WOHA (FM)

WOHA is a non-commercial educational FM radio station licensed to Ada, Ohio, operating at 94.9 MHz. The station is owned and operated by Holy Family Communications, Inc., and simulcasts Holy Family Radio, a Catholic radio station based at WJTA licensed in Glandorf and transmitting from Leipsic.

WOHA
CityAda, Ohio
Broadcast areaLima
BrandingHoly Family Radio
SloganTune Into the Truth
Frequency94.9 MHz
First air dateOctober 18, 1991 (1991-10-18)
FormatCatholic radio
ERP3,000 watts
HAAT100.0 meters (328 feet)
ClassA
Facility ID50133
Transmitter coordinates40°45′58.00″N 83°50′14.00″W
Call sign meaningOne Holy Apostolic
Former call signsWONB (1991–2020)
AffiliationsEWTN
OwnerHoly Family Communications, Inc.
Sister stationsWJTA
WebcastListen Live from website
Websiteholyfamilyradio.fm

History

In 1988, Ohio Northern University applied to the Federal Communications Commission to build a new radio station in Ada. WONB began broadcasting October 18, 1991. It was a student-run station, with studios in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts and a transmitter on campus. The station played a classic hits format during the daytime and more contemporary hits at night. WONB was associated with the school's communication and media studies department and its multimedia journalism major.

In December 2019, Ohio Northern announced it was selling the WONB license and facility to Holy Family Communications, which will use the station to rebroadcast its Catholic radio station WJTA, licensed to Glandorf. The facility sold for $175,000.[1] Holy Family had been attempting to expand into the Lima area for nearly a decade; in 2016, the network had lost out on a translator that was then bought by a commercial broadcaster and relocated to Cincinnati.[2] Ohio Northern will shift its student radio to a live stream and podcasts;[3] it also did not sell the WONB call letters in the transaction.[2]

Holy Family began operation of the station on April 22, 2020; the call letters WOHA (for "One Holy Apostolic") were reserved by Holy Family for use beginning at that time. Its 3,000 watt signal clearly reaches the greater Limaland area and its adjacent communities along the I-75 corridor of West Central and Northwestern Ohio...as far north as the agricultural communities north of Findlay and as far south as Anna and Botkins south of Wapakoneta.

References
  1. "Deal Digest: It's All About Ohio". Inside Radio. December 12, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  2. Compton, Jeff (December 16, 2019). "Holy Family Radio Announces Expansion". Holy Family Radio. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  3. Steiner, Fred (December 13, 2019). "ONU sells its FM radio license". Ada Icon. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
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