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{{short description|Radio station in Evansville, Indiana}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WEOA
| logo             = [[Image:WEOA 98.5 logo.png|150px]]
| city             = [[Evansville, Indiana]]
| area             = [[Evansville, Indiana]]
| branding         = ''98.5 WEOA''
| frequency        = 1400 [[kilohertz|kHz]]
| translator       = {{Radio Relay|98.5|W253BF|Evansville}}<br>{{Radio Relay|100.7|W264DM|Evansville}}
| airdate          = [[1936 in radio|1936]]
| format           = [[Urban contemporary]]
| power            = 1,000 [[watt]]s
| class            = C
| facility_id      = 61042
| callsign_meaning = "Evansville On the Air"
| former_callsigns = WEOA (1936–1961)<br>WROZ (1961–1986)<br>WIKY (1986–1992)<br>WJPS (1992–1997)
| owner            = BLS Entertainment Inc.
| affiliations     = [[Premiere Networks]]
| webcast          = [https://nkstreaming.com/WEOA-AM/ Listen Live]
| website          = [http://www.weoa985.com www.weoa985.com] 
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}

'''WEOA''' (1400 [[AM broadcasting|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|date=April 2007}} The [[local marketing agreement]] with BLS Entertainment<ref name="mst-blslma">{{cite news |title=Format Changes & Updates |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-1997-05.pdf#page=9 |access-date=April 9, 2022 |work=The M Street Journal |date=May 14, 1997 |page=1}}</ref> lasted until 2009, when BLS bought the station outright for $175,000.<ref name="rbr-saletobls">{{cite news |title=Transactions |url=https://www.rbr.com/epaper/issue125-09-ahl.html |access-date=April 9, 2022 |work=Radio Business Report |date=June 29, 2009}}</ref>

On March 19, 2018, WEOA changed its format from urban adult contemporary to urban contemporary, branded as "98.5 WEOA".<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/167210/weoa-flips-to-hip-hop/ WEOA Flips to Hip Hop] Radioinsight - March 19, 2018</ref>

==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==
*[[WROZ]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=66880 FCC History Cards for WEOA]
*{{AM station data|61042|WEOA}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|152876|W253BF}}
*{{FXL|W253BF}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|201278|W264DM}}
*{{FXL|W264DM}}

{{Evansville Radio}}
{{Urban Radio Stations in Indiana}}

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[[Category:Urban contemporary radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Radio stations in Evansville, Indiana|EOA]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1936]]
[[Category:1936 establishments in Indiana]]


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