WEEO (AM)
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WEEO is an American radio station
licensed to serve Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
. The station simulcasts a country music
format with sister station WIOO
called "Country Gold Radio".
According to FCC ownership records, The stations are owned respectively by WIOO, Inc. & Shippensburg Broadcasting, Inc. Currently, WEEO AM, Licensed to Shippensburg, PA can be found on the FM Dial. WEEO - AM is simulcast via a first generation studio to transmitter audio link on 93.9 MHz in stereo 24/7. This station can be heard in Shippensburg, Chambersburg and Newville, PA. WEEO AM's station motto is Shippensburg first. Additionally, The station airs "AROUND THE TOWN SHIPPENSBURG HAPPENINGS" 5 minutes past every hour.
Cary Simpson the station's previous owner was able to convince Valcom the maker of fiberglass whip antennas to place a prototype antenna on his antenna site. The station used a 74-foot Valcom V-33070 fiberglass whip antenna rather than a conventional AM radio tower because of Simpson's desire.
In 2008 due to major mechanical failure of the internal radiator element of the Valcom, the station constructed a 150 foot folded unipole designed by R.Morgan Burrow, Jr. P.E. Which yields a higher operating efficiency than the Valcom.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed to serve Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
Shippensburg is a borough in Cumberland and Franklin counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Settled in 1730, Shippensburg lies in the Cumberland Valley, 41 miles west-southwest of Harrisburg, and is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1900, 3,228 people...
. The station simulcasts a country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
format with sister station WIOO
WIOO
'WIOO', known as "Country Gold FM & AM", WIOO - AM is a 1000-watt daytime radio station licensed to Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It broadcasts an omnidirectional signal on 1000 kHz & which is duplicated on FM 97.9 MHz with fulltime service. The AM signed on the air in 1965. FM service was added in...
called "Country Gold Radio".
According to FCC ownership records, The stations are owned respectively by WIOO, Inc. & Shippensburg Broadcasting, Inc. Currently, WEEO AM, Licensed to Shippensburg, PA can be found on the FM Dial. WEEO - AM is simulcast via a first generation studio to transmitter audio link on 93.9 MHz in stereo 24/7. This station can be heard in Shippensburg, Chambersburg and Newville, PA. WEEO AM's station motto is Shippensburg first. Additionally, The station airs "AROUND THE TOWN SHIPPENSBURG HAPPENINGS" 5 minutes past every hour.
Cary Simpson the station's previous owner was able to convince Valcom the maker of fiberglass whip antennas to place a prototype antenna on his antenna site. The station used a 74-foot Valcom V-33070 fiberglass whip antenna rather than a conventional AM radio tower because of Simpson's desire.
In 2008 due to major mechanical failure of the internal radiator element of the Valcom, the station constructed a 150 foot folded unipole designed by R.Morgan Burrow, Jr. P.E. Which yields a higher operating efficiency than the Valcom.