WEOA

Radio station in Evansville, Indiana

Evansville, Indiana

Broadcast areaEvansville, IndianaFrequency1400 kHzBranding98.5 WEOAProgrammingFormatUrban contemporaryAffiliationsPremiere NetworksOwnershipOwnerBLS 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 informationFacility ID61042ClassCPower1,000 wattsTranslator(s)98.5 W253BF (Evansville)
100.7 W264DM (Evansville)LinksWebcastListen LiveWebsitewww.weoa985fm.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^[1] lasted until 2009, when BLS bought the station outright for $175,000.^[2]

On March 19, 2018, WEOA changed its format from urban adult contemporary to urban contemporary, branded as "98.5 WEOA".^[3]

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.

References

^ "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
‹The template AMQ is being considered for deletion.› WEOA in the FCC AM station database
WEOA in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
‹The template FMQ is being considered for deletion.› W253BF in the FCC FM station database
W253BF at FCCdata.org
‹The template FMQ is being considered for deletion.› W264DM in the FCC FM station database
W264DM at FCCdata.org

Radio stations in the Evansville, Indiana, metropolitan area

By AM frequency

730
820
860
1180
1250
1280
1330
1400
1540
1550
1590

By FM frequency

88.3
88.7
89.1
89.5
90.1
90.7
91.5
92.5
93.5
93.9
94.9
95.3
96.1
96.5
97.3
98.1
98.5
99.5
100.5
101.3
101.5
101.9
103.1
104.1
105.3
106.1
106.7
107.1
107.5

LPFM	96.9 98.9 99.1 103.5
Translators	91.9 93.1 95.7 96.5 98.5 99.9 100.1 100.7 102.5

NOAA Weather Radio
frequency

162.550

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel

By call sign

Defunct

W45V/WMLL

Nearby regions: Bloomington; Clarksville-Hopkinsville; Louisville; Marion–Carbondale; Mount Vernon; Owensboro; Paducah-Mayfield; Terre Haute

See also: List of radio stations in Indiana; List of radio stations in Kentucky

v t e Urban Contemporary Radio Stations in the state of Indiana
Stations	WEOA - Evansville WGZB - Lanesville WHHH - Speedway WPWX - Hammond WTLC-FM - Greenwood WTFX - Clarksville WUBU - New Carlisle WZRL - Plainfield/Indianapolis
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Indiana