|
|
WEUS-AM 1240
Eustis
Original Call Letters: WLCO |
Originally Licensed: Jun 1955 Courtesy of Mike Konstan |
Original City of License: Eustis |
Original Frequency: 1240 |
Origin of Call Letters: Location; EUStis |
Original Power: 1,000 watts daytime/250 nighttime |
Original Location: |
Original Format: Country/News Talk |
|
|
| Mutual | |
| Florida Radio Network |
Owner(s): |
1955-Lake County Broadcasting Company |
| 1956-Floyd W. Hess | |
| 1964-Barringer Broadcasting Corp. | |
| 1978-C-S Broadcasting Corp. | |
| 1982-Lake Media | |
| 1988-WKLE, Inc. | |
| 1989-Starship Communications ($2000,000) | |
| 1992-J & V Communications ($75,000) | |
| 1996-Christianson Broadcasting Inc. | |
| 1998-McKenzie Broadcast Associates, Inc. ($210,000) | |
| 2003-Gateway Broadcasting and Internet, Inc | |
| 2004-Rama Communications ($180,000) with WQBQ-AM 1410 | |
| 2005-Mary Banks Ministries Inc. (LMA) | |
| 2006-Glover Radio Network LLC (LMA) | |
| 2009-WE Properties/Central Florida Sports Marketing (LMA) | |
| 2010-Rama Communications |
History Of Call Letters and Formats: |
WLCO-1955-Variety |
| WLCO-1965-Variety "Radio Wilco!" | |
| WLCO-1966-Country Western | |
| WLCO-1973-Variety "The Good Life" "Good Life Radio" | |
| WLCO-1977-Rock and Roll | |
| WLCO-1979-Country Western | |
| WEUS-1982-All American (Easy Listening) | |
| WEUS-1985-Country | |
| WLCF-1987-All American (Easy Listening) | |
| WWLB-1989-All American (Easy Listening) | |
| WKIQ-1989-All American (Easy Listening) | |
| WKIQ-1989-Country "Classic Hit Country" | |
| WKIQ-1992-MOR | |
| WKIQ-1993-Talk/Music | |
| WKIQ-1996-Music/Talk/News | |
| WKIQ-1998-Classic Country | |
| WKIQ-2004-Silent | |
| WKIQ-2005-Gospel | |
| WKIQ-2004-Classic Country | |
| WKIQ-2005-Spanish | |
| WKIQ-2006-Gospel/R&B | |
| WKIQ-2006-Religious "Where Tradition Meets Truth" | |
| WKIQ-2008-News/Sports/Music "Your Hometown Station" | |
| WKIQ-2009-Urban Contemporary "The New Q 1240" | |
| WKIQ-2009-Silent (9-2-09) | |
| WKIQ-2009-Sports/Sporting News Radio (9-25-09) | |
| WKIQ-2010-Silent (5-10) | |
| WKIQ-2010-Regional Mexican Simulcast of WLAA-AM 1600 | |
| WKIQ-2010-Regional Mexican "La Gigante" |
|
History of WEUS |
| 1985-Just minutes after a tornado spawned by Hurricane Elena touched down in Leesburg, the station received its first call from a resident who saw some of the damage caused by the twister. The regular news format was dropped, and station manager Bill Rooney and chief engineer Don Connelly spent the next 38 hours broadcasting live reports from more than 1,000 residents who called the station. A live report of tornado damage in Leesburg also was the lead story on the ABC's national broadcasts. Rooney is kept the country format, but adding more news, in hopes that WEUS would garner a larger share of the radio advertising market. WEUS extended their broadcast hours to 24 hours a day. |
|
|
|
Floyd William ''Bill'' Hess-1955-Owner In Memory |
|
Caroll Barringer-1965-Owner |
|
Dalton Wright-1982-Owner/President-Lake Media Inc. |
|
Don Connelly-1982-General Manager/Chief Engineer-Lake Media Inc. |
| Jim Davis-1982-Lake Media Inc. |
| Carolyn Jones-1982-General Sales Manager-Lake Media Inc. |
| Jenny Lake-1982-Music Director-Lake Media Inc. |
 Rob Newton-1983-Station Manager-Lake Media Inc In Memory |
|
Bill Rooney-1984-Vice President/General Manager-Lake Media Inc. |
|
|
|
Joyce Phillips-1985-Tavares Chamber of Commerce Executive Director-Lake Media Inc. |
|
Terry Cox-1985-Eustis Chamber of Commerce Executive Director-Lake Media Inc. |
| -66Paul Spurlock-General Manager-WKLE, Inc. |
| Johnny Escrimano-General Manager |
| Chad Taylor-Fishing forecast daily at 7:10AM |
|
|
|
Florida Agrinet-Ocala-based Independent farm radio network. Agrinet vice president Chuck Zimmerman. |
|
Exterior Photos courtesy of
John Fuller
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Biographies | In Memory | Sounds AM / FM |
Misc. | Chronology | What's News? |
