WKIQ-AM 1240
Eustis

Original Call Letters: WLCO
Originally Licensed: Jun 1955
Power: 1,000 watts daytime/250 nighttime   
Original City of  License: Eustis    
Original Format: Variety                       

Owner(s): 1955-Bill Hess
                1965-Caroll Barringer
                1981-
                1983-Lake Media
                1989-StarStrip Communications Inc.
                1995-Christianson Broadcasting Inc (Carl and Maggie Christianson)
                1998-McKenzie Broadcast Associates, Inc.
                2003-Gateway Broadcasting and Internet, Inc
                2004-Rama Communications

History Of Call Letters and Formats: WLCO-1965-Variety     "Radio Wilco!"
                                                         WLCO-1973-Variety
                                                         WEUS-1981
                                                         WLCF-1987-Country
                                                         WWLB-1989
                                                         WKIQ-1989-Country   "Classic Hit Country"
                                                         WKIQ-       -Adult Standards
                                                         WKIQ-1993-News/Talk
                                                         WKIQ-1997-Classic Country
                                                         WKIQ-2004-Silent                     
                                                         WKIQ-2004-Urban AC
                                                         WKIQ-2004-Classic Country
                                                         WKIQ-2005-Spanish
                                                         WKIQ-2006-Religious "Where Tradition Meets Truth" (Mary Banks Broadcasting Network)


Names in WKIQ History
Jan Hall-General Manager 
Vic DeVore-News Director
Michael Holcombe-1999-2000-Operations Manager/Talk host   Biography
 Larry King-Co host of "Hometown News"- 9:30AM Thursdays/Sales Manager
Roger Ballas (Editor of The Mount Dora Topic, The Eustis News and The Tavares Citizen)-Co host of "Hometown News"
Steven Delay-Chief Engineer  In Memory
John Fuller
 Carl Christianson-1995-1998-Mornings/Co-owner
Maggie Christianson-1995-1998--Mornings/Co-owner-Maggie also began the annual Woman to Woman Expo
Dr. Mary Banks
 Bob Green
LeeAnn Pippin-Sales
Jennifer Miller-Special Events Director
John Fuller supplies some photos of WLCO/WKIQ studios. John writes; "...(I) drove up to Eustis (Oct 2, 2004) . . ."and tracked down WKIQ (ex-WLCO) at 1057 N. Palm Circle, in a residential neighborhood, still in the same little building I remembered from 1966. Alas, it was off the air. Peeking through the windows it appeared most of the equipment had been removed, and the place abandoned. Weeds had taken over the property, even the parking spaces. The new owners apparently have put the station's revival on hold.
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               1 WKIQ-WLCO Eustis FL.jpg (306911 bytes)  2 WKIQ-WLCO rear view.jpg (324357 bytes) 
                              3 WKIQ-WLCO office door.jpg (424023 bytes)      4 WKIQ-WLCO tower.jpg (381995 bytes)
                                         Exterior Photos courtesy of John Fuller

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