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Old 03-11-2017, 01:21 PM
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There was a Radio Disney station in Cleveland for awhile, but it has since changed callsigns and formats. Now it is WCCR 1260 and is a talk station, with 10kW daytime, 5kW nights. It used to be WIXY, 1260 AM, 5kW full time, and played top-40 hits of the '60s-'70s 24 hours a day. When it switched to Radio Disney it changed calls to WWMK.

The third callsign change, to WCCR, occurred when the station dropped Radio Disney earlier this year (don't hold me to that, as I am not sure when these changes occurred) and adopted its current talk format. The station increased its power output to 10kW days, 5kw nights in its Radio Disney era (again, don't hold me to that; check the station's listing on RadioStationWorld.com or Radio-Locator.com for current information) because of reports of reception difficulties east of Cleveland, especially after local sunset. When I lived in Wickliffe (east suburban Cleveland) as a kid and teenager in the '70s, I heard the station very well, even with 5kW full time. Since I moved here to Fairport Harbor (somewhat outside the Cleveland area) 17 years ago, the 5kW directional (sharply towards Greater Cleveland) nighttime signal would have been far too weak to hear in this area; however, I am not sure of that by a long shot since I don't bother much with AM radio anymore. Most AM stations around here do not consider my area part of Greater Cleveland, which is most likely why their nighttime signals do not reach here very well, if at all.
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