WEAQ

WEAQ

City	Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Branding	Oldies 1150
Frequency	1150 AM (MHz)
First air date	1937
Format	Commercial; Oldies
Power	5,000 watts day 46 watts night
Class	D
Facility ID	9865
Callsign meaning	Derived from "EAu (Q)Claire"
Affiliations	True Oldies Channel (from ABC Radio)
Owner	Mid-West Family Broadcasting (Mid-West Management, Inc.)
Website	Midwest Family Broadcasting Website

WEAQ (1150 AM) is a radio station in the Eau Claire area of Wisconsin, with its studio/offices located in Altoona, Wisconsin. Its transmitter is located in Lake Hallie, Wisconsin.

History

The station was originally WTAQ-AM 790, the first radio station to sign-on in Eau Claire. The station's first studios were located in the tire manufacturing plant in the center of Eau Claire (with the callsign standing for "Tires Are Quality"). Eventually, the station moved to Tower Drive on the northeast side of Eau Claire, and was later renamed WEAQ-AM, playing pop music with occasional format switches to country, rock, adult contemporary and standards. WEAQ converted to sports talk in April 2002 with a near-full simulcast of ESPN Radio, and the rebranding as "ESPN 1150."

WEAQ and sister stations WIAL-FM & WECL-FM were purchased by Central Communications in 1996. WAYY-AM 1150 and WEAQ switched frequencies, with WEAQ now at 1150. WEAQ, WIAL & WECL soon moved into the Central Communications building in Altoona, Wisconsin. The five stations, plus new sister station WDRK-FM, were sold to Maverick Media, LLC in 2003.

WEAQ and its Eau Claire sister stations, along with Maverick Media's Rockford, Illinois stations, were sold to Mid-West Family Broadcasting for $15.5 million. The purchase of the Eau Claire stations was consummated on October 1, 2013, while the Rockford station purchases were consummated on June 1, 2014.

On April 28, 2014 WEAQ changed their format to oldies, branded as "Oldies 1150".^[1]

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References

↑ Northpine.com

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WEAQ

Radio-Locator Information on WEAQ

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WEAQ

Radio stations in the Eau Claire, Wisconsin market

By AM frequency	680 790 880 1050 1150 1400 1430

By FM frequency	88.3 89.7 90.5 91.3 92.1 92.9 94.1 95.1 95.9 96.3 96.9 98.1 98.7 99.9 100.7 101.5 101.9 102.7 103.7 104.5 105.7 106.7

By callsign	W254CN WATQ WAXX WAYY WBIZ WBIZ-FM WCFW WDMO WDRK WDVM WEAQ WECL WHEM WHWC WHYS-LP WJLM-LP WIAL WIEC-LP WISM-FM WMEQ WMEQ-FM WOGO WQRB WRDN WRFP-LP WUEC WVCF WWIB WWJC

Nearby radio markets La Crosse Minneapolis–St. Paul Rice Lake–Spooner Rochester Wausau–Stevens Point See also List of radio stations in Wisconsin

Oldies radio stations in the state of Wisconsin

By frequency	740 910 1010 1050 1150 1170 1230 1260 1290 1350 1360 1450 1450 1460 1490 1540 1590 93.7 94.5 106.5

By callsign	WBGR-FM WBOG WDGY WDLB WEAQ WFDL WGBW WGEZ WHRY WHSM WKCH WLIP WPCN WPDR WRJO WTKM WVRQ WXCE WXCO WZTI

By city	Amery Beloit Chippewa Falls Denmark Eagle River Greenfield Hartford Hudson Hurley Hayward Kenosha Marshfield Monroe Portage Stevens Point Tomah Viroqua Waupun Wausau Whitewater

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Wisconsin See also Oldies Classic Hits

Coordinates: 44°53′05″N 91°23′25″W / 44.88472°N 91.39028°W / 44.88472; -91.39028

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