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


Network Affiliation(s):


Owner(s): 
1955-Floyd William ''Bill'' Hess (died at age 70 in 1987)
1965-Caroll Barringer
1981-
1983-Lake Media
1995-Christianson Broadcasting Inc.
1998-McKenzie Broadcast Associates, Inc.
2003-Gateway Broadcasting and Internet, Inc.
2003-McKenzie Broadcast Associates, Inc.
2004-Rama Communications


History Of Call Letters and Formats:


WLCO-1965-Variety     "Radio Wilco!"
WLCO-1973-Variety
WEUS-1985-Country and News/Talk
WLCF-1987-Country
WWLB-1989
WKIQ-1989-Country   "Classic Hit Country"
WKIQ-       -Adult Standards
WKIQ-1993-News/Talk
WKIQ-2004-Silent
WKIQ-2004-Urban AC
WKIQ-2004-Country
WKIQ-2005-Spanish


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 will extended their broadcast hours to 24 hours a day. 


Names in WEUS History

Floyd William ''Bill'' Hess-1955-Owner In Memory

Caroll Barringer-1965-Owner

Dalton Wright-1983-President-Lake Media

Bill Rooney-1985-Vice president/General manager-Lake Media Inc.

Joyce Phillips-1985-Tavares Chamber of Commerce executive director

Terry Cox-1985-Eustis Chamber of Commerce Executive Director

Don Connelly-1985-Chief engineer 

Warren Hoover-"Psychic Frontier" 


Other Programs in WEUS History

Florida Agrinet-Ocala-based Independent farm radio network. Agrinet vice president Chuck Zimmerman.


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                                                Photos courtesy of John Fuller


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