The Cleveland Guardians Radio Network is an American radio network composed of 39 radio stations for the Cleveland Guardians, a professional baseball team in Major League Baseball (MLB). Cleveland sister stations WTAM and WMMS serve as the network's two flagships; WTAM also relays its signal over a low-power FM translator. The network also includes 26 affiliates in the U.S. states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York: seventeen AM stations, eleven of which supplement their signals with low-power FM translators, eight full-power FM stations and one HD Radio subchannel that supplements its signal with a low-power FM translator.
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WAKR (1590 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Akron, Ohio, and known as "Soft Hits 93.5 FM". Locally owned and operated by Rubber City Radio Group, Inc., the station primarily services the Akron metropolitan area, including both Summit County and Portage County.
One of several industry trade magazine advertisements taken out by WAKR in the mid-1940s promoting their ratings dominance, this listed WAKR's ratings for ABC Radio programs compared to other affiliates
Alan Freed was a popular late-evening host on WAKR from 1945 to 1950. Freed's departure resulted in the enforcement of a year-long non-compete clause, followed by him landing at Cleveland's WJW (850 AM).
The First Central Tower, now the Huntington Tower, was WAKR's first studio home; a 120 foot (37 m) tall transmitter mast once used by WAKR-FM and WAKR-TV remained on top of the building until July 9, 2019.