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WARF (1350 AM) – branded Fox Sports 1350 – is a commercial sports/talk radio station serving the Akron, Ohio metro area. WARF is the Akron affiliate for Fox Sports Radio and NBC Sports Radio.〔(NBC Sports on WARF - Sports Radio 1350.com )〕 AM 1350 also serves as the flagship station for both the Akron Aeros minor league baseball team and the University of Akron Zips. The station previously had a progressive talk format, and before that was sports-focused, having been affiliated with both ESPN Radio and Sporting News Radio. WARF is the oldest surviving station in the city otherwise; it was WADC for decades before becoming country music WSLR. ==History== The station traces its history to WADC which debuted as a temporary station for a February 1925 car show at the Central Garage.〔 Price, Mark J. "(Flight of the Pigeon – Local Radio Station WADC had Birds Carry CBS Messages to New York in November 1945 )", ''Akron Beacon Journal'', November 14, 2005, p. E1. Retrieved on 2007-01-01.〕 The call letters were derived from "Watch Akron Deliver Cars". After the show ended, Allen T. Simmons, owner of the Allen Theater, bought the equipment and obtained a permanent license which was granted on March 23, 1925.〔 Miller, Jeff (December 26, 2006), (A Chronology of AM Radio Broadcasting 1900–1960 ). Retrieved on 2007-01-01.〕 It was the second radio station in Akron (after WOE which went on the air on April 27, 1922, but was off the air in July 1923).〔 Price, Mark J. "(On the Air Akron's First Radio Station Crackled to Life in 1922 )", ''Akron Beacon Journal'', April 30, 2001, p. D6. Retrieved on 2007-01-01.〕 Regular broadcasts began on April 8, 1925 from studios in the Portage Hotel.〔 "(This Week )", ''Akron Beacon Journal'', September 30, 2001, p. A15. Retrieved on 2007-01-01.〕 The station originally broadcast at 1160 kHz with 100 watts,〔 (U. S. Radio Stations as of June 30, 1925 ), from U.S. Department of Commerce publication. Retrieved on 2007-01-01.〕 but its signal increased to 500 watts by 1926.〔 (U. S. Radio Stations as of June 30, 1926 ), from U.S. Department of Commerce publication. Retrieved on 2007-01-01.〕 WADC was a charter member of the CBS Radio Network, being one of the 16 stations that aired the first CBS network program on September 18, 1927.〔 ''Radio Digest'', September 1927, quoted in: McLeod, Elizabeth (September 20, 2002). (CBS – In the Beginning ), ''History of American Broadcasting''. Retrieved on 2007-01-01.〕 The station soon opened new studios in Tallmadge and increased its power to 5,000 watts. Its frequency jumped around from 1160 to 1010 to 1260, and to 1320 after the FRC's General Order 40 went into effect on November 11, 1928. On March 29, 1941 it moved to 1350 kHz as part of the NARBA frequency shifts. As the CBS affiliate during the 1930s and 1940s, WADC was the leading Akron radio station, rivaled later only by WAKR after it took to the air in 1940. Akron had no NBC Red affiliate, since WTAM's signal from Cleveland covered the area. WADC's success was symbolized by the two-story art-deco WADC Building, which was completed on May 6, 1949 and became a local landmark on the southeast corner of Main and Mill Streets in downtown Akron. The entire second floor of the building was occupied by the station's studios and offices. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WARF」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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