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WNCX-FM
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WNCX - North Coast Express
10/20/86 - WNCX adapts an all Beatles format in the days prior to unveiling its new programming.
10/22/86 - First day of new format.
2/11/87 - After less than four months, WNCX scraps its original format for classic hits programming.
8/24/87 - Denny Sanders leaves WNCX.
10/19/87 - Former PD John Gorman sues WNCX over his dismissal.
11/2/87 - Former WWWM midday host Bill Stallings joins Paul Tapie's morning show.
1/17/89 - GM Steve Joos leaves WNCX and WERE.
4/10/89 - Morning voice Paul Tapie leaves WNCX.
7/27/89 - WNCX unveils its morning show, the "Not Ready for Major Market Players"
10/15/90 - PD and morning show co-host Paul Ingles is let go by the station.
8/31/92 - Howard Stern's first broadcast to Cleveland.
10/27/93 - Clear Channel Communications buys WNCX, WENZ and WERE.
4/21/94 - Howard Stern scores a number one ratings victory, and promises a visit to Cleveland to "bury" his
competitors.
6/10/94 - Howard Stern broadcasts a live "funeral" from Cleveland, which results in a WMMS engineer being arrested
for cutting Stern's satellite link.
12/19/95 - Howard Stern returns to Cleveland for a book signing to promote Miss America. Hundreds line up outside
the Barnes & Noble on Mayfield Road awaiting his arrival. (CPD)
12/13/96 - Disc jockey Jerry Shirley is dismissed following reports of missing funds from a station sponsored charity
drive for the Salvation Army.
4/15/97 - Former disc jockey Jerry Shirley sues WNCX for $10 million dollars claiming in damages, claiming he was
unjustly fired the previous December. The suit is later dropped.
9/25/97 - Jerry Shirley and two exotic dancers pay back money that was supposed to go to the Salvation Army charity
drive.
11/17/98 - Clear Channel Communications announces plans to sell off WNCX, WERE and WENZ so the company can
assume control of five other stations in Cleveland.
2/11/99 - CBS Radio acquires WNCX, with sister stations WENZ and WERE spun off to Radio One, Inc.