WEOA
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| Broadcast area | Evansville, Indiana |
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| Frequency | 1400 kHz |
| 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 sign meaning | "Evansville On the Air" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 61042 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
| Translator(s) | 98.5 W253BF (Evansville) 100.7 W264DM (Evansville) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.weoa985.com |
WEOA (1400 AM) is a radio station licensed to and serving the Evansville, Indiana market. The transmitter is located near the interchange of I-69 and Weinbach Avenue in Evansville.
History
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, and country music in the 1970s and 1980s with top personalities: Tiny Hughes and Jim Embry. After WROZ left, 1400 became a simulcast of then WJPS-FM (now WLFW 93.5).
In 1997, a group of African American investors approached South Central Communications about leasing the frequency for an urban contemporary format. South Central agreed. For 10 years, WEOA would be the only urban station in the Evansville area until August 2007 when CHR/Pop WDKS shifted to Urban.[citation needed] The local marketing agreement with 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
WEOA runs the ABC Radio's syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show and the ABC Touch Urban AC feed, although they do locally program some hours of hip hop, notably on Friday and Saturday nights.
See also
References
- ^ "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. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ^ "Transactions". Radio Business Report. June 29, 2009. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ^ WEOA Flips to Hip Hop Radioinsight - March 19, 2018
External links
- FCC History Cards for WEOA
- Facility details for Facility ID 61042 (WEOA) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WEOA in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 152876 (W253BF) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W253BF at FCCdata.org
- Facility details for Facility ID 201278 (W264DM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W264DM at FCCdata.org
37°56′17″N 87°31′40″W / 37.93806°N 87.52778°W