WIOD
Broadcast area | Miami metropolitan area |
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Frequency | 610kHz |
Branding | Newsradio 610 WIOD |
Programming | |
Format | News–talk |
Network | ABC News Radio |
Affiliations | |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WBGG-FM,WHYI-FM,WINZ,WMIA-FM,WMIB,WXBN,WZTU | |
History | |
First air date | January 19, 1926 |
Former call signs | WCKR (1959–1962) |
Call signmeaning | "Wonderful Isle Of Dreams" |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 14242 |
Class | B |
Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 25°42′40″N80°28′30″W/ 25.71111°N 80.47500°W |
Repeater(s) | 105.9WBGG-HD3(Fort Lauderdale) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wiod |
WIOD(610AM) is acommercialradio stationinMiamiservingSouth Florida.It airs atalk radioformatand is owned byiHeartMedia, Inc.The studios are on SW 145th Avenue inPembroke Pines.
WIOD is powered at 50,000wattsby day and 20,000 watts at night. Thetransmitteris on Krome Avenue inWest End, Florida.[2]WIOD uses adirectional antennawith a four-tower array.The previoustowersin North Bay Village have been removed. Besides its mainanalog transmission,WIOD can be heard on theHD Radiosubchannelof co-owned 105.9WBGG-FM,and streams online viaiHeartRadio.
Programming
[edit]Weekdays on WIOD begin with two Florida-based talk shows, wake-ups with Ryan Gorman (from co-ownedWFLATampa) and late mornings with station vet Manny Munoz.[3][4]The rest of the schedule is made up ofnationally syndicatedshows, mostly from co-ownedPremiere Networks:The Glenn Beck Radio Program,The Sean Hannity Show,The Jesse Kelly Show,Coast to Coast AMwithGeorge Noory,and fromCompass Media Networks,This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal.
On weekends, specialty shows are heard on money, health, retirement, cars and pets, some of which are paidbrokered programming.Weekend syndicated shows includeArmstrong & Getty,The Ben Ferguson ShowandSunday Nights with Bill Cunningham.In June 2024, WIOD began syndicatingThe Josh Hammer Showon weekends.[5]Most hours begin with an update fromABC News Radio.Accuweathersupplies forecasts and the station has a news sharing arrangement withWTVJchannel 6.
History
[edit]Wonderful Isle of Dreams
[edit]Experimental broadcasts began in the spring of 1925 byCarl Graham Fisher,a Miami Beach developer. The station formallysigned onthe air on January 19, 1926 .Fisher selected WIOD as thecall sign,signifying the "Wonderful Isle of Dreams" to commemorate Collins Island, on which the station's studios and offices were located. WIOD is Florida's seventh-oldest continuously licensed broadcast radio station.
WIOD was anNBC Red Networkaffiliatethrough the 1930s, 40s and 50s. It aired NBC's schedule of dramas, comedies, news and sports during the "Golden Age of Radio."[6]The studios were at 600 Biscayne Boulevard in Miami. In the 1950s, as network programming was moving from radio to television, WIOD switched to afull serviceformat ofmiddle of the roadmusic (MOR), news and sports.
WCKR
[edit]In 1956, Miami saw a new television station go on the air, channel 7 WCKT (nowWSVN). Its owner was Biscayne Television, which was a joint arrangement with Miami's two daily newspapers, theCox-ownedMiami Newsand theKnight-ownedMiami Herald.[7]In 1959, Biscayne also acquired 610 AM. The call sign was changed to WCKR, taking the initials of Cox, Knight and Radio for its call letters.
BrandedWacker Radio,it broadcast adult pop music by day, but offeredTop 40hits at night. The station featured noted South Floridadisc jockeyRick Shaw. It also carriedNBC Radio's "Monitor"program on weekends. In 1962, the station returned to its original call sign, WIOD.
Cuban interference
[edit]On June 16, 1981, WIOD began operating with 10,000 watts day and night, after having been powered at 5,000 watts for most of its post-war history. This was to overcome interference caused by a high-power station inCuba.Thisspecial temporary authority,granted by the FCC, has been renewed on a regular basis since.
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On April 6, 2017, WIOD filed an application for an FCCconstruction permitto move to a new transmitter site, increase day power to 50,000 watts and increase night power to 20,000 watts. It was accepted for filing the following day.[8]
Honors and sports
[edit]WIOD has been a frequent winner in annual Florida Associated Press statewide competitions.[citation needed]WIOD may be best known for its continuous storm coverage, particularly duringHurricane Andrew,Hurricane KatrinaandHurricane Wilma.
WIOD was the radioflagship stationof the2006 NBA championsMiami Heatbasketball teamfrom 1996 until 2008. From 1966 until 2001 it was the radio flagship of theMiami Dolphinsfootball team,the longest partnership between a Miami sports team and a radio flagship station. It also was theFlorida Panthers' original flagship station from 1993 until 2003. Currently WIOD is the official broadcast emergency station for the Broward County Commission.
From April 2010 to March 2014 WIOD had beensimulcastonFM translatorW262AN at 100.3 MHz. That frequency is now used by a low-power FM station, WQNB. WIOD is also heard on theWBGG-FM105.9HD2subchannel.
Controversy
[edit]In June 2007, the all-Democratic county commission in Broward County was on the verge of rejecting WIOD as the official station for emergency information because of concerns that it was also home toThe Rush Limbaugh Showand other conservative talk programs. On his radio show, Limbaugh said, "They are politicizing the delivery of emergency news, which is non-partisan."[9]
After complaints from around the country, the commission decided to keep using the radio station as a source of emergency information.[10]
Former personalities
[edit]WIOD's former hosts includeLarry King,Neil Rogers,Sally Jessy Raphael,Ron Bennington,Mike Reineri, Bill Calder, Alan Burke, Sandy Peyton, Rick and Suds,Hank Goldberg,Ed Berliner,Randi Rhodes,Big Wilson, Chris Baker,Phil Hendrie,Joey Reynolds,Tom Gauger,Dave LaMont,Tom Leykis,Jack Ellery and Ed Arnold. Former full-time anchors include Mike Woulfe, Lori Shepard, Lauren Pastrana, Patty DeMendoza, Wendi Grossman, Andrew Julian, Ron Hersey, Aron Bender, Randy Lantz, Christina Kautz and John Levitt. Mike Reineri hosted the last music show on WIOD on weekday mornings from 1974 to 1989. At that point, the station switched to a full time talk format. He was still with WIOD till 1992. Reineri's traffic reporter, Dave Mitchell, hosted the show on Saturday and Sunday mornings in the same time slot. Longtime anchor and News Director Lori Shepard left WIOD in August 2013. Other traffic reporters on WIOD in the 1980s and 1990s and 2003-2007 were Miami radio veterans: Richard Lewis, Joe Brennan, George Sheldon, Teri Griffin and Don Anthony (Dave Agony from the WAXY FM days). Joe Brennan left I-Heart's WIOD in 2018, Don Anthony (aka Don Agony) retired from radio broadcasting in 2009, George Sheldon retired from radio/television broadcasting 1/31/2013 in Asheville, NC, Teri Griffin (retired from broadcasting and has moved out of South Florida), and Trish Anderson (deceased). Since 1989 WIOD has had a news-talk format.
Jinglesbest remembered at WIOD have included "WIOD/Someplace Special," "The sunshine machine is coming your way/WIOD", "Mike Reineri/will get you started and on your way/every morning on WIOD", "Your Hometown Station/WIOD", "Go Dolphins! on WIOD" and "The Miami Heat on WIOD/The Game's On Us/WIOD". WIOD primarily usedTM Productionsjingles during the 1970s, mostly resung fromKDKApackages. The station did not have an image song until it hadJAM Creative Productions' "First of All" jingle package resung and customized for them in the mid-1980s. Other JAM jingle series that were reworked to accommodate the six-note WIOD logo include "The Spirit of New England," "New Day," "Superstation" and "New York Fan".WFANNew York's jingle melody is actually modeled after WIOD's jingle melody and, when WIOD had "New York Fan" resung for them, the station ordered a custom package, "Extra Innings", to accompany the "New York Fan" jingles. All JAM Creative Productions jingle series used by WIOD remain available from the company.
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for WIOD".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^FCCdata.org/WIOD
- ^Radio-Insight "Ryan Gorman Show Expands to Miami" Aug. 16, 2024.
- ^InsideRadio "People Moves - Manny Munoz" Nov. 21, 2022. Retrieved Aug. 9, 2024.
- ^"TALKERS News Notes".Talkers.Retrieved19 June2024.
- ^Broadcasting Yearbook 1942page 114. Retrieved Aug. 9, 2024.
- ^Newspapers "Miami Channel 7 to Be One of Leaders" March 18, 1956. Retrieved Aug. 9, 2024.
- ^"Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station".CDBS Public Access.Federal Communications Commission.April 7, 2017.RetrievedMay 8,2017.
- ^"Broward County Democrats Risk Floridians' Lives to Protest Rush".RushLimbaugh, June 13, 2007.
- ^"Broward may keep deal with Rush Limbaugh radio station".Sun-Sentinel,June 14, 2007.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- FCC History Cards for WIOD
- Facility details for Facility ID 14242 (WIOD)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WIODinNielsen Audio's AM station database