WOAM

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WOAM
WOAM-1350-logo-color180x85.png
Broadcast areaPeoria, Illinois
Frequency 1350 kHz
Programming
Format Adult standards/MOR
Affiliations America's Best Music (music)
ABC News Radio (news)
Wall Street Journal Radio (business news)
Ownership
OwnerAmerican Education Foundation, Inc.
WDYS, WSPY-FM, WSQR, WAUR, WCSJ-FM, WJDK-FM, WLBK
History
First air date
April 27, 1947 (as WEEK) [1] [2]
Former call signs
WEEK (1947-1960)
WAAP (1960–1965)
WXCL (1965–1994)
WOAM (1994–1999)
WTAZ (1999–2001) [3]
Technical information
Facility ID 33878
Class B
Power 1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 40°35′41″N89°35′40″W / 40.59472°N 89.59444°W / 40.59472; -89.59444 Coordinates: 40°35′41″N89°35′40″W / 40.59472°N 89.59444°W / 40.59472; -89.59444
Translator(s) 92.9 MHz  W225DC (Peoria)

WOAM (1350 AM) is a Peoria, Illinois radio station that broadcasts an adult standards/MOR format.

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History

The station signed on as WEEK April 27, 1947. [1] [2] Peoria's TV channel 25 was started by the owners of 1350, and to this day channel 25 retains the callsign WEEK-TV, but 1350 itself has since switched callsigns several times.

Other call letters have included WAAP, WXCL (still retained by a former sister station), [2] and WTAZ. [3]

The station was most successful as WXCL with a country music format adopted in 1965. Eventually WXCL was simulcast on 104.9, a Pekin, Illinois station that changed its callsign to WXCL-FM.

Personalities when the station was country music station WXCL included Don Elliot, Lee Ranson, Chuck Urban, Bill Bro, Paul Jackson, (Part Timer Arlen Horn), and Jim Crowley, Steve Young, Doug Adams, Tweed Scott, and Dave Hinkley.[ citation needed ]

Bob Kelly bought the station in 1986. [2]

In 1994 the simulcast was dropped, with WXCL-FM 104.9 keeping the callsign and country format, and 1350 becoming WOAM with the Music of Your Life format. Veteran Peoria native/broadcaster Cliff Shell hosted a highly rated morning drive show for its first two years. WOAM also became the highest rated AM station in Peoria during its second year on the air.[ citation needed ] In 1999 the station flipped to talk as (then) sister station WTAZ in Morton, Illinois) was moved from 102.3 FM to 1350 AM. In September 2001 the WTAZ call letters [3] and format were dropped and WOAM returned using the Timeless Classics syndicated adult standards format. In 2007 WOAM switched to Dial Global's Adult Standards syndicated format.[ citation needed ] By the time WOAM first went dark, its only local show was morning show Breakfast with Royce and Roger. [2]

On October 2, 2008, WOAM, along with sister station 94.3 WPMJ Chillicothe, Illinois, went dark. Company owner Bob Kelly said he was still seeking funding and expects the stations to be off the air for "probably" 6 to 12 months, [2] but that he did not intend to declare bankruptcy. [4] WOAM resumed operations in September 2009, [5] but was approved to go silent again in January 2010. [6]

After briefly returning to the air in early 2011 with automated broadcasts, it was purchased by Nelson Broadcasting, Inc. [7] With the transfer of ownership, WOAM returned to the air in late July 2011, [8] with the morning Breakfast with Royce and Roger returning in early August 2011. [9] Staffing cuts ended Breakfast with Royce and Roger again at the end of September 2012. [10]

WOAM's license was assigned to American Education Foundation, Inc. effective January 1, 2013, for no consideration.

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References

  1. 1 2 "WEEK Peoria, Ill. Begins Broadcasting on 1350 kc" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 5, 1947. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tarter, Steve (2008-10-02). "WOAM 1350 and WPMJ-FM 94.3 go off the air". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
  3. 1 2 3 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  4. ↑ Seyler, Dave (2008-10-08). "Kelly Communications still above water". Radio Business Report. Jim Carnegie. 25 (197). Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  5. ↑ "Resumption of Operations". Federal Communications Commission. 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  6. ↑ "20100113ADQ Application Search Details". Federal Communications Commission. 2010-01-29. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  7. ↑ Seyler, Dave (2011-02-11). "Nelson decides to play in Peoria". Radio Business Report. Jim Carnegie. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  8. ↑ "Roger and Royce return". The Community Word. 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  9. ↑ "WOAM-AM bringing back 'Royce and Roger'". Peoria Journal Star. 2011-08-05. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  10. ↑ Tarter, Steve (October 5, 2012). "On the Air: Cutbacks at WOAM show challenge faced on AM dial". Peoria Journal Star . Peoria, Illinois: GateHouse Media . Retrieved 2012-10-23.
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