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| Frequency | 1480 kHz |
|---|---|
| Branding | Country Gold Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic Country (WIOO simulcast) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Shippensburg Broadcasting, Inc |
| WIOO, WCAT-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | December 5, 1961 (as WSHP) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 67452 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 460 watts (day) 6 watts (night) |
| Translator(s) | 93.9 MHz (W230AX, Shippensburg) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live streaming URL |
| Website | wioo.com |
WEEO (1480 AM) is an American radio station licensed to serve Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. The station simulcasts a classic country music format with sister station WIOO called "Country Gold Radio".
History
Arthur Greiner founded the station, originally known as WSHP, back in 1961. The name of the original licensee was Town Radio, Inc. Greiner served as the company's president and the station's general manager. Greiner operated the radio station until his death.
WSHP originally operated with a daytime power output of 500 watts daytime. It remained a daytime-only station until it received nighttime power authorization in the late 1980s that allowed it to operate at 20 watts.
Sale to Allegheny Mountain Network
Cary Simpson's Allegheny Mountain Network group of station purchased the station in October 1996. On April 28, 2000, the station changed its call letters to WEEO.
In 2008 due to major mechanical failure of the internal radiator element of the Valcom, the station constructed a 150-foot folded unipole designed by R. Morgan Burrow, Jr. P.E.,[1] which yields a higher operating efficiency than the Valcom fiberglass antenna that had been used.
Callsign history
The WEEO callsign was previously assigned to a Top-40 station in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, broadcasting on 1130 kHz with 1,000 watts.
References
- 1963 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
- 1967 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
- 1972 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
- 1980 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
- 1990 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
- 1995 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
- 1998 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
- 2000 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID WEEO ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Template:FMQ
- W230AX at FCCdata.org