Editing WOSA (section)

===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>