WEPA (AM)
{{Short description|Radio station in Eupora, Mississippi (1974–1998)}}
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{{Infobox radio station |
name = WEPA|
airdate = {{start date and age|1974|05|03}}|
last_airdate = {{end date and age|1998|10}}|
frequency = 710 kHz|
city = Eupora, Mississippi|
owner = Tri County Broadcasting Company, Inc.|
power = 2,500 watts (daytime only)|
coordinates = {{coord|33|32|42|N|89|13|58.8|W|type:landmark_region:US-MS|display=inline,title}}|
facility_id = 67653
}}
WEPA was a radio station on 710 AM in Eupora, Mississippi, operating between 1974 and 1998.
History
WEPA signed on the air May 3, 1974,{{Cite web |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1981/1981-BC-YB.pdf |title=1981 Broadcasting Yearbook|page=C-129}} owned by Tri County Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of Sisk Broadcasting. The first announcer on WEPA was Mackey Dozier. An FM station, WEXA 101.7 (now WLZA), was added on September 1, 1978, with the two stations sharing about 20 percent of their programming.
WEPA primarily carried a country music format as "King Country" for most of its history, with gospel music on Sundays. Harry and Carolyn Jackson were the longtime station and program managers, respectively; they hosted a tradio program known as The Party Line Program six days a week.
In 1998, new studios were built for WLZA in Starkville; by that October, WEPA signed off the air.{{cite news |title=Format Changes & Updates |work=The M Street Journal |date=October 14, 1998 |pages=2}} The WEPA license was returned to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in August 2000.{{cite news |title=Washington This Week |work=The M Street Journal |date=August 16, 2000 |pages=6}} The former Eupora facilities burned down in 2005.
References
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External links
- [https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=52306 FCC History Cards for WEPA]
{{Columbus-Starkville-West Point Radio}}
{{Daytime-only radio stations in Mississippi}}
Category:Radio stations established in 1974
Category:Radio stations disestablished in 1998
Category:Defunct radio stations in the United States
Category:1974 establishments in Mississippi
Category:1998 disestablishments in Mississippi