WIOE-FM is an

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classic hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 198 ...

, and classic top 40 formatted

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licensed to

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, and serving Whitley, Kosciusko, Wabash, and Huntington counties in

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. WIOE-FM is owned and operated by Brian R. Walsh.

Programming

WIOE-FM features both professional announcers and student broadcasters from

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. Warsaw Community High School athletics are also heard on the station. WIOE-FM's news department prepares and broadcasts local news reports on the weekdays. The station also broadcasts the Sunday services of the First United Methodist Church located in

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Sale of station

At 12:00 a.m. on Friday, March 6, 2015, the

, and Classic Top 40 format of

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station WIOE-LP moved to commercial WMYQ. WIOE-LP fell silent with the frequency change. On March 30, 2015, former WIOE-LP co-owner Brian R. Walsh purchased WMYQ from Larko Communications, Inc. for $220,000. Walsh entered into a time brokerage agreement with Larko Communications, Inc. on March 6, 2015 in order to begin operating the station. The sale of WMYQ closed on August 5, 2015. The station's callsign was changed from WMYQ to WIOE on August 19, 2015, and then to WIOE-FM on July 30, 2019.

References

External links

Oldies 101.1 & 104.3 WIOE online
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