WIOE-FM

Last updated
WIOE-FM
Broadcast area
  • North Eastern Indiana
  • North Central Indiana
Frequency 101.1 FM MHz
BrandingOldies 101.1, 104.3 & Stereo 1450 WIOE
Programming
Format Oldies; classic hits; classic top 40 [1]
Ownership
OwnerBrian R. Walsh
WGL, WIOE
History
First air date
December 2, 1992 (as WLZQ) [2]
Former call signs
  • WQBX (1989)
  • WLZQ (1989–2008)
  • WMYQ (2008–2015)
  • WIOE (2015–2019) [3]
Call sign meaning
"Warsaw's Independently Owned Entertainment"
Technical information
Facility ID 36577
Class A
Power 6,000 watts
HAAT 100 meters (330 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
41°5′58.0″N85°43′29.0″W / 41.099444°N 85.724722°W / 41.099444; -85.724722
Repeater(s) 1450 AM/104.3 FM (WIOE/W282CH, Fort Wayne)
Links
Webcast WIOE-FM Webstream
Website WIOE-FM Online

WIOE-FM is an oldies, classic hits, and classic top 40 formatted broadcast radio station licensed to South Whitley, Indiana, and serving Whitley, Kosciusko, Wabash, and Huntington counties in Indiana. [1] WIOE-FM is owned and operated by Brian R. Walsh. [4]

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Programming

Logo used as WIOE-LP WIOE-LP 2014.png
Logo used as WIOE-LP

WIOE-FM 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-FM's news department 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]

Logo used before addition of 1450 AM/104.3 FM, WIOE/W282CH WIOE-FM 2015.png
Logo used before addition of 1450 AM/104.3 FM, WIOE/W282CH

The sale of WMYQ closed on August 5, 2015. [13] The station's callsign was changed from WMYQ to WIOE on August 19, 2015, and then to WIOE-FM on July 30, 2019. [3]

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