On March 31st, 1925, a 500-watt transmitter debuted in Fort Wayne, Indiana. 100 years later, WOWO has a little bit more power on 1190 AM and 92.3 FM, and is still making a huge impact on the Northeast Indiana city.
Those in the Summit City have depended on WOWO as a voice of the community in countless situations. The heritage brand has featured an illustrious history worthy of a grand celebration of its centennial. And the preparations for that celebration have been more than a year in the making.
“We began talking about WOWO’s 100th, in earnest, about a year ago, which gave us a lot of time to come up with ideas on how to celebrate with the community and the great thing we all decided was the celebration shouldn’t last just one day, but should be a year-long event,” Program Director Jon Zimney told Barrett Media…