After Keener's 1972 demise, the WKNR call letters found their way to Cleveland. On July 13, 1990, they replaced WGAR on the legendary rocker's 1220AM frequency. WGAR had a Detroit connection, as part of the G.A. Richards "Goodwill Stations", which also included WJR and KMPC, Los Angeles. In 2001, WKNR moved down the Cleveland dial to 850AM. It was home to a sports-talk operation that did a respectable job, despite the absense of most major league sports play-by-play product. When Salem communications bought the WKNR operation, observers forecast the demise of sports-talk on 850AM in favor of Salem's conservative Christian focus. As John Gorman reports, those predictions have been realized and another chapter in the WKNR saga has come to a close.