WEOL
Broadcast area | Lorain County Medina County |
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Frequency | 930 kHz |
Branding | AM 930 & 100.3 FM WEOL |
Programming | |
Format | Talk radio Sports radio |
Affiliations | |
Ownership | |
Owner | Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting Co. |
History | |
First air date | October 17, 1948 |
Call sign meaning | "Elyria, Oberlin, and Lorain"[1] |
Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 19463 |
Class | B |
Power | 1,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°16′8.59″N 82°0′13.91″W / 41.2690528°N 82.0038639°W |
Translator(s) | 100.3 W262DM (Elyria) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast |
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Website | weol |
WEOL (930
WEOL's studios are located in Elyria, and the station transmitter resides in nearby Grafton. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WEOL simulcasts over low-power analog Elyria translator W262DM (100.3 FM), and is available online.
History
WEOL signed on October 17, 1948, at both 930
On May 15, 1958, Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting Co. was purchased by the Lorain County Printing and Publishing Company, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. LCP&P also owns the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram and Medina Gazette; in effect forming a radio/newspaper duopoly. This arrangement has lasted to this day, grandfathered by FCC legislation that now prohibits such arrangements. Through the 1950s, WEOL was a "real hot rocker," playing the early gyrating rhythms of
Personalities who worked at WEOL in their early years include Alice Weston (later with
In 1968, WEOL-FM started separate programming under new calls WBEA with an automated easy-listening format that still served the Lorain County audience. The format changed in 1982 to top-40 while retaining the same call letters. Initially an independent station, WEOL affiliated with the Mutual Broadcasting System in the early 1960s, and then switched to ABC Radio's American Entertainment Network in 1968. Throughout the 1970s, '80s and '90s, WEOL was "Your Hometown Radio Station," a middle-of-the-road outlet that put a heavy emphasis on local news and sports programming. WEOL also hired the first radio newswoman in the county back in the mid-1970s with Sandy Kozel, now with Associated Press Radio.[6]
In 1982, WEOL and WBEA moved to new studios on 538 Broad Street, where WEOL remains to this day. WEOL began broadcasting in C-QUAM AM stereo in the mid-1980s before dropping the standard in the late 1990s. On New Year's Day 1987, WBEA changed to "Z-Rock" WCZR with an automated rock format; then eleven months later, WCZR changed to smooth jazz as "The Wave" WNWV, positioned to serve the Cleveland market. WNWV was sold off in December 2011 to the Akron-based Rubber City Radio Group, and subsequently moved out of their Elyria studios.
Over the course of time, WEOL's news and sports department has garnered dozens of awards from the Ohio Associated Press and Cleveland Press Club, particularly "Outstanding News Operation" in large market radio. On November 28, 1997, WEOL dropped its MOR format for a "news all day, sports at night" approach with the
On July 15, 2005, the Associated Press All News Radio network ceased operations. While this prompted WEOL to pick up Fox Sports Radio for evening and weekend programming, the station maintained use of the All News Radio "News Station" name for on-air promotions until April 2006. On November 5, 2008, WEOL replaced Glenn Beck with Laura Ingraham as WTAM reacquired the rights to Glenn's program.[10]
From May 31, 2005 until August 20, 2010, Les in the Morning, hosted by Les Sekely, ran in morning-drive as a mixture of news updates, comedy, contests and interviews. Sekely left WEOL to take a full-time teaching job at Westlake High School as the advisor of the school television station. His replacement, Jeff Thomas, has been a long-time sports update anchor with Metro Networks and WKNR. Thomas then left on August 26, 2011 to become the new morning sports anchor on WKRK-FM in Cleveland; his successors are long-time WEOL staffers Bruce Van Dyke and Craig Adams.[11]
On October 17, 2008, WEOL marked its 60th anniversary of broadcasting.[12]
FM translator
Since August 2, 2019,
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT |
Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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W262DM | 100.3 FM | Elyria, Ohio | 202991 | 25 | 196.48 m (645 ft) | D | 41°16′10.2″N 82°0′15.5″W / 41.269500°N 82.004306°W | LMS |
Programming
The station's lineup includes This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal, The Ramsey Show and Dr. Daliah Wachs on weekdays, and Kim Komando on weekends. Fox Sports Radio programming is also extensively featured throughout the week. WEOL serves as the Lorain and Medina County affiliate for the Cleveland Guardians,[14] the Cleveland Cavaliers,[15] Ohio State Buckeyes football and basketball[16] and the Columbus Blue Jackets;[17] additionally, WEOL airs various local high school sporting contests.[18]
References
- ^ "CLEVE RADIO - Mengetahui Musik Terbaru". Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WEOL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Programming".
- ^ "FindLaw's United States Supreme Court case and opinions".
- ^ "U. S. and Canadian TV stations (1958)". Archived from the original on 2000-03-02.
- ^ "About".
- ^ "Sean Hannity Added to WEOL AM 930 Line-up".
- ^ "WEOL AM 930 names host for new afternoon program".
- The Chronicle-Telegram. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
- ^ Washington, Julie E. (October 22, 2008). "Glenn Beck heading back to WTAM". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
- ^ "WEOL Morning Show".
- ^ "Not archived". Retrieved March 13, 2023.[dead link]
- The Chronicle-Telegram. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
- ^ "The Official Site of The Cleveland Indians: Schedule: Indians Radio Affiliates". Archived from the original on 2007-08-29.
- NBA.com. Archived from the originalon 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
- ^ "Ohio State Buckeyes Radio Broadcast Team/Affiliates". Ohio State Buckeyes. Archived from the original on 2013-01-27.
- ^ "Columbus Blue Jackets Broadcast Info".
- ^ "Baseball & Softball". WEOL Radio 930 AM. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
External links
- Official website
- FCC History Cards for WEOL
- WEOL in the FCC AM station database
- WEOL in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- FM translator