WIOE

WIOE
City South Whitley, Indiana
Broadcast area Whitley County, Indiana
Kosciusko County, Indiana
Wabash County, Indiana
Huntington County, Indiana
Branding "Oldies 101 WIOE"
Slogan "Always Playing a Better Oldie"
Frequency 101.1 FM MHz
First air date December 2, 1992[1]
Format Oldies
Classic Hits
Classic Top 40[2]
Power 6,000 Watts
HAAT 100 meters (330 ft)
Class A
Facility ID 36577
Transmitter coordinates 41°5′58.0″N 85°43′29.0″W / 41.099444°N 85.724722°W / 41.099444; -85.724722
Callsign meaning W Indiana Oldies
(Ninety-)Eight
(former frequency)
Former callsigns WQBX (1989-1989)
WLZQ (1989-2008)
WMYQ (2008-2015)
WIOE (2015-Present)[3]
Owner Brian R. Walsh
Webcast WIOE Webstream
Website WIOE Online

WIOE is an Oldies, Classic Hits, and Classic Top 40 formatted broadcast radio station licensed to South Whitley, Indiana, serving Whitley, Kosciusko, Wabash, and Huntington counties in Indiana.[2] WIOE is owned and operated by Brian R. Walsh.[4]

Programming

Logo used as WIOE-LP.

WIOE features both professional announcers and student broadcasters from Warsaw Community High School.[5][6] Warsaw Community High School athletics are also heard on the station.[5]

WIOE also has a news department which prepares and broadcasts local news reports on the weekdays.[5] The station also broadcasts the Sunday services of the First United Methodist Church located in Warsaw.[5][7]

Sale of station

At 12:00 a.m. on Friday, March 6, 2015, the Oldies, Classic Hits, and Classic Top 40 format of LPFM station WIOE-LP moved to commercial WMYQ.[8] WIOE-LP fell silent with the frequency change.[9]

On March 30, 2015, former WIOE-LP co-owner Brian R. Walsh purchased WMYQ from Larko Communications, Inc. for $220,000.[10][11] Walsh entered into a Time Brokerage Agreement with Larko Communications, Inc. on March 6, 2015 in order to begin operating the station.[12]

The sale of WMYQ closed on August 5, 2015.[13] The station's callsign was changed from WMYQ to WIOE on August 19, 2015.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-213. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  4. ↑ "WIOE Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "About WIOE - Oldies 101 WIOE-FM". Brian R. Walsh/WIOE. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  6. ↑ "On Air - Oldies 101 WIOE-FM". Brian R. Walsh/WIOE. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ "First United Methodist Church". Warsaw First United Methodist Church. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  8. ↑ "WIOE Moves From 98.3FM To 101.1FM". Brian R. Walsh/WIOE. March 7, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  9. ↑ Venta, Lance (March 13, 2015). "Indiana LPFM Moves To Commercial Station". RadioBB Networks. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. March 26, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  11. ↑ "WMYQ Asset Purchase Agreement". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. March 20, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Time Brokerage Agreement". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. March 6, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Consummation Notice". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. August 9, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
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