WJW (Cleveland radio station)

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WJW is a historic Cleveland, Ohio AM radio station best known as the early broadcasting home of disc jockey Alan Freed, where he helped popularize the term "rock and roll."

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instanceOf radio station
associatedWith Alan Freed NERFINISHED
broadcastArea Cleveland metropolitan area NERFINISHED
broadcastMedium terrestrial radio
cityOfLicense Cleveland, Ohio NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalRegion Midwestern United States NERFINISHED
format music radio
genreInfluence rock and roll
hasCallSign WJW NERFINISHED
hasGenreFocus popular music
hasMedium audio broadcasting
hasNotableDJ Alan Freed NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance important station in the early history of rock and roll radio
languageOfBroadcast English
locatedIn Cleveland, Ohio NERFINISHED
Ohio
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
medium AM radio
notableFor association with the early popularization of the term "rock and roll"
being an early broadcasting home of disc jockey Alan Freed
partOf Cleveland media market NERFINISHED
roleInMusicHistory helped introduce rock and roll to a wider radio audience
subjectOf histories of rock and roll radio

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Alan Freed employer WJW (Cleveland radio station)