios had a country setting while remaining in the city. Among the list of past employees include Jim Baldridge (later of WHIO-TV ), Duke Rollins, Sonny Palmer, Paul Carman, Ron Allen (now with ESPN International), the late John Hall (John Stalder), Johnny Walker (DJ born 1942) (later of WKEF -TV), Lee Brenner (Lee Aufdenkampe), Ric Jonns (formerly of Radio Caroline North), Fred "Buddy" King, John King (F. John Damewood), Geoff Davis, Jerry "T" Tritle, and Pat Barry (who achieved more recognition as

627-471: A reunion party of WING's past and present air personalities at the Holiday Inn near Dayton Mall with a special memorial tribute to Gene "By Golly" Barry who died in 2001. After a stint as a CNN Radio affiliate in the 1990s and various network talk programs, it found its new niche in sports/talk as a competitor to WONE (AM) (which it also competed with in the 1960s for its Top 40 audience.) WING now airs

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684-498: A secondary sports station in the area diminished. Bell Media announced on April 18, 2018 that CFTE would re-launch as BNN Bloomberg Radio on April 30, 2018. The format is in conjunction with Bell Media's partnership with Bloomberg L.P. , and its re-branding of its specialty channel Business News Network (BNN) as BNN Bloomberg on the same day; it features programming simulcast from the BNN Bloomberg television channel, as well

741-570: A sensational newscaster at CKLW-Windsor/Detroit), Mark Greco (Mark Giangreco, who later became a sportscaster on the NBC Television network), Bill Nance, Roy Dittman, Dave Thomas (who also worked at sister stations WCOL-FM, Columbus, and WJAI-FM, Eaton, and later became an award-winning broadcaster in Colorado), Kathy O' Connor (Dayton's first female news reporter) and Retha Phillips among others. Nance and Phillips were also 2007 inductees into

798-652: A short period of testing, it made its formal debut broadcast on the evening of June 4, 1924. The station's call letters were randomly assigned by the Department of Commerce from an alphabetical list, and Stanley M. Khron, Jr., owner of the S.M.K. Radio Corporation, adopted "Watch Dayton's Broadcasting Station" as a slogan that reflected the call sign. The call letters were changed to WSMK in early 1925 to match Khron's initials. It also upgraded its power to one thousand watts that same year. Programming hours were sporadic and operated on several different frequencies. Following

855-546: A tape-delayed basis from a station in Texas where he was working at the time. Kim Faris, already there since the WJAI days stayed there doing mid-days and later as a morning sidekick to Jeff Wicker. Faris (who now works at WLQT after briefly moving to sales in 2007 for Z-93) occasionally did late evenings at WING in the mid-1980s as well. Carl Day did afternoon drive for a period of time after John King moved to mornings at Z-93. WING

912-461: A young Johnny Walker who came to WING by way of sister station WIZE who later moved to WKEF /22 in 1970. Wolfman Jack was aired late at night in syndicated form in the 1970s. Aside from Gene "By Golly" Barry, the "lively guy" who enjoyed the most extended stay from 1967 to 1992 was morning man Steve Kirk (formerly from Cincinnati's WSAI ) best known for his telephone "put-ons" and other screwball on-air gags and drop-ins from 1966 until well into

969-725: Is a commercial all-news radio station in Springfield, Ohio owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. as part of their Dayton cluster. While servicing the Dayton metropolitan area , WIZE is also targeted towards Springfield, and their transmitter - and former studios - are located in Springfield. WIZE functions as the Dayton market affiliate for the Black Information Network . In addition to a standard analog transmission , WIZE streams via iHeartRadio . The station took

1026-455: The CFUN calls on September 30. In 1984, CHUM Western was merged into CHUM Limited, and CFUN dropped Top 40 again for an adult contemporary format on December 19 of that year. CFUN had two successful promotions in the 70s. One was called "Don't say Hello" - *When the phone rang and you answered "I listen To CFUN" - you won a thousand dollars. The other contest that CFUN used to raise its profile

1083-570: The CHUM banner when CKVU-TV was purchased in November 2001, followed by CKST (TEAM 1040) in 2003. On July 12, 2006, it was announced that CHUM Limited would be purchased by CTVglobemedia , owner of CTV . The purchase includes CHUM's Vancouver radio stations (including CFUN) and all of its Victoria stations, while CKVU is to be sold to Rogers Media (as part of the sale of the Citytv system, which

1140-426: The Dayton Broadcasters Hall of Fame. In the early 1960s it was at first a top of the hour "rip and read" newscast from wire services with an echoed voice shouting the dateline location at the beginning of a story (replaced in 1965 by a tone chord simulating an electronic telegraph key sounder). The newscast was also upgraded by world news actualities from Metromedia Radio, a predecessor of UPI Audio Network who bought

1197-874: The Dayton and Louisville market areas. Main Line took over the Dayton stations on September 14, 2007 The Program Director of WING was Mark Neal who held that position from April 2006 to January 2018. The current Program Director is Justin Kinner who has held that position since February 2018. Kinner hosts The Justin Kinner Show, which can be heard on WING from 3:00 pm –6:00 pm weekdays. Other local shows include Sunday Morning Tailgate, hosted by Justin Kinner and Keith Byars , from 11:00 am –12:30 pm on Sunday morning and The Keith Byars Show, which airs on Monday from 12-1 pm. 1410 WING began streaming online on February 10, 2015 CFTE CFTE (1410 AM , BNN Bloomberg Radio 1410 )

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1254-493: The FRC issued General Order 32 , which notified 164 stations, including WSMK, that "From an examination of your application for future license it does not find that public interest, convenience, or necessity would be served by granting it." However, the station successfully convinced the commission that it should remain licensed. On November 11, 1928, the FRC implemented a major reallocation of station transmitting frequencies, as part of

1311-554: The U.S. Bloomberg Radio network. The format does not feature any Vancouver-specific business news content, as it is targeting a national streaming audience via iHeartRadio Canada . Much of CFTE's overflow programming was relocated to CKST. Outside of the business day, the station aired blocks of other Bloomberg Radio programs, The Evan Solomon Show and The Late Showgram with Jim Richards (both of which are syndicated to other Bell Media news/talk stations) on weeknights, and syndicated and brokered programs on weekends. The station

1368-417: The addition of John King and Terry Dorsey doing afternoons. The highly popular mock ads and comedy sketches of the fictitious Babs Knieiven's Bar and Grill of New Carlisle, Hiney Wine and a comedic spoof on current events called "The King and Dorsey Report" kept its fans laughing and listening, even with the 1980s onslaught of FM competitors WTUE and WDJX in nearby Xenia (now WZDA licensed to Beavercreek). It

1425-470: The afternoon, as well as clearing Fox Sports Radio in the morning hours (which eventually led to a clearance of Dayton native Dan Patrick 's late morning show.) WIZE continued to relay WONE until April 22, 2011, when it broke away to carry a country oldies music format when a need was created by the former 101.7 FM, now 101.5 licensed to Urbana and now ENON, Ohio left the Springfield Market for

1482-466: The air and is one of the owners of Downtown Dayton Radio (DDR) which is an online radio station (www.downtowndaytonradio.com) dedicated to promoting events in Dayton. In 1982, Joos left WIZE to accept a position in Columbus. He was replaced as General Manager by Joe Taylor who instituted numerous changes in the station. He brought in two new staff members (Sandy Alexander and Dennis Carter) and changed

1539-637: The air on April 10, 1922 as CJCE at 750 AM, co-owned by Sprott-Shaw Schools of Commerce & Wireless Telegraphy and Radio Specialties Ltd. , and operated on 5 watts of power. Radio Specialties opened CFCQ ten days later, on 450 meters with transmission power of 40 watts; the two stations were merged by Sprott-Shaw in 1924, with the unified operation assuming the CFCQ calls and increasing its power to 50 watts. CFCQ increased power again to 1,000 watts in 1925 and moved to 730 AM to share time with CKCD and Nanaimo station CFDC before cutting power back to 50 watts

1596-432: The air on November 1, 1940, and was very active in the community. Its founder and first owner was The Radio Voice of Springfield Inc. In the station's early days, nationally known comedian Jonathan Winters had a program on WIZE. However, in the mid-1960s, WIZE adopted a Top 40 format, increasing its popularity and revenue. Under the leadership of Station Manager Steve Joos, listenership (and advertising revenues) grew to

1653-502: The establishment of the Federal Radio Commission (FRC), stations were initially issued a series of temporary authorizations starting on May 3, 1927. In addition, they were informed that if they wanted to continue operating, they needed to file a formal license application by January 15, 1928, as the first step in determining whether they met the new "public interest, convenience, or necessity" standard. On May 25, 1928,

1710-436: The evening program "Swingin' With Wing" and became a staple there from that point up through the 1960s when WING (then, owned by Dayton-based Air Trails Broadcasting, later Great Trails Broadcasting) became Dayton's first official Top 40 station. It was also the chain's flagship station. Its sister stations included WIZE in Springfield and the legendary WCOL (AM) (now Fox Sports Network station WYTS ) in Columbus which all had

1767-724: The following year. CFCQ changed its call letters to CKMO in 1928 and moved to the Bekins Building, 815 West Hastings Street, in 1929, then switched frequencies to its present 1410 AM and moved to 812 Robson Street in 1933 before power returned to 1000 watts in 1941. CKMO underwent major changes in 1955 when it was sold to Radio C-FUN Ltd., which changed the station's calls to CFUN on February 14 of that year (the CKMO calls are now used by Orangeville , Ontario station CKMO-FM ). In 1959, CFUN increased power to 10,000 watts and moved their studios to 1900 West 4th Avenue, then introduced

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1824-422: The format to a unique middle-of-the-road type format. This was at a time when FM radio was becoming more popular and AM stations were having problems attracting listeners and advertising revenues. Taylor thus instituted an all-out sales push, selling commercials for as little as a dollar. As a result, the station was oversold, often running as much as 40 minutes of commercial material each hour. Taylor only lasted

1881-669: The greener pastures of the larger Dayton Market. WULM's usage of the former WIZE studios at the WIZE transmitter site ended in June 2010 (when after being sold to Radio Maria Inc. as a repeater of originating station KJMJ in the spring of 2008), the WULM studio equipment was moved to the Father Boyle Center near St. Bernard Parish at 920 Lagonda Avenue which will feed local live programs to originator KJMJ and its repeater network...as

1938-473: The late 1980s. He was equally known for his familiar and flamboyant on-air self-introduction: " Hi-ya gang...Kirkie here...ha-chi-chi-chi-chi-chi!" Its news department was also legendary with Jim Briggs, George Wymer (Jack's son), G. Paul Tantum, Terry Lafferty, Doug Ritter (Doug Ritterling, who began his WING newscasting career at 17 years of age, then became a disc jockey at sister stations, WCOL-AM & 92X, Columbus), Randall Carlisle (who later gained fame as

1995-731: The mid-1960s produced by PAMS Productions in Dallas. In the early 1970s, the famous Drake "rum-pum" Boss Radio jingles featuring the Johnny Mann Singers were used, the same package used by then-legendary CKLW in Windsor, Ontario during the late 1960s and 1970s. In the mid-1970s FM rock stations started to chip away at AM radio's Top 40 audiences. During this transitional time, WING began to soften its format to adult contemporary as "Adult Radio 1410." "Kirkie" continued his morning show (followed by John Alexander on mid-days) with

2052-464: The new branding, vacating the historic CFUN calls. The CFUN calls would be subsequently adopted by Rogers ' classic hits radio station CKCL-FM Chilliwack/Vancouver . With Corus Radio's CINW (Canada's oldest radio station, which has been on the air since 1919 ) in Montreal signing off the air on January 29, 2010 , CFTE became Canada's oldest operating radio station. On February 10, 2011, it

2109-468: The news-feed service in 1971. By 1968, it switched to the Drake -inspired "20-20" News (aired at 20 minutes before and after the hour) with expanded local news coverage. Top of the hour news returned in 1980 from ABC Radio 's American Information Network followed by a local newscast and weather without the catchy elements of the 1960s. "High Flying WING" was the theme of a high energy upbeat jingle package in

2166-536: The original CFUN-AM outside of having the same call letters and also a contemporary hits format. (That station has since changed call letters to CKKS-FM.) CFUN gained an FM sister station in 1990 when parent CHUM Limited bought CHQM-FM , whose format was changed from easy listening to adult contemporary ("Favourites of Yesterday and Today") in 1992. Both stations moved to new studios at 380 West 2nd Avenue early in 1993, and on March 27, 1996, CFUN switched to talk radio . More stations joined CFUN and CHQM-FM under

2223-464: The original WING Lively Guys took place in 1985. Eventually its Top 40 format was moved to its Eaton FM sister re-branded in 1984 as WGTZ "Z-93" (formerly WCTM -FM and WJAI respectively, and now "92.9 Jack FM" with an Adult Hits format) which at first used the catchy (and barely legal) ID "WGTZ Eaton/Dayton and Springfield ALIVE!" (as in "Eatin' Dayton and Springfield ALIVE!" when said fast) and with it John King moving to mornings with Terry Dorsey on

2280-488: The point that WIZE was the most profitable station in the Great Trails Broadcasting chain. WING in Dayton, WCOL in Columbus and WGTZ , Eaton (formerly WJAI) were also owned by Great Trails. The station was moved from its downtown location on West High Street to a location on Miracle Mile. In order to comply with zoning regulations, the building had to be set back from the road and had to look like

2337-551: The programming of ESPN Radio in addition to local sports coverage of Ohio State Buckeyes Football and Basketball. Mike and Mike in the Morning (Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg ) is aired here. WING was owned by Radio One which acquired its previous owner, Cincinnati-based Blue Chip Broadcasting, in 1999. On May 17, 2007 Philadelphia-based Main Line Broadcasting announced the acquisition of Radio One's stations in

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2394-689: The same format at that time as well. During this time a downtown studio with a showcase window was opened in 1960 at 128 West First Street in the Talbott Tower building...which became the affectionately nicknamed "WING Island." A weekly "super hot hits" survey was issued regularly to record shops and other retailers across the Miami Valley. With that, the format was tightened with a stable of personalities who became known as WING's "Lively Guys" (possibly inspired by WSAI's "Good Guys" in Cincinnati) which included Barry along with such personalities over

2451-513: The signoff. Bell had cited a "challenging regulatory environment" and the financial inability to continue with the immense variety of brands under their broadcasting umbrella as reasons for the shutoff. *Currently being sold to other owners pending approval of the CRTC. 49°05′33″N 122°55′57″W  /  49.09250°N 122.93250°W  / 49.09250; -122.93250 WIZE WIZE (1340 AM ) — branded Dayton's BIN 1340 —

2508-464: The station aired American Top 40 , which would contain TM Jingles until 1983 and JAM jingles from 1984–1987. WING in the 1980s and 1990s showed more signs of listener burnout as even more listeners switched to FM. "Adult Radio 1410" added a supplemental tagline "Your Fun Oldies Station" with its vast record and jingle library featuring "The Sixties at 6" with King and Dorsey. An on-air reunion of

2565-578: The station from Krohn and switching the calls, at the suggestion of Jack Snow , to WING to become synonymous with Dayton's aviation history. It then moved to the second floor above the Loews Theater also located downtown at 125 North Main Street (demolished in 1975) where it remained until 1960. It was that same year when WING was granted by the FCC to upgrade its power to 5 thousand watts and to construct

2622-476: The station was sold to Montreal -based Radio Futura Ltd., and on July 1, 1969, the station changed its call letters to CKVN , adopted a primarily all-news format (with music overnight) and increased transmission power to 50,000 watts. CKVN dropped its news format and returned to a Top 40 format in March 1970. The station was sold to CHUM Western Ltd. (a division of CHUM Limited ) on January 1, 1973, and regained

2679-624: The syndicated Laura Schlesinger , Joy Browne and Coast to Coast AM . Weekend programming included a variety of specialty lifestyle programs hosted by local personalities, including a wine show hosted by Terry David Mulligan . On November 5, 2009, it was announced that CFUN would flip to sports radio as Team 1410 ; the station would operate as an extension of sister station CKST Team 1040 , carrying syndicated sports radio shows (primarily from ESPN Radio ), overflow live event coverage, and replays of Vancouver Canucks games. The station changed its call letters to CFTE later that month to match

2736-428: The years as Lou Swanson, Jerry Kaye, Ken Warren, Big Jim Quinn, Dave Parks, Al Morgan (the former morning disk jockey from WTUE-Dayton), Goldie, Bob Holiday, Ritchie "Duke of Dayton" Allen, Jerry "Big D" Dennis, Don Robertson, Dan Clover, John Alexander, let's not forget Alan Sakalas (aka 'Mel Waukee') production and part-time Lively Guy, Mike Duff, all nights, weekends and music director, Chuck McKibben who later worked as

2793-492: Was "The CFUN Sticker" where people placed stickers on their rear window and if they were spotted they won prizes. The deejay line-up during the 70s included radio personalities such as Fred Latremouille with "Latri-Mornings", Bob Magee, Russ Tyson, Peter Benson, J. Lee Smith, Jim Hault, Tom Lucas, Daryl Burlingham, Terry Russell (Roger Kelly aka Roger Kettyls), Tom Jeffries, Jack Casey, Russ "Too Loud" McLoud, and "Raccoon" Carney. The later CFUN-FM at 104.9 FM bore no relation to

2850-824: Was a radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia . Owned by Bell Media , it last broadcast a business news format . The station's prior programming consisted primarily of audio simulcasts from the Bell Media-owned specialty television channel BNN Bloomberg , as well as programs from the U.S. Bloomberg Radio network. CFTE's studios were located on Robson and Burrard Street in Downtown Vancouver . However, most of its business day programs originated from BNN Bloomberg's studios in Toronto, with local programming limited to weather and traffic updates, and weekend specialty programming. CFUN first signed on

2907-547: Was a condition of the CRTC's approval of the CTVglobemedia purchase of CHUM Limited). CTVglobemedia officially became the owner of CFUN and most other CHUM properties on June 22, 2007. On August 14, 2008, CTVglobemedia applied to move the station's transmitter to a new site, approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) southeast of its existing transmitter. As a talk station, CFUN's on-air personalities included Simi Sara , Dave Brindle , Nikki Renshaw and Joe Leary, as well as

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2964-483: Was a live oldies station from around 1985 to October, 1990 when the station switched to a satellite oldies format during daytime hours after Kirkie's morning show. Prior to that time, a talk program with Stacy Taylor was added to the early evening shift with Mutual's Larry King Show from midnight to 6am. After Steve Kirk's departure for a brief gig at Beavercreek's WYMJ-FM "Oldies 104" he retired and eventually moved to Florida where he resides today. WING's "High Flying" era

3021-470: Was also an affiliate of the Seattle Seahawks radio network. On June 14, 2023, as part of a mass corporate restructuring at Bell Media, the company shut down six of their AM radio stations nationwide, including both CFTE and CKST. The station ended regular programming at 8 a.m. that day, replaced with a looped message about the impending shutdown, which is expected to last until the completion of

3078-523: Was also during this time when Great Trails decided to acquire an FM sister station for the now declining WING..in so doing purchased the original WCTM -FM in nearby Eaton from Stanley Coning renaming it WJAI with the branding "WJ-93" (inspired by the Florida sport known as Jai-Alai) at first continuing WCTM's beautiful music until 1979 when it switched to country (later Big Band/Nostalgia) and adding one of its first female on-air personalities Kim Faris. Faris

3135-456: Was announced that Team 1410 would become the official broadcaster of Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer , after signing a two-year deal with the team. On August 28, 2014, it was announced that both Team stations in Vancouver would rebrand as TSN Radio on September 8, 2014. With the loss of Vancouver Canucks and Toronto Blue Jays to its new competitor CISL , Bell's need for

3192-500: Was now a thing of the past. Owner Great Trails Broadcasting sent WING Program Director Rob Ellis and DJ Jason Roberts (who also had been an evening personality for a time on sister station Z-93/WGTZ) to Columbus's WCOL-FM to institute an oldies format there. WCOL-FM remained oldies until its purchase from Great Trails by Nationwide Communications. In the fall of 2006, former newsman Bill Nance (now with Faith And Friends Radio ) and Z-93's Kim Faris (now with FM competitor WYDB ) organized

3249-402: Was soon followed by Nancy Cartwright , who would go on to have a successful voiceover career. Jingles on WING during the 1970s and 1980s included PAMS' "Energy One" and "Music and More" TM 's "You", and several jingle series from JAM Creative Productions , including "I'd Rather Be...", "The Best Show," "The Best Show 2" and "Good Time Radio". It was also during its time using JAM jingles that

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