WFRO

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**WFRO**

City of license	Fremont, Ohio
Broadcast area	Fremont/Sandusky
Branding	Eagle 99.1
Slogan	Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
First air date	1946
Frequency	99.1 (MHz)
Format	Adult Contemporary
Power	11,500 watts
Class	B1
Callsign meaning	W FRemOnt
Owner	BAS Broadcasting

WFRO is a commercial FM radio station, licensed to the Sandusky county seat of Fremont, Ohio. The station operates at the federally-assigned frequency of 99.1 megahertz, and is owned by BAS Broadcasting.

[edit] History

WFRO had for much of its existence, been a combination AM and FM station, with the FM first going on the air in 1946, and the AM coming on the air three years later. Both stations simulcast each other for about half of the broadcast day, breaking away for separate programming during the midday hours, with the AM concentrating more on information and talk, and the FM for music.

WFRO also broadcast a longtime jazz show that aired daily at night, hosted by local DJ Dave Dugan.

The station was founded by Wolfe Broadcasting Company, which controlled the station until 2001, when both stations were sold separately to two different owners.

BAS Broadcasting purchased WFRO-FM, while ABC/Disney purchased the license to WFRO-AM, but not to run it as a separate entity. ABC purchased the license as part of an initiative to move recently purchased AM 910 WFDF in Flint, Michigan to Farmington Hills. The move was made to allow AM 910 to broadcast at an increased daytime power of 50,000 watts, up substantially from 5,000 watts. WFRO-AM was officially silenced forever in June of 2004 when ABC surrendered the license to the FCC.

[edit] WFRO Today

WFRO-FM continues as a full-service station to Fremont and Sandusky county, but without many of the live and local DJ's that had proliferated on the station for many years. BAS broadcasting signed an agreement with ABC/SMN's "Hits and Favorites" AC format (formerly known as Starstation), and rebranding the station as "Eagle 99.1", though the heritage WFRO call letters were retained.

In September of 2006, WFRO and WOHF moved into a new 5,000-square-foot broadcast facility in Fremont. WFRO also now operates from a new 400-foot tower that is double the original tower's height.

BAS Broadcasting, owned by Jim Lorenzen and Tom Klein, also owns WMVO-AM and WQIO-FM in Mount Vernon, Ohio.