news on July 15, 1958, when two on-air hosts of a panel discussion program dealing with trade unions and right to work legislation were attacked by two unknown assailants outside the studio; the station had previously been subject to a series of threatening telephone calls over the program's subject matter. Rival organizations Ohioans for the Right-to-Work and the Cleveland AFL-CIO both offered up rewards for the arrests and convictions of the attackers. Originally an independent station, WSRS picked up an affiliation with the Mutual Broadcasting System on September 30, 1956, then added ABC Radio Network programming in January 1958 after WJW () dropped the affiliation. The dual affiliation lasted until that July 23, when Mutual programming moved to WDOK (). Sale to United Sague initially sold WSRS and WSRS-FM to John Kluge for $500,000 in July 1958 under the "Shawn Broadcasting Company" name. That sale was withheld by the FCC, then withdrawn by Sague, due to a review of WLOF-TV/Orlando's establishment by the commission, of which Kluge was a principal in; Kluge also acquired controlling interest in Metropolitan Broadcasting, which had purchased WHK () and WHK-FM (100.7) earlier in the year. Consequently, Sague sold 95% of both stations to Richard Eaton's United Broadcasting for $306,000, plus a consultant's fee of $20,000 annually for five years, and a five-year non-compete clause preventing him from working for any other station in the Cleveland market. United Broadcasting already owned WJMO () and the construction permit for an FM station at , both were divested to Tuschman Broadcasting Company for $250,000, while United retained use of the WJMO call letters. WJMO (1959–2007) Emergence as an urban outlet Upon the deal's consummation on January 30, 1959, United Broadcasting changed the call letters of WSRS and WSRS-FM to WJMO and WJMO-FM, and reassigned on- and off-air staff while retaining WSRS's existing studios and facilities at 2156 Lee Road in Cleveland Heights. Accordingly, the previous WJMO fell silent for a month before resuming operations as WABQ (), later signing on the FM construction permit as WABQ-FM (106.5). "Friendly Broadcasting Company" was assigned by United Broadcasting as the license name for both WJMO and WJMO-FM. United owned 100 percent of Friendly's stock, and Richard Eaton owned 100 percent of United stock, effectively making Friendly a shell corporation. WJMO-FM would apply to move to that July with increased power, and took the call sign WCUY on October 30, eventually