WMJI (105.7 FM) — branded Majic 105.7 — is a commercial classic hits radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio. Owned by Clear Channel Communications, the station serves Greater Cleveland and much of surrounding Northeast Ohio. The WMJI studios are located in the Cleveland suburb of Independence, while the station's transmitter resides in nearby Parma.

WMJI is the Cleveland affiliate for nationally syndicated radio personalities Tom Kent and Gary Bryan. Besides a standard analog transmission, WMJI broadcasts over two HD Radio channels, and is available online via iHeartRadio.^[1]

History[link]

Early years[link]

The station was founded by NBC on December 6, 1948 as WTAM-FM, and it simulcast the programming of sister station WTAM. Both radio stations were also paired with WNBK-TV (later WKYC-TV), which signed on that same year. When NBC traded its radio and television holdings in Cleveland with Westinghouse's in Philadelphia on February 13, 1956, it became KYW-FM, taking the callsign of Westinghouse's radio station.

When the NBC-Westinghouse trade was reversed on June 19, 1965, the station reverted to NBC ownership. The call letters were changed to WKYC-FM to match those of the AM station, which kept the popular "KY" slogan and identity Westinghouse brought into Cleveland.

WWWM: M105[link]

NBC eventually sold off WKYC and WKYC-FM in 1972 to Ohio Communications, owned by Nick Mileti and Jim and Tom Embrescia. The station became WWWM, and it identified itself as "M105." "M105" originally was an easy-listening station not unlike its AM sister WWWE, minus the sports coverage and talk shows found on the AM side. But by 1975, "M105" was passed into different ownership, and the format was changed to album-oriented rock. The station used the slogan, "The Home of Continuous Music" and was programmed by long-time programmer Eric Stevens, and competed aggressively with later-sister station WMMS for ratings.

WMJI: Majic 105.7[link]

WWWM and WBBG were sold to Robinson Communications, headed by famed jeweler Larry "J.B." Robinson, in 1981. The station changed to an adult contemporary format as WMJI on July 7, 1982, nicknamed "Majic 105.7." The station was sold to Jacor Communications of Cincinnati along with AM station WBBG on September 19, 1984. John Lanigan began his morning show with former WHK newscaster John Webster on September 17, 1985, coming over from WGAR (1220 AM). He replaced husband-and-wife team Dan Deely and Kim Scott after they resigned, citing that the job had put strains on their marriage.

When WBBG dumped its big band format on October 29, 1987, it simulcast WMJI's programming for a time - and took the WMJI calls - until it was sold off. Therefore, 105.7-FM technically was WMJI-FM for several months in 1988. When 1260 became WRDZ with a religious format, the FM station simply became WMJI. Jacor Communications soon LMA'ed WMJI to Legacy Broadcasting, headed by former Malrite executive Carl Hirsch in 1988, with Legacy buying WMJI outright in 1990.

That same year, the station soon adjusted their format to rock 'n roll oldies featuring much of the music made famous by Top 40 legends WHK and WIXY. WHK, which dropped the rock and roll format in the mid 1960s, had re-established itself as an oldies station in the 1980s, but had dropped that format by November 1988. WIXY was (ironically) the previous identity of former sister station WBBG, and held the same studio space that WIXY once did. In addition, much of WMJI's music library already consisted of former WIXY tapes and jingles.

An oldies station on FM seemed a natural. John Gorman, formerly program director of legendary Cleveland rock station WMMS, was brought in to redesign WMJI as a 100% rock oldies format. Under his guidance, the station immediately posted major ratings increases and became one of the top performing stations in Cleveland.

Gorman also reunited with former WMMS artist and co-creator of the station's "Buzzard" mascot, David Helton to create a new logo and early print ads and billboards for WMJI. The "Majic 105.7" font was chosen by Gorman as a tribute to Boston's WRKO/680 AM logo in 1967, which, under the direction of Program Director Mel Phillips, was an influence on Gorman's programming.

WMJI owner Legacy Broadcasting was later renamed OmniAmerica in 1994, and sold the station to Nationwide Communications in 1997. By then, WMJI had established consistent ratings dominance in the Cleveland market under Program Director Denny Sanders, a market legend who replaced John Gorman (who relocated to CBS in Detroit). The station was led by its highly-rated morning show featuring Lanigan, Webster, and local comedian Jimmy Malone. Webster left the station amid a health scare in 1997, while the "Lanigan & Malone Show" has remained intact ever since. During this period, WMJI achieved the highest total weekly listenership of any Cleveland radio station in the decade of the 1990s. It later became the FM flagship for Cleveland Browns broadcasts in 1999 through 2001.^[2]

In August 1998, Nationwide Communications merged operations with Jacor, reuniting WMJI with its former owner (and also was paired up with WTAM again, bringing the two stations' original relationship full circle). This was followed in May 1999 by Clear Channel Communications' $6.5 billion purchase of Jacor and its 454 stations, including WMJI. Denny Sanders departed WMJI in 2001, and is currently General Manager of Telos Systems, a Cleveland-based international broadcast equipment design company.

In May 2009, WMJI temporarily called themselves "Cavs 105.7" as the Cleveland Cavaliers played the Orlando Magic in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals. Not only was "Majic" removed from the station's name, but the word "magic" was censored from songs played on the station for the duration of the Cavs-Magic series. Following the series, WMJI went back to their usual branding and ceased censoring the word "magic".^[3]

On November 16, 2011, WMJI began playing all Christmas music; the temporary format change lasted through December 26.^[4]

Current Programming[link]

WMJI's lineup features longtime morning hosts John Lanigan and Jimmy Malone with newsman Chip Kulick, Mark Nolan middays, Don "Action" Jackson in afternoon drive (all local), and Tom Kent's syndicated program during the evening.

Other "Majic" stations[link]

The popularity of WMJI in the late 1990s allowed Clear Channel to "franchise" WMJI's format and "Majic" nickname on several FM oldies stations and one AM station, mostly in the Midwest. These stations included, at its height: WYNT in Marion, WIMJ in Findlay, WMJK in Sandusky, WZOM in Defiance (then also branded as "Majic 105.7"), WMKJ in Louisville and WKEQ in Somerset.

Of those stations, only WYNT still uses the "Majic" name and shares a similar logo to WMJI, although they changed formats to adult contemporary.

Early in November 2006, WTHZ-FM in Lexington, North Carolina, a station owned by "Davidson County Broadcasting", changed formats to "Majic 94.1" - replete with a similar logo to WMJI's. This continued until March 2010, when the station changed formats.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WMJI
• Radio-Locator information on WMJI
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WMJI
• Cleveland Broadcast Radio Archives: WMJI timeline

John Lanigan (1758 – 8 July 1825) was an Irish Church historian.

Life[link]

Born in Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland, he was one of the Ui Langachain of Hy Coonagh, near the Crotta Cliach, and the eldest son of Thomas Lanigan, a schoolmaster, and his wife, Mary Anne Dorkan. He received his early training from his father and in a private Protestant Classical school at Cashel, similar Catholic schools being forbidden in Ireland at that time by law.

In 1776 he went to the Irish College at Rome to study for the priesthood, and after a rapid course was ordained. By the advice of Pietro Tamburini, he left Rome and accepted the chair of ecclesiastical history and Hebrew in the University of Padua. In 1786 he refused to take part in the famous diocesan Synod of Pistoia, though offered the position of theologian to the synod.

In 1793 he published his Institutionum biblicarum pars prima (Pavia), a learned work concerning the history of the books of the Old and New Testaments; the two other parts which he had planned were not written. On 28 June 1794, he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from his university.

On the Napoleonic invasion two years later he returned to Ireland, arriving at Cork destitute. His application to Francis Moylan, Bishop of Cork, for pecuniary assistance was unheeded, probably because the bishop suspected him of Jansenism owing to his association with Tamburini and the Pavian clergy. A similar result following his efforts to be accepted in his native archdiocese, he wandered on to Dublin, where he was taken in as an assistant priest by the vicar-general, Father Hamil, a fellow student of his Roman days. Soon afterwards he was appointed professor of Scripture and Hebrew in Maynooth College on the recommendation of the Archbishops of Armagh and Dublin. Dr. Moylan, however, raised difficulties; he proposed that Lanigan should first sign a formula used to test the Catholicity of the numerous French clergy who were taking refuge in Ireland at that time. Lanigan, seeing no justification for this proposal, refused and resigned.

On 2 May 1799, Lanigan accepted a position as assistant librarian and foreign correspondent of the Royal Dublin Society, and began to work on his Ecclesiastical History of Ireland from the first introduction of Christianity among the Irish to the beginning of the thirteenth century, which was not, however, published till 1822 (4 vols., 8vo, Dublin). This work corrected inaccuracies of Mervyn Archdall, Edward Ledwich, Giraldus Cambrensis, and other writers on Irish church history. In it Lanigan supports the theory of the pagan origin of the Irish round towers.

In 1808 he assisted Edward O'Reilly, William Halliday, and Father Paul O'Brien in founding the Gaelic Society of Dublin, the initial effort to save the Irish language. He wrote frequently to the Press in favour of religious equality for Catholics, and fought vigorously against the proposed Royal Veto in connection with Irish episcopal elections.

In 1813 his health began to fail, and he returned to his home at Cashel; he recovered sufficiently to resume his duties in Dublin, but eventually had to enter a sanatorium at Finglas, Dublin, where he died. His grave in the neighbouring country churchyard is marked by a cross, bearing an Irish and a Latin inscription, erected in 1861 by his literary admirers.

Works[link]

Besides his writings mentioned above, there are:

• "De origine et progressu hermeneuticae sacre" (Pavia, 1789);
• "Saggio sulla maniera d'insegnare ai giovani ecclesiastici la scienza de' libri sacri" (Pavia), written in vigorous and eloquent language;
• "The Present State ... of the Church of England and the Means of effecting a Reconciliation of the Churches", prefaced to the "Protestant Apology for the Roman Catholic Church" (Dublin, 1809), by "Christianus" [Wm. Talbot].

He prepared for publication the first edition of the Breviary printed in Ireland, and edited Alban Butler's Meditations and Discourses (which appeared in 1845).

References[link]

Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Macerlean, A.A. (1913). "John Lanigan". In Herbermann, Charles. Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.  The entry cites:
  • Fitzpatrick, Irish Wits and Worthies (Dublin, 1873).
  • Cooper, Thompson (1885–1900). "Lanigan, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 
  • Dublin Review (December 1847), 489.

External links[link]

His works

• Lanigan, John (1822), The Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, I, Dublin: Graisberry, http://books.google.com/?id=8Y1IAAAAMAAJ, retrieved 2008-08-09 
• Lanigan, John (1822), The Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, II (2nd ed.), Dublin: J. Cumming (published 1829), http://books.google.com/?id=w08TAAAAYAAJ, retrieved 2008-08-09 
• Lanigan, John (1822), The Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, III (2nd ed.), Dublin: J. Cumming (published 1829), http://books.google.com/?id=PFATAAAAYAAJ, retrieved 2008-08-09 
• Lanigan, John (1822), The Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, IV, Dublin: Graisberry, http://books.google.com/?id=gIxIAAAAMAAJ, retrieved 2008-08-09 

About him

• Fitzpatrick, William John (1873), Irish wits and worthies; including Dr. Lanigan, his life and times, with glimpses of stirring scenes since 1770, Dublin: James Duffy, Sons, & Co, http://www.archive.org/details/irishwitsworthie00fitzuoft, retrieved 2008-08-09 

Dave Coulier
Born	David Alan Coulier (1959-09-21) September 21, 1959 (age 52) St. Clair Shores, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, comedian, impressionist, voice actor
Years active	1979–present
Spouse	Jayne Modean (1990-1992) (divorced)
Website
http://www.davecoulier.tv/

David Alan "Dave" Coulier (born September 21, 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, impressionist, television and voice actor, and television host. He became known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for playing Joey Gladstone on the ABC sitcom Full House.

Early life[link]

Coulier was born in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. He got his start in stand up comedy in high school by impersonating his principal (Conrad Vachon) and other staff over his high school's PA system. He graduated in 1977 from Notre Dame High School in Harper Woods, Michigan,^[1] where he was a member of the varsity hockey team. He played defense alongside future NHL player John Blum.^[2]

Career[link]

Coulier has done extensive voice work for shows including Extreme Ghostbusters, The Real Ghostbusters and Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters (taking over the character of Peter Venkman after Lorenzo Music's departure from the role), Muppet Babies after Howie Mandel left (Baby Animal, Baby Bunsen, Bean Bunny and Uncle Statler and Waldorf, even a pre-teen Janice for one episode), Scooby and Scrappy-Doo, The Jetsons, Rude Dog and the Dweebs, Detention and Teen Titans.^{[citation needed]}. From 1984 to 1986, he was also the host of a comedy series on Nickelodeon known as Out of Control.

Coulier is best known for the role of Joey Gladstone on the ABC's sitcom Full House.^[3] He stayed on the show from 1987 until its cancellation in 1995. He was famous for doing voices and impersonations. In addition to Full House, Coulier appeared on George and Leo and Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher. He has also hosted America's Funniest People with Arleen Sorkin and later with Tawny Kitaen and Opportunity Knocks. Additionally, he was also a voice actor in Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose, and has voiced Felix the Cat on a few occasions. He also put out a solo album called Cut It Out, a self proclaimed tribute to "tank tops and short shorts."

In addition to his voice work, Coulier has also taken a few acting parts appearing in the Disney Channel Original Movie's The Thirteenth Year and The Even Stevens Movie (where he had a cameo as a reality show host), as well as the Nickelodeon original movie Shredderman Rules and he wrote and starred in an unaired pilot for FX called Whispers and Balls.

He also founded his own children's entertainment company F3 Entertainment, in 2000. In 2003, Coulier appeared on the 3rd season of The Surreal Life. Then in 2006, he appeared on the TV reality show Skating with Celebrities on FOX, where he was paired with Olympic medalist Nancy Kerrigan. They were eliminated on the fourth episode.

Currently he is a member of Duck's Breath Mystery Theater touring comedy troupe (which he claims is clean comedy but 'not quite as creepy' as Full House) as well as host of the series Animal Kidding.

On June 2, 2008, Chikara, professional wrestling promotion based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, announced that Coulier was elected by the Chikara Board of Directors as the new commissioner of the company, a position that he will hold for the following two years until the next election (taking place on May 25, 2010). Coulier is the successor to former Commissioner and fellow Full House cast member Bob Saget.

In 2009, Coulier provided the voice for Bob McKenzie on the Canadian animated series Bob & Doug, based on the SCTV characters Bob and Doug McKenzie. Coulier became the first person other than Rick Moranis to portray the character, as Moranis (who serves as executive producer) was not interested in resuming the part. Coulier says he understands that longtime fans might be skeptical of his take on the role, but he couldn't help jumping at the chance to portray one of his favorite comic characters. "It's huge shoes to fill, stepping into Rick Moranis' shoes. It's such an established, great character and I guess the only thing I have going for me is that it kind of sounds alike and that half of my family is from Canada." His mother's family is from Bathurst, New Brunswick.^[4]

After the cancellation of Full House in 1995, Coulier struggled to find prominent roles in television and film. After a brief stint in reality TV with The Surreal Life and Skating with Celebrities, Coulier continued to make regular television appearances as the host of shows like America's Funniest People, Animal Kidding and America's Most Talented Kid. He continues to tour the US and Canada as a stand-up comedian, and recently Coulier launched a youth-oriented comedy website, cleanguys.TV.^{[citation needed]}

Comedic style[link]

Coulier's stand-up routine is centered on his ability to mimic celebrities and cartoon characters, a talent that has given him a second career in voice acting. Many of Coulier's bits involve putting well-known characters into unexpected situations. Coulier's material is largely family-friendly, a position he has extended to his youth-oriented comedy website, cleanguys.TV.

As of April 5, 2008, Coulier is presently on tour with the Clean Guys of Comedy Tour, a family-friendly comedy group. The tour includes Ryan Hamilton from Last Comic Standing and Kivi Rogers.

Personal life[link]

Coulier was married for two years to Jayne Modean and has one son named Luc.^[5] Having divorced, he started dating Alanis Morissette, but they broke up shortly before she recorded her album, Jagged Little Pill.^[6] In a 2008 interview with the Calgary Sun, Coulier said he thought he might be the ex-boyfriend portrayed in the song "You Oughta Know".^[7]

Coulier is a private pilot who owns and flies a Beechcraft B35. His first general aviation flight was at the age of five in Michigan. He earned his pilot's license at the same airport later in 1979 and is now instrument rated. He is part of the Hat in the Ring Society to support the AOPA foundation, an orginization that promotes safe flying.^[8]

Coulier is an ice hockey fan, and participates in charity events with the Detroit Red Wings.^[2]

Filmography[link]

• (re-syndicated (1985) version of) The Jetsons (1962) (TV series) (voice)
• Scooby and Scrappy-Doo (1979) (TV series) (voice)
• Things Are Tough All Over (1982) credited as Dave Couwlier
• Out of Control (1984) (TV series)
• Muppet Babies (1986–1991) (TV series) (voice)
• The Real Ghostbusters (1986) (TV series) (Peter Venkman) (1987 – 1991) (Originally Lorenzo Music)
• Full House (1987–1995) (TV series)
• It's Garry Shandling's Show (1990) (TV series)
• America's Funniest People (1990) (TV series)
• The Thirteenth Year (1999) (TV)
• To Tell the Truth (2000) (TV series)
• The Even Stevens Movie (2003) (TV)
• America's Most Talented Kid (2003) (TV series)
• The Surreal Life (2003) (TV series) (2004)
• Skating With Celebrities (2006) (TV Series)
• Robot Chicken (2006) (TV series) (voice)
• Shredderman Rules! (2007) (TV)
• The GradeSchool Game (2007) (host)
• The Family Holiday (2007) (direct to DVD movie)
• Farce of the Penguins (2007) (direct to DVD movie) (voice)
• Bob & Doug (2009) (TV series) (voice of Bob McKenzie)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Dave Coulier at the Internet Movie Database
• Dave Coulier on Twitter
• cleanguys.TV
• "Getting Out of Control"