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| Broadcast area | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| Frequency | 1000kHz |
| Branding | Country Gold FM & AM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic country |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
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| WCAT-FM,WHYL,WRDD | |
| History | |
First air date | July 8, 1965 (59 years ago) (1965-07-08) |
Call sign meaning | a numerical representation of the first three digits of the AM frequency 1000 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 72985 |
| Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 40°09′30.32″N77°11′4.0″W / 40.1584222°N 77.184444°W /40.1584222; -77.184444 (WIOO) |
| Translator(s) | See § Translators |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WIOO (1000AM), known as "Country Gold FM & AM", WIOO is a commercialAM radio stationlicensed to serveCarlisle, Pennsylvania. The call sign stands for the station's former long-time branding, "W-100", referring to its position on the AM dial. WIOO airs "country gold" format, playingcountry music from approximately 5–50 years ago. The station is affiliated withWestwood One, and withMotor Racing Network, andPerformance Racing Network for extensiveNASCAR coverage.
WIOO is a "daytimer", broadcasting at full power from local sunrise to local sunset, and at reduced power from local sunset until 45 minutes later (during "critical hours"), after which it signs off to protect clear channel stationWMVP in Chicago fromskywave interference. The station's programming is simulcast 24 hours a day on FM translators 97.9 W250AP and 107.3 W297CO both in Carlisle. WIOO also simulcasts the majority of its programming on translator 93.9 W230AX, licensed to serveShippensburg, Pennsylvania.
WIOO airs local news in Cumberland County, provides the noondayTradio show for listener call ins each day as part of its one-hour news and information block, and carries live sports including locally produced Cumberland Valley Eagles football on the Carlisle frequencies and Shippensburg Greyhounds football on FM 93.9. The station carries major college and NFL football, NASCAR andBaltimore Orioles baseball during respective seasons.
WIOO signed on the air on July 8, 1965, and played contemporary music for most of its history. During the late 1960s and early to mid-1970s, it was a successful Top 40 station which, despite being a daytimer, competed with Harrisburg stationsWKBO andWFEC for the teenage audience.[2]
WIOO has a long-standing history of morning personalities dating back to the mid-1960s. They include Bob Hamilton, Dick Raymond, R.J. Harris, Jim (J.J) Jefferson and Marissa Osborne, Ben Barber, Jack Wagner, Scott Donato, Kirk Wise (Wise Guy), Dave Eddy, Larry Flood, and currently on the air veteran broadcaster Michael Andrews who doubles as news director. Currently, afternoon drive is handled by air personality and program director Ray Thomas. Ray has been a major force in Carlisle radio for over a quarter of a century.Robin Quivers, now ofThe Howard Stern Show, received her first radio job on WIOO in late 1979. Quivers beat out a field of three applicants from the Broadcast Institute of Maryland (BIM) to get the news anchor position at WIOO.
WIOO was granted aconstruction permit by theFCC in 2015. The station's day power increased to 15,000 watts, and it gainedcritical hours power of 2,700 watts.[3] The station's critical hour power is subject to local sunset ofWMVP in Chicago, Illinois, on the same frequency.[4]
WIOO programming is broadcast on the followingtranslators:
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W230AX | 93.9 FM | Shippensburg, Pennsylvania | 141635 | 145 | −27.3 m (−90 ft) | D | 40°4′30.3″N77°32′7.9″W / 40.075083°N 77.535528°W /40.075083; -77.535528 (W230AX) | LMS |
| W250AP | 97.9 FM | Carlisle, Pennsylvania | 141619 | 150 | 23.3 m (76 ft) | D | 40°9′30.3″N77°11′47.9″W / 40.158417°N 77.196639°W /40.158417; -77.196639 (W250AP) | LMS |
| W297CO | 107.3 FM | Carlisle, Pennsylvania | 200351 | 250 | 95 m (312 ft) | D | 40°17′23.3″N77°08′8.9″W / 40.289806°N 77.135806°W /40.289806; -77.135806 (W297CO) | LMS |