 It was Fort Wayne's third broadcasting station, preceded by the United Radio Corporation's WFAS in 1922, and the Strand Theater's WDBV in 1924, although both of these stations had left the airwaves by the time WHBJ debuted.In 1926 Chester W. Keen took over WHBJ and changed the call letters to WCWK to reflect his initials.In 1925 WOWO had been established by the Main Auto Supply Co., with studios above the company's downtown factory, and in 1928 Keen sold WCWK to WOWO owner Fred Zieg.