Annunciation Radio began in 2006 as a venture by Toledo businessman and Deacon Michael Learned who, on February 3, 2008, launched a Sunday afternoon program on Toledo daytime talk station WTOD 1560 AM. It was sold by Cumulus Media to CSN Radio in March 2010. The program briefly moved to Cumulus-owned WLQR until the new station signed-on on August 14, 2010. The construction permit was at first held by MCCR Inc. While the new station was in its construction permit phase, a temporary working studio and office was set up at 2679 Brookford Drive in Toledo and a tower erected on Sugar Ridge Rd. near Bowling Green which is shared with WPFX. In June 2010, two months before the station began broadcasting, Tim Kusner joined the radio station's staff. He was responsible for obtaining underwriters and gradually moved into producing, announcing, traffic management, managing the station Facebook page, and co-hosting the Friday morning live program Annunciation Radio Presents. WNOC serves the Bowling Green and Toledo areas while sister station WHRQ in Sandusky at 88.1 FM made it on-air debut on Monday April 25, 2011. The Annunciation Radio audiostream commenced on its website on August 26, 2010. In May 2013 Annunciation Radio opened a permanent main studio and office located at 3662 Rugby Drive in south Toledo. In July 2013, it purchased WFOT 89.5 FM licensed to Lexington and serving the Mansfield area from its previous owner St. Gabriel Radio based in Columbus. The transition of WFOT programming from St. Gabriel Radio to Annunciation Radio took place at 3:00pm local time on Thursday July 11, 2013. WFOT has been on the air since 2007. In September 2013, Annunciation Radio purchased the construction permit of WSHB, 90.9 mHz in Willard from the Mansfield Christian School which owns WVMC in Mansfield. Approval of the sale was granted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on December 23, 2013. WSHB took to the air on Christmas Day December 25, 2013.
Sister stations
Annunciation Radio also feeds its EWTN affiliated programming to
WFOT 89.5 FM licensed to Lexington serving the Mansfield area.
WSHB 90.9 FM in Willard.
Affiliates
WRRO 89.9 FM licensed to Edon serving Bryan and the far-corner regions of northwest Ohio and northeast Indiana. WRRO was previously owned by the Knights of Columbus Council 1915 WRRO was previously an affiliate of Fort Wayne-based Redeemer Radio at first for WLYV and later WRDF.
WLBJ-LP 104.1 FM in Fostoria owned by the Christopher Center Corporation.
Though both of the above stations are a near-simulcast of WNOC, both stations separately identify themselves legally at the top of the hour.
