WCER

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WCER

Broadcast area	Canton, Ohio
Frequency	900 (kHz)
Format	Religious/talk
Power	500 watts (daytime) 75 watts (nighttime)
Class	D
Callsign meaning	We're Christian Education Radio Where Christ Ever Reigns
Owner	Melodynamic Broadcasting Corp.
Website	www.wcer.us

WCER is an AM radio station in Canton, Ohio operating on 900 kHz and featuring religious programming supplemented with a line-up of syndicated talk radio programs. It also carries Walsh University football and high school football games.

WCER is owned by Melodynamic Broadcasting Corp. headed by former judge Leodis Harris and is an African American owned station.

1 History
2 Programming
- 2.1 Weekdays
3 External links

[edit] History

The station began in 1947 as WAND. It became WCNS and later WNYN in the 1960s. WNYN, along with sister station WNYN-FM 106.9, was purchased in 1965 by the late Don Keyes, who had made his mark as a national programmer for legendary station owner Gordon McLendon. He sold the AM station sometime after 1971, when he sold WNYN-FM to Susquehanna Radio. The FM station became WHLQ, then WOOS, and is now WRQK-FM.

After Keyes sold the AM station, it was known as "Country 9" and featured a country music format in the 1980s. The station became WTOF on March 15, 1985 when it was commonly owned with WTOF-FM 98.1 (the frequency now occupied by WKDD). WTOF-FM was first station owned by Mortenson Broadcasting. After Mortenson sold the AM station, the call sign was changed to WBXT on March 1, 1988 (with a short-lived Urban format), then to WCER on September 29, 1992. The WCER call letters originally stood for "Canton's Entertainment Radio," but have taken on different meanings with the station's Christian and religious-leaning format.