Editing WOSA (section)

==History==
===WWCD (1990–2010)===
{{For|the successors of the first incarnation of WWCD|WKVR (FM)|WXGT}}
[[File:CD101_logo.png|left|thumb|CD101 logo]]
WWCD began broadcasting on August 21, 1990. The first song played on the station was "Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, (Petrol)" by the [[Dublin, Ireland]] band [[Something Happens (band)|Something Happens]]. The station was long owned by Fun With Radio, LLC., whose founder, Roger Vaughn, purchased the station from Video Services in 1992. WWCD and its successor station, WWCD (102.5 FM), has always been either owned or operated by interests in metro Columbus, and is one of the few remaining [[independent radio]] stations in the U.S. playing alternative rock.

WWCD also lays claim to being one of the first stations in the [[United States]] to be [[simulcast]] and on [[Internet radio]]. In a March 2006 [[Radio & Records]] list of the top 20 alternative rock radio stations in the [[United States]], WWCD was ranked #4 in the country and #1 east of the Mississippi River.

WWCD's longtime program director throughout the late 1990s and 2000s was afternoon DJ Andy "Andyman" Davis. With the station almost since its inception, Davis previously served as the station's music director. Davis died of a suspected heart attack while on vacation in Michigan with his family on July 18, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dispatch/obituary.aspx?n=john-andrew-davis-andyman&pid=144192101&fhid=8700|title=John Andrew "Andyman" Davis Obituary|work=Dispatch.com (hosted by Legacy.com)}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://theotherpaper.com/articles/2010/07/20/front/doc4c43c54390302392512809.txt|title=CD101 reports death of Andy "Andyman" Davis|author=KM|date=July 18, 2010|newspaper=[[The Other Paper]]|access-date=December 17, 2010|publisher=American Community Newspapers}}</ref><ref name="Andyman-a-Thon">{{cite news|url=http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/07/20/andyman-remembered-for-support-of-music-charity-update.html|title='Andyman' remembered for support of music, charity|author1=Feran, Tim|date=July 20, 2010|newspaper=[[The Columbus Dispatch]]|access-date=December 17, 2010|publisher=Dispatch Printing Co.|author2=Saunders, Amy|name-list-style=amp}}</ref> The annual "Andyman-a-Thon" also continues in his name.<ref name="Andyman-a-Thon pt2">{{cite web|url=http://cd101.com/sections/events/Andyman-a-thon.aspx|title=CD101 For The Kids|access-date=December 17, 2010|quote=This year, no one specific DJ will be on-air for the entire time period, but the goal is still the same: to raise money and awareness for families and children’s charities in Central Ohio.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.columbusalive.com/article/20111123/ENTERTAINMENT/311239586|title=Feature: CD101 after Andyman|last=Alive|first=Chris DeVille, Columbus|website=Columbus Alive|language=en|access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref>

===2010 "frequency shift"===
[[Ohio State University]]<!--Wikipedians do not use "The" as part of Ohio State's name; it is considered a marketing gimmick, and routinely deleted.-->, under licensee WOSU Public Media, announced a $4.8 million purchase of WWCD from Fun With Radio, LLC. on June 30, 2010.<ref name="WOSU, WWCD deal">{{cite news|url=http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2010/06/30/wosu-buying-station.html?sid=101|title=WOSU stations in deal with WWCD|author=Feran, Tim|date=June 30, 2010|newspaper=[[The Columbus Dispatch]]|access-date=December 17, 2010|publisher=Dispatch Printing Co.|quote=WOSU will pay WWCD a total of $4.8 million for the 101.1 FM signal. WWCD has entered into a partnership with WCVZ's owners -- WHIZ Media Group -- to operate the station using the same format and staff that are currently on WWCD. WWCD intends to retain its familiar call letters after the move, and will continue to air Columbus Blue Jackets games.}}</ref> At the same time, Fun With Radio entered into a [[local marketing agreement]] with the WHIZ Media Group<ref name="CD101 pt1">{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2010/08/02/story12.html|title=WOSU deal for CD101's frequency gives public radio station options|author=Eaton, Dan|date=August 2, 2010|work=Columbus Business First|access-date=December 20, 2010|publisher=American City Business Journals, Inc.|quote=WWCD, in a partnership with Zanesville-based WHIZ Media Group, will migrate to 102.5 FM... WHIZ President Hank Littick said he thinks WWCD’s format is a better fit for the 102.5 signal, formerly occupied by country music station WCVZ. He declined to characterize his group’s partnership with Fun With Radio and Vaughan did not respond to the question... it (WWCD) gives up 20 years of the familiar CD101 brand and its ubiquitous promotional bumper stickers. The station is using the tag line “CD 101 at 102.5” for now and is broadcasting on both frequencies. But the WOSU agreement prohibits it from using the 101 or 101.1 name after the deal closes.}}</ref><ref name="All Access WWCD will retain letters">{{cite web|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/77480/osu-buys-wwcd-signal-cd101-format-to-move-to-102-5|title=OSU Buys WWCD Signal, CD101 Format To Move To 102.5|date=June 30, 2010|work=AllAccess.com|publisher=All Access Music Group|access-date=December 17, 2010|quote=WOSU will flip the 101.1 frequency to noncommercial Classical and will air all News-Talk on its WOSU-F/COLUMBUS, in a simulcast with WOSU-A.  WWCD will retain its calls and format... and will move to the 102.5 frequency in a deal with WHIZ Media Group, which moved the signal from the [[Zanesville, Ohio|Zanesville]] market to [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]] last year.}}</ref> to take over programming on [[WKVR (FM)|WCVZ (102.5 FM)]] in [[Baltimore, Ohio|Baltimore]] immediately,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cd101.com/1025/|title=WWCD to move to frequency 102.5|access-date=December 17, 2010}}</ref> with a future option for purchase. Although generally reported and regarded as a "frequency shift" for WWCD, Fun With Radio took over programming and operations of WCVZ; changed the station's format from country to alternative as a direct simulcast of WWCD; and rebranded the station as "CD101 @ 102.5".<ref name="WOSU, WWCD deal: pt 2">{{cite news|url=http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2010/12/10/wosu-classical-music-move-expected-wednesday.html?sid=101|title=WOSU expects to start classical programming on 101.1 FM on Wednesday|author=Feran, Tim|date=December 10, 2010|newspaper=[[The Columbus Dispatch]]|access-date=December 17, 2010|publisher=Dispatch Printing Co.}}</ref><ref name="WOSU, WWCD deal: pt 3">{{cite news|url=http://theotherpaper.com/articles/2010/07/01/front/doc4c2cb13e7040b965022603.txt|title=Media Morsels: CD1-0-what?|date=July 1, 2010|newspaper=[[The Other Paper]]|access-date=December 20, 2010|publisher=American Community Newspapers}}</ref>

The purchase of the original WWCD was consummated that December 14. WOSU Public Media then changed WWCD's callsign to WOSA; changed the station's format to [[European classical music|classical music]]; and rebranded the station as "Classical 101fm".<ref name="Radio-Insight">{{cite web|url=http://radioinsight.com/2010/cd101-columbus-changing-frequencies/|title=Columbus, Ohio to get a fulltime classical station, and a relocated 'CD101'|date=June 30, 2010|work=RadioInsight.com|access-date=December 20, 2010|quote=WOSU Public Media, the broadcasting arm of the Ohio State University, has acquired the 101.1 signal from Fun With Radio, LLC for $4.8 Million. Following the closing of the sale in September or October ''(it was delayed until December)'', 101.1 will flip to non-commercial Classical while 89.7 WOSU-FM will flip to all NPR News/Talk in a simulcast with 820 WOSU... Original Post 6/26/10: A move of Columbus, OH’s Alternative “CD101” WWCD appears to be on the horizon. A pair of domain registrations hint at a new frequency for the longtime independently owned station. CD101at1025.com and CD1025.com were both registered anonymously but pointing to the servers of the Columbus area ISP that host WWCD’s online operations.}}</ref><ref name="Classical 101 day one">{{cite web|url=http://www.wosu.org/blogs/classical/wosu-launches-classical-101-classical-music-all-day-every-day/|title=WOSU Launches Classical 101 – Classical Music All Day, Every Day|date=December 15, 2010|work=WOSU.org|publisher=WOSU Public Media|access-date=December 17, 2010}}</ref> Concurrently, WCVZ's callsign was changed to WWCD.<ref name="Call Sign History">{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=61230&Callsign=WWCD|title=FM Query Results - WWCD: Call Sign History|access-date=January 4, 2011}}</ref>

===WOSA (2010–present)===
WOSA's roots date back to WOSU-FM's long history as a classical outlet, airing the format on a full-time basis from 1980 until 2008 as a complement to [[WOSU (AM)|WOSU]], which would air more traditional public radio fare. Starting on January 14, 2008, WOSU-FM switched to a mixed news/classical format, introducing NPR news magazines during morning and evening drive-times along with assorted NPR and [[Public Radio International|PRI]] weekend programs.  Many of these programs were simulcast with its AM sister station [[WVSG (AM)|WOSU]], which still programmed a separate news/talk format. As a result, WOSU established a 24-hour all classical music service on its second [[HD Radio]] channel and on its web site.

Upon WOSA's establishment, it assumed WOSU-FM's 24-hour HD-2 and internet-only all [[European classical music|classical music]] service on a full-time basis, operating as a non-commercial station. In addition, WOSU-FM's format changed to news/talk as a simulcast with WOSU (subsequently divested). WOSU also converted four repeater stations for WOSU-FM—WOSB in [[Marion, Ohio|Marion]], WOSE in [[Coshocton, Ohio|Coshocton]], WOSP in [[Portsmouth, Ohio|Portsmouth]] and WOSV in [[Mansfield, Ohio|Mansfield]]—to repeaters of WOSA. In particular, WOSB and WOSV serve areas north of Columbus that are not served well by the new 101.1 frequency.

On March 2, 2020, WOSA's repeaters, along with the newly-acquired [[WOSX]] in [[Granville, Ohio|Granville]], readded some of WOSU-FM's news programming, including ''[[Morning Edition]]'', ''[[Weekend Edition]]'', and ''[[All Things Considered]]'', to their schedules, while continuing to simulcast WOSA for most of the day. WOSA itself remains all-classical.<ref name="ri-repeatersnewsandclassical">{{cite news |last1=Venta |first1=Lance |title=WOSU Network To Move To Mix Of News & Classical |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/184738/wosu-network-to-move-to-mix-of-news-classical/ |access-date=April 23, 2023 |work=RadioInsight |date=February 26, 2020}}</ref>