![It’s Our Birthday: WJON Flipped the Switch 65 Years Ago Today](http://townsquare.media/site/437/files/2012/02/wjon_630x420.jpg?w=980&q=75)
It’s Our Birthday: WJON Flipped the Switch 65 Years Ago Today
On Sunday, September 10, 1950 at 8:00 a.m., WJON signed on the air for the first time. The first scheduled program was a newscast. A formal dedication program was broadcast from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. that afternoon.