WNCR (AM)
| Simulcast of WCCR, Cleveland, OH | |
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| Broadcast area | |
| Frequency | 930 kHz |
| Branding | The Rock Catholic Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Religious (Catholic) |
| Affiliations | EWTN Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | St. Peter the Rock Media, Inc. |
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| History | |
First air date | October 17, 1948 |
Former call signs | WEOL (1948–2025) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 19463 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°16′10.2″N 82°0′15.5″W / 41.269500°N 82.004306°W |
| Translator | 100.3 W262DM (Elyria) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | rockcatholicradio |
WNCR (930 AM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Elyria, Ohio, United States. Owned by St. Peter the Rock Media, Inc, it features a Catholic–oriented religious format as a full-time simulcast of WCCR (1260 AM), serving Lorain and Medina counties and the western parts of Greater Cleveland. The station's transmitter is in nearby Grafton; in addition to a standard analog transmission, WNCR simulcasts over low-power analog Elyria translator W262DM (100.3 FM) and is available online.
This station signed on as WEOL in 1948 by the Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting Co. alongside FM adjunct WEOL-FM, featuring a full-service format oriented towards Lorain County with an emphasis on local news and sports. A court fight between WEOL and The Lorain Journal over the newspaper's retaliatory policies against advertisers in Lorain, Ohio, resulted in the 1951 U.S. Supreme Court decision Lorain Journal Co. v. United States, a treble damages lawsuit filed against the paper that took 15 years and two retrials to resolve, and two separate license renewal challenges filed by the Journal. From 1958 onward, the station was controlled by the publishers of the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram. Eliminating all music programming in late 1997 in favor of all-news and later talk radio, WEOL continued to feature various local shows and high school sports coverage until 2025, when the license was sold to St. Peter the Rock Media.