WIOT

WIOT (104.7 FM) – branded 104-7 WIOT – is a commercial active rock radio station licensed to Toledo, Ohio, serving Metro Toledo and Monroe County, Michigan. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., WIOT is the Toledo affiliate for The Bob & Tom Show and The House of Hair with Dee Snider. The WIOT studios are located in Downtown Toledo, while the station transmitter resides in the Toledo suburb of Oregon. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WIOT broadcasts over two HD Radio channels, and is available online via iHeartRadio.

History

WIOT began as WTOL-FM in October 1949.

WIOT was Toledo's first FM rock station when it went on the air December 25, 1972, replacing a beautiful music/classical format. The call letters stood for "In Our Time". The call letters were in the past WTOL-FM and WCWA-FM.

In the late 1980s The Bob and Brian morning show became a huge Toledo favorite. The show left for Milwaukee where they remain to this day, currently at WHQG.

The next morning team that created an impact was The Dawnbusters (known as Jeff and Mark). Jeff provided all of the voices and skits, while Mark kept the shows pace. The show was a major success. In 1994 Jeff and Mark's, Dawnbusters, worried about all the firings in radio at the time, asked for a contract from WIOT. They said, "We don't give contracts here." So Jeff and Mark went to WXKR, who was the last place station at the time. 94.5 WXKR was a station who just upped its power to 30,000 watts and was looking to launch a fight against WIOT with a 100% classic rock format. In ONE rating book, they took WXKR from last place to first place.