WCCD

WCCD (1000 AM) – branded Radio 1000 – is a commercial daytime-only radio station licensed to Parma, Ohio, serving Greater Cleveland and parts of surrounding Northeast Ohio. Owned and operated by New Spirit Revival Center Ministries, Inc., WCCD broadcasts a combination of gospel music and religious programming. The station studios are located at The New Spirit Revival Church in the Cleveland suburb of Cleveland Heights, while the station transmitter resides in North Royalton.

WCCD broadcasts at only 500 watts, presumably because it is short-spaced to KDKA in Pittsburgh. It signs off at sunset to protect WMVP in Chicago and a glut of other clear channel stations on adjacent frequencies, including KDKA.

History

WCCD began as WSUM on May 31, 1973. The initial lineup included longtime television fixtures Jim Doney, Linn Sheldon and Gib Shanley (sports director), plus Ted Alexander and Joey James. In addition, a full news staff included Michael Hissam (news director), Pat Longworth and Nancy Watson. Just a few months after signon, WSUM's operators soon go broke and the station went off the air.