WEOA
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| WEOA | |
| City of license | Evansville, Indiana |
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| Broadcast area | Evansville |
| Branding | AM 1400 The Pump |
| Frequency | 1400 (KHz) |
| First air date | 1960s |
| Format | Urban Adult Contemporary |
| ERP | 1,000 watts (D/N) |
| Class | C |
| Callsign meaning | We're On The Air (call sign was explained this way when originally used in the 1940s) |
| Owner | South Central Communications |
| Website | None |
WEOA 1400 is an AM frequency licensed to and serving the Evansville, Indiana market. The transmitter is located near the interchange of I-164 and Weinbach Avenue in Evansville.
[edit] History
1400 AM was originally WROZ, a Country-formatted station in the 1960s and 1970s. 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 about leasing the frequency for a Urban Contemporary format. South Central agreed. For 10 years WEOA would be the only Urban station in the Evansville until August 2007 when CHR/Pop WDKS shifted to Urban.[citation needed]
[edit] 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.
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