WEEO (AM)
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".
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| City | Shippensburg, Pennsylvania |
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| Frequency | 1480 kHz |
| Branding | Country Gold Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic Country (WIOO simulcast) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Shippensburg Broadcasting, Inc |
| Sister stations | 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 |
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
External links
- WEEO in the FCC's AM station database
- WEEO on Radio-Locator
- WEEO in Nielsen Audio's AM station database