WLW AM 700 is a radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA covering local news, sports, business, politics and community events.
WLW AM 700 in Cincinnati is a news and talk radio station and the flagship station of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team. One of the oldest radio stations in the United States, it traces its roots to July 1921 when radio manufacturer Powel Crosley Jr. began 20-watt broadcast tests using the call sign 8CR. On March 22, 1922, Crosley and his Crosley Broadcasting Corporation began 50-watt broadcasts using the WLW call sign. In the 1960s, Crosley assumed the name of its parent company, Avco. From the mid-1970s until the 1990s, WLW changed ownership several times. One owner, Jacor, eventually merged with Clear Channel Communications, which was renamed iHeartMedia in 2014.
This radio station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.
For WLW AM 700 contact information, see the Ohio news media contacts at EasyMediaList.com.
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WLW AM 700 Personality Fired After Posting Facebook Video Slur
-- Northern Kentucky attorney Eric Deters was dropped from the station's lineup over Memorial Day weekend after posting a video blog on his Facebook page saying, "If you want to conquer an African nation, send white women and pot."
On June 1, 2011, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported that Deters might soon be getting another broadcasting gig.
According to the Enquirer, the station manager at WQRT "Real Talk...
This station has lost me as a listener. Their programming with the exception of
a few slots is ridiculous; crazed Republicans and sexist men going on about their personal agendas. Their website is an embarrassment to the region; you'd think by looking at it that we were back in the 50s when women were still considered objects ("babes")not humans. I can't believe that with the reach they have that they can't figure out a way to capitalize on the power they have and be the star they used to be. Their marketing "genius" should put on her thinking cap and...
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