[3] The studios are at the Cox Media Center on South Main Street (Ohio State Route 48) in Dayton.

To create a new radio service in Dayton, Cox had to purchase WLBW[5] in Oil City, from the Petroleum Telephone Company.

[9] With the enactment of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) in 1941, WHIO moved to its current frequency at 1290 kHz.

WHIO carried CBS's line up of dramas, comedies, news and sports during the "Golden Age of Radio."

Then, as network programming moved from radio to television, WHIO switched to a full service, middle of the road format of popular music, news and sports.

Phil Donahue started at WHIO as the host of the weekday talk show "Conversation Piece" in the 1960s before his move to television and competitor Channel 2 WLWD (now WDTN) in 1967.

During this era, Winston Hoehner was news director at WHIO for 25 years and was a member of the Ohio Associated Press Broadcast Journalism Hall of Fame.

WHIO-FM strong FM signal helps the two stations cover much of south central Ohio, also reaching into Eastern Indiana.

Weekdays on WHIO-AM-FM begin with The Miami Valley's Morning News anchored by Larry Hansgen, Brittany Otto, and Jeremy Ratliff.

[13] In PM drive time, a local talk program is heard, The Evening Edge Todd Hollst.