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| Broadcast area | Evansville, Indiana |
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| 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 sign meaning | "Evansville On the Air" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 61042 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000watts |
| Translator(s) | 98.5 W253BF (Evansville) 100.7 W264DM (Evansville) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.weoa985.com |
WEOA (1400AM) is aradio station licensed to and serving theEvansville, Indiana market. The transmitter is located near the interchange of I-69 and Weinbach Avenue in Evansville.
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 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 (nowWLFW 93.5).
In 1997, a group of African American investors approachedSouth Central Communications about leasing the frequency for anurban contemporary format. South Central agreed. For 10 years, WEOA would be the only urban station in the Evansville area until August 2007 when CHR/PopWDKS shifted to Urban.[citation needed] Thelocal 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]
WEOA runs the ABC Radio's syndicatedTom Joyner Morning Show and the ABC Touch Urban AC feed, although they do locally program some hours ofhip hop, notably on Friday and Saturday nights.
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