▁Sho es — the ▁business es ▁controlled ▁by ▁the ▁Wol fe ▁family . ▁( The ▁W B NS ▁stations ▁maintained ▁common ▁ownership ▁with ▁the ▁Dis patch ▁until ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁when ▁the ▁Wolf es ▁sold ▁the ▁newspaper ▁and ▁related ▁assets ▁to ▁New ▁Media ▁In vest ment ▁Group .) ▁W B NS ▁was ▁the ▁long time ▁Columb us ▁affili ate ▁of ▁the ▁CBS ▁Radio ▁Network , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁present - day ▁serves ▁as ▁the ▁AM ▁flags hip ▁of ▁the ▁Ohio ▁State ▁IM G ▁Sports ▁Network . ▁ ▁After ▁various ▁formats ▁over ▁the ▁dec ades , ▁including ▁full ▁service , ▁Top ▁ 4 0 , ▁and ▁M OR , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁W B NS ▁began ▁sim ul cast ing ▁with ▁W B NS - FM , ▁which ▁had ▁previously ▁a ired ▁an ▁adult ▁contemporary ▁format . ▁This ▁was ▁intended ▁to ▁improve ▁the ▁night time ▁coverage ▁for ▁the ▁station ' s ▁long time ▁sports ▁talk ▁format , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Buck ey es ▁football ▁and ▁basketball . ▁The ▁AM ▁station ▁must ▁reduce ▁its ▁power ▁to ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁w att s ▁at ▁night , ▁resulting ▁in ▁reduced ▁coverage ▁outside ▁of ▁Columb us ▁itself . ▁However , ▁the ▁FM ▁station ▁was ▁brand ed ▁as ▁the ▁main ▁station , ▁under ▁the ▁mon iker ▁" 9 7 . 1 ▁The ▁F an ." ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁the ▁sim ul cast ▁ended . ▁The ▁AM ▁station ▁began ▁offering ▁additional ▁ESP N ▁network ▁programming ▁and