WHKW
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WHKW is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, and is known as "AM 1220 The Word" featuring a Christian format. Owned by Salem Media Group, the station serves both Greater Cleveland and the Northeast Ohio region. WHKW's studios are located in the Cleveland suburb of Independence while the transmitter site is in neighboring Broadview Heights.
Wittenberg College's Carnegie Science Hall in Springfield (pictured here in 1911) was the first home to WNAP/WCSO, one of two forerunners to today's WHKW. The station's towers were located in front of the hall.
WGAR trade ad promoting coverage of the 1938 National Air Races relayed over CBS.
Fr. Charles Coughlin
The Hotel Statler in downtown Cleveland was WGAR's first studio home from 1930 to 1971.
George A. Richards
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George Arthur Richards was an American radio executive who owned stations WJR in Detroit, KMPC in Los Angeles, and WGAR in Cleveland. From 1934 to 1940, he also owned the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He played a major role in sponsoring the nationwide radio program of the politicized Catholic priest Charles Coughlin.
G. A. Richards Oakland Company Service Department, now TechTown, TechOne.