WEIC
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WEIC 1270 AM
is a radio station
licensed to Charleston, Illinois
, USA. The station was owned by Eastern Illinois Christian Broadcasting, Inc., from 1994 until October 7, 2011 when it was sold to the Miller Media Group's Kaskaskia Broadcasting, Inc. of Taylorville, IL. KBI changed the station's format from southern gospel music, to newstalk at 6:00am Wednesday, October 19, 2011, after taking the station off the air for 10 days to repair equipment and re-tool on-air computers.
The new newstalk format features a live and local morning show with expanded local newscasts, 2 local interview shows, and a daily Swap Shop. Hourly local news updates will air 24/7 at 30 minutes past each hour, along with a customized local weather forecast twice an hour from the Metro Weather Network.
The new WEIC features nearly 6 hours a day of agriculture programming, including programming from the RFD Radio Network, AgriTalk Radio Network, and WILL-AM 580.
The new WEIC has 6-minute hourly newscasts from the CBS Radio Network, along with syndicated talk from the Westwood One Radio Network featuring Dennis Miller weekdays 3-6pm, Phil Valentine weekdays 6-9pm, and Jim Bohannon weekdays 9pm to 6am.
Saturday’s programming line-up on the new WEIC includes a Saturday Farm Show from 8am to 9:30am, and the Saturday Request Show featuring your favorite oldies from 9:35am to 1pm.
Sunday’s programming line-up on the new WEIC includes the long-running Gospel Sing Time with Brad Lee from 7 to 11am.
WEIC programming will be heard 24/7 on a new FM repeater covering Coles County and surrounding area at 107.5 FM; equipment arrivals have delayed the sign-on of the FM signal. WEIC local programming is also streamed on-line on its new web site, WEICdailynews.com.
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Radio station
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licensed to Charleston, Illinois
Charleston, Illinois
Charleston is a city in and the county seat of Coles County, Illinois, United States. The population was 21,838 as of the 2010 census. The city is home to Eastern Illinois University and has close ties with its neighbor Mattoon, Illinois...
, USA. The station was owned by Eastern Illinois Christian Broadcasting, Inc., from 1994 until October 7, 2011 when it was sold to the Miller Media Group's Kaskaskia Broadcasting, Inc. of Taylorville, IL. KBI changed the station's format from southern gospel music, to newstalk at 6:00am Wednesday, October 19, 2011, after taking the station off the air for 10 days to repair equipment and re-tool on-air computers.
The new newstalk format features a live and local morning show with expanded local newscasts, 2 local interview shows, and a daily Swap Shop. Hourly local news updates will air 24/7 at 30 minutes past each hour, along with a customized local weather forecast twice an hour from the Metro Weather Network.
The new WEIC features nearly 6 hours a day of agriculture programming, including programming from the RFD Radio Network, AgriTalk Radio Network, and WILL-AM 580.
The new WEIC has 6-minute hourly newscasts from the CBS Radio Network, along with syndicated talk from the Westwood One Radio Network featuring Dennis Miller weekdays 3-6pm, Phil Valentine weekdays 6-9pm, and Jim Bohannon weekdays 9pm to 6am.
Saturday’s programming line-up on the new WEIC includes a Saturday Farm Show from 8am to 9:30am, and the Saturday Request Show featuring your favorite oldies from 9:35am to 1pm.
Sunday’s programming line-up on the new WEIC includes the long-running Gospel Sing Time with Brad Lee from 7 to 11am.
WEIC programming will be heard 24/7 on a new FM repeater covering Coles County and surrounding area at 107.5 FM; equipment arrivals have delayed the sign-on of the FM signal. WEIC local programming is also streamed on-line on its new web site, WEICdailynews.com.