- WOL (AM)
Infobox Radio station
name = WOL
city =
area =Washington, DC
branding = "Newstalk 1450 WOL AM"
slogan = Where Information Is Power
airdate =November 11 , 1928
frequency = 1450 kHz HD Radio
format = Urban Talk
power = 1,000 watts
erp =
class = C
facility_id = 54713
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = WWDC (1928-1950)
owner = Radio One
sister_stations =WKYS ,WMMJ ,WPRS-FM ,WYCB
webcast = [http://wm-eon.vitalstreamcdn.com/live_eonwmss_vitalstream_com_radioone-wol-am-fast Listen Live]
website = [http://www.wolam.com/ www.wolam.com]
affiliations = Syndicated OneWOL is an Urban Talk radio station in
Washington, DC . Broadcasting on 1450 AM, this is the flagship radio station of Radio One.The station was Washington's top rated
rhythm and blues music station through the 1960s and 1970s. Originally simulcast for extensive coverage on its FM sister station, they later changed the FM sister stationWMOD to anoldies format.( WMOD-FM later became now Heritage Country stationWMZQ ). During the 1980s, as the station got new FM competition fromWKYS and laterWPGC-FM , the station slowly evolved into anAfrican-American based talk station.For many years the pair was owned by
Sonderling Broadcasting , who later sold its assets to Viacom Broadcasting. ( After Viacom took over, WMOD-FM became country station WMZQ-FM )In the 1980s,
Dewey Hughes purchased the station as the flagship for his new company, Radio One Broadcasting. [ [http://www.thereeler.com/features/talking_the_talk.php "The Reeler" (July 9, 2007): "Talking the Talk - Is the biopic over? "Talk to Me"' s Don Cheadle on life, liberties and pursuing a hero", by S.T. VanAirsdale] ]During the 1960s and 1970s, WOL was home to
Petey Greene , a former convict turned popular talk show host, comedian, and activist, who began his professional broadcasting career at WOL. His story was portrayed in the 2007 film "Talk To Me".References
External links
* [http://www.wolam.com WOL Website]
*AMQ|WOL
*AML|WOL
*AMARB|WOL
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