Toledo can be called "the cradle of radio broadcasting." Keep scrolling for amazing history and nostalgia!
Did you know that it was in Toledo that wireless voice was pioneered? Or that the term radio was coined in Toledo. Read this fascinating history We Heard It First published originally by the Toledo History Museum.
The first successful test of dispatching police vehicles by radio happened in Toledo in 1921? Follow this link to read the story about another first for Toledo.
Toledo's first commercial radio station, WSPD, became the flagship for the Storer Broadcasting Company. The call letters, the nickname, and the commitment to Toledo began with gasoline stations owned by George Storer. Read the history of Storer Broadcasting.
Morning Madness Button from the 1970s

WOHO Good Guy Button

WTOD is country! That’s My Station!

Toledo City Councilman, later Supreme Court Justice, Andy Douglas hosting Rap on WOHO

Martz & Shaw Marketing Brochure

Last day on the air. Dennis Staples, right, says goodbye to long-time radio companion Bob Kelly at WRQN.

Davy Jones in the WGLN Studio

Remember these guys? The WOHO 1470 "Good Guys!"
A look back at WTOD rockin' in the Sixties
Mike Morin hosts Bob Martz, John Garry, and Bob Kelly as they muse over the sound we found in the Sixties at the "top of the dial."
Nothing changed the Toledo radio dial as quickly as in the early 70s when the music changed at WTOD - from Top 40 to Country. Here's a sample of the new Countrypolitan WTOD with Rick Allen