WEOA
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| Broadcast area | Evansville, Indiana |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1400kHz |
| Branding | 98.5 WEOA |
| Programming | |
| Format | Urban contemporary |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | BLS Entertainment Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | 1936 |
Former call signs | WEOA (1936–1961) WROZ (1961–1986) WIKY (1986–1992) WJPS (1992–1997) |
Call signmeaning | "Evansville On the Air" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 61042 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000watts |
| Translator(s) | 98.5W253BF (Evansville) 100.7W264DM (Evansville) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | weoa985fm |
WEOA(1400AM) is aradio stationlicensed to and serving theEvansville, Indianamarket. The transmitter is located near the interchange of I-69 and Weinbach Avenue in Evansville.
History
[edit]1400 AM originally was WEOA (Evansville On the Air) then changed to WROZ, a Top 40 station in the 1960s with top personalities such as Charlie Shoe, Jack Etzel, Mark Clark, Steve Walling, and Johnny Carr, andcountry musicin the 1970s and 1980s with top personalities: Tiny Hughes and Jim Embry. After WROZ left, 1400 became a simulcast of then WJPS-FM (nowWLFW93.5).
In 1997, a group of African American investors approachedSouth Central Communicationsabout leasing the frequency for anurban contemporaryformat. South Central agreed. For 10 years, WEOA would be the only urban station in the Evansville area until August 2007 when CHR/PopWDKSshifted to Urban.[citation needed]Thelocal marketing agreementwith BLS Entertainment[2]lasted until 2009, when BLS bought the station outright for $175,000.[3]
On March 19, 2018, WEOA changed its format from urban adult contemporary to urban contemporary, branded as "98.5 WEOA".[4]
Current programming
[edit]WEOA runs the ABC Radio's syndicatedTom JoynerMorning Show and the ABC Touch Urban AC feed, although they do locally program some hours ofhip hop,notably on Friday and Saturday nights.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for WEOA".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Format Changes & Updates"(PDF).The M Street Journal.May 14, 1997. p. 1.RetrievedApril 9,2022.
- ^"Transactions".Radio Business Report.June 29, 2009.RetrievedApril 9,2022.
- ^WEOA Flips to Hip HopRadioinsight - March 19, 2018
External links
[edit]- FCC History Cards for WEOA
- Facility details for Facility ID 61042 (WEOA)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WEOAinNielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 152876 (W253BF)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- W253BFat FCCdata.org
- Facility details for Facility ID 201278 (W264DM)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- W264DMat FCCdata.org
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