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=== Radio === Cleveland is directly served by 29 full power [[AM broadcasting|AM]] and [[FM broadcasting|FM]] radio stations, 21 of which are licensed to the city. Music [[radio broadcasting|stations]] β which are frequently the highest-rated in the market β include [[WQAL]] ([[hot adult contemporary]]), [[WDOK]] ([[Adult contemporary music|adult contemporary]]), [[WKLV-FM]] ([[Christian contemporary]] - [[K-Love]]), [[WAKS]] ([[contemporary hit radio|contemporary hits]]), [[WHLK]] ([[adult hits]]), [[WMJI]] ([[classic hits]]), [[WMMS]] ([[active rock]]/[[hot talk]]), [[WNCX]] ([[classic rock]]), [[WNWV]] ([[alternative rock]]), [[WGAR-FM]] ([[Country music|country]]), [[WZAK]] ([[urban adult contemporary]]), [[WENZ]] ([[mainstream urban]]), [[WCLV]] (classical), and [[WJMO]] ([[Latin music|Spanish]]/[[Tropical music|Tropical]]).<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Classical Pick: Radio Days |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |url=https://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/goingson/2010/07/quick-pick-15.html |date=July 1, 2010 |access-date=March 14, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="radio">{{cite web |title=Cleveland Radio Stations |publisher=Radio Station World |url=http://radiostationworld.com/locations/united_states_of_america/ohio/cleveland/radio_stations/ |access-date=May 19, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ratings: #34 Cleveland |publisher=Radio Online |year=2019 |url=https://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb019 |access-date=August 7, 2019 }}</ref> WMMS also serves as the FM flagship for the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] and the [[Cleveland Guardians]], while WNCX is an FM flagship for the [[Cleveland Browns]]. [[All-news radio|News]]/[[Talk radio|talk]] stations include [[WHK (AM)|WHK]], [[WTAM]], and [[WERE]]. During the [[Golden Age of Radio]], WHK was the first radio station to broadcast in Ohio, and one of the first in the country.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=WHK |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |date=June 22, 2021 |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/w/whk |access-date=May 22, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=List of the Pioneer Broadcast Service Stations |publisher=United States Early Radio History |url=https://earlyradiohistory.us/pion622.htm#list |access-date=May 22, 2023 }}</ref> WTAM is the AM [[Flagship (broadcasting)|flagship]] for both the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Cleveland Guardians.<ref>{{cite web |title=Broadcast |work=Cleveland Cavaliers |publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC |year=2023 |url=https://www.nba.com/cavaliers/broadcast |access-date=August 8, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Guardians Radio Affiliates |work=Cleveland Guardians |publisher=MLB Advanced Media, LP |year=2023 |url=https://www.mlb.com/guardians/fans/radio-affiliates |access-date=August 8, 2023 }}</ref> Sports stations include [[WKNR]] ([[ESPN Radio|ESPN]]), [[WARF]] ([[Fox Sports Radio|Fox]]) and [[WKRK-FM]] ([[Infinity Sports Network|Infinity]]), with WKNR and WKRK-FM serving as co-flagship stations for the Cleveland Browns, and WARF airing the Cleveland Monsters and β though primarily an English language station β Spanish broadcasts of Cleveland Guardians home games.<ref>{{cite news |last=Yarborough |first=Chuck |title=WKRK FM/92.3 The Fan replaces rock with sports talk |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2011/09/wkrk_fm923_the_fan_replaces_ro.html |date=September 2, 2011 |access-date=September 17, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Grossi |first=Tony |title=ESPN 850 WKNR is the new radio home of the Cleveland Browns |work=ESPNCleveland.com |publisher=ESPN |url=http://espncleveland.com/common/more.php?m=49&action=blog&r=17&post_id=15161 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510235931/http://espncleveland.com/common/more.php?m=49&action=blog&r=17&post_id=15161 |date=March 28, 2013 |access-date=March 28, 2013 |archive-date=May 10, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Press Release |title=Browns Enter into Groundbreaking Radio Partnership With ESPN 850 WKNR And CBS Radio's 92.3 The Fan And 98.5 WNCX |work=Cleveland.CBSLocal.com |publisher=[[CBS Radio]] |url=http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2013/03/28/browns-enter-into-groundbreaking-radio-partnership-with-espn-850-wknr-and-cbs-radios-92-3-the-fan-and-98-5-wncx/ |date=March 28, 2013 |access-date=March 28, 2013 }}</ref> [[Religious broadcasting|Religious]] stations include [[WCCD]], [[WHKW]], [[WCCR (AM)|WCCR]], and [[WCRF-FM|WCRF]]. As the regional [[NPR]] affiliate, [[WKSU]] serves all of Northeast Ohio (including both the Cleveland and Akron markets).<ref>{{cite news |title=Northeast Ohio NPR programming shifts from WCPN to WKSU, classical music now on 90.3 FM |newspaper=Akron Beacon Journal |url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2022/03/28/monday-northeast-ohio-npr-programming-shifts-wcpn-wksu/7195070001/ |date=March 28, 2022 |access-date=May 19, 2023 }}</ref> [[Campus radio|College]] stations include [[WBWC]] ([[Baldwin Wallace]]), [[WCSB (FM)|WCSB]] (Cleveland State), [[WJCU]] ([[John Carroll University|John Carroll]]), and [[WRUW-FM]] (Case Western Reserve).<ref name="radio" />
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