WLAX
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{{short description|Television station in La Crosse, Wisconsin}}
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{{Infobox television station dual
| name1 = WLAX
| city1 = La Crosse, Wisconsin
| logo = WLAX-WEUX Logo.png
| logo_alt = In a dark blue, the all-capital Fox logo sits next to two numerals in white on a red curved rectangular background, "25" and "48" with a slight separation. Beneath that logo, a smaller curved rectangle with a dark blue background contains the text "LA CROSSE • EAU CLAIRE" in all capital letters.
| branding = Fox 25/48
| digital1 = 33 (UHF)
| virtual1 = 25
| affiliations = {{ubl|25.1/48.1: Fox|for others, see {{Section link||Technical information}}}}
| airdate1 = {{start date and age|1986|11|10|p=y|br=y}}
| country = United States
| callsign_meaning1 = La Crosse, with "Crosse" represented as an X
| former_callsigns1 = WWQI (CP, 1982–1985)
| former_channel_numbers1 = {{ubl|Analog: 25 (UHF, 1986–2009)|Digital: 17 (UHF, 2004–2020)}}
| owner = Nexstar Media Group
| licensee = Nexstar Media Inc.
| erp1 = 1,000 kW
| haat1 = {{convert|295|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id1 = 2710
| coordinates1 = {{coord|43|48|16|N|91|22|19.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
| website = {{URL|https://www.wiproud.com}}
| name2 = WEUX
| city2 = Chippewa Falls–Eau Claire, Wisconsin
| digital2 = 21 (UHF)
| virtual2 = 48
| airdate2 = {{start date and age|1993|2|9|p=y|br=y}}
| callsign_meaning2 = Eau Claire Fox
| former_channel_numbers2 = {{ubl|Analog: 48 (UHF, 1993–2009)|Digital: 49 (UHF, 2006–2019)}}
| erp2 = 600 kW
| haat2 = {{convert|225.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id2 = 2709
| coordinates2 = {{coord|44|57|24|N|91|40|4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WEUX}}
}}
WLAX (channel 25) and WEUX (channel 48) are television stations licensed respectively to La Crosse and Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, United States, serving as the Fox affiliates for western Wisconsin. They are owned by Nexstar Media Group.
WLAX serves the southern portion of the market, while WEUX operates as a full-time satellite for Eau Claire and the market's northern portion. WLAX maintains studio facilities at Interchange Place in La Crosse and a transmitter in La Crescent, Minnesota. WEUX has offices on WIS 93 in Eau Claire and a transmitter southeast of Colfax.
WLAX in La Crosse went on the air in November 1986, after two sales of the permit, as the original independent station in the market. It joined Fox shortly afterward. Family Group Broadcasting, which put the station on the air, attempted to build the Eau Claire station as a satellite of WLAX but fell into bankruptcy before it could do so. Aries Telecommunications of Green Bay bought WLAX and the WEUX construction permit in 1991 and was able to build out and sign on WEUX in 1993. Grant Broadcasting acquired the pair in 1996, and Nexstar acquired Grant's stations in 2014. The stations air a 9 p.m. local newscast produced by local NBC affiliate WEAU.
History
=Construction of WLAX=
Channel 25 had been assigned to La Crosse since 1966 and almost saw use in the late 1960s when two groups proposed to start a second station in the city after WKBT. Midcontinent Broadcasting Company was approved in December 1967 to build a satellite of its Madison station, WKOW-TV, in La Crosse.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118936586/madison-firm-gets-ok-for-tv-station-here/|date=December 15, 1967|page=17|title=Madison Firm Gets OK For TV Station Here|newspaper=The La Crosse Tribune|location=La Crosse, Wisconsin|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 18, 2023|archive-date=February 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218054147/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118936586/madison-firm-gets-ok-for-tv-station-here/|url-status=live}} WKOW and La Crosse radio station WKTY had both applied for channel 19, causing WKOW to shift its application to channel 25 before WKTY withdrew after the WKOW-TV grant, citing its inability to obtain network affiliation given that the WKOW station would provide La Crosse with its first full-time ABC service. WKOW then sought to move its station, WXOW-TV, back to channel 19.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118936624/court-appeal-likely-in-wktys-tv-bid/|date=March 25, 1968|page=1|title=Court Appeal Likely In WKTY's TV Bid|newspaper=The La Crosse Tribune|location=La Crosse, Wisconsin|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 18, 2023|archive-date=February 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218054159/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118936624/court-appeal-likely-in-wktys-tv-bid/|url-status=live}}
No party filed for channel 25 until 1980, when a group of local investors under the name Quarterview Inc. applied for channel 25.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118936796/television-station-sought-by-group/|date=May 8, 1980|page=27|title=Television station sought by group|newspaper=The La Crosse Tribune|location=La Crosse, Wisconsin|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 18, 2023|archive-date=February 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218054208/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118936796/television-station-sought-by-group/|url-status=live}} While some of the same investors built local radio station WISQ (100.1 FM),{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118936876/about-business-fm-facility-on-way-tv/|date=March 14, 1981|page=7|first=Doug|last=Rainey|title=About Business: FM facility on way; TV station next goal|newspaper=The La Crosse Tribune|location=La Crosse, Wisconsin|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 18, 2023|archive-date=February 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218054202/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118936876/about-business-fm-facility-on-way-tv/|url-status=live}} the permit was granted in 1982.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118939601/pabst-may-be-working-to-block-takeover/|date=July 3, 1982|page=6|first=Doug|last=Rainey|title=Pabst may be working to block takeover|newspaper=The La Crosse Tribune|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 18, 2023|archive-date=February 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218054154/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118939601/pabst-may-be-working-to-block-takeover/|url-status=live}} Quarterview did not build the station. It sold the permit in 1984 to TV-26 Inc., owner of WLRE-TV in Green Bay.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118938105/fall-sign-on-slated-for-tv-station/|date=April 9, 1986|page=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118938125/channel-25-plans-revealed/ 6]|first=Elizabeth|last=Flor|title=Fall sign-on slated for TV station|newspaper=The La Crosse Tribune|location=La Crosse, Wisconsin|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 18, 2023|archive-date=February 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218054212/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118938105/fall-sign-on-slated-for-tv-station/|url-status=live}} That station then filed for bankruptcy reorganization and was purchased, along with the channel 25 construction permit, by Family Group Broadcasting in 1985.{{r|LaCr860409}}
Family Group handled the construction process. The call sign on the permit was changed from WWQI to WLAX; land was purchased at the La Crosse market antenna farm in La Crescent, Minnesota (though it ultimately used an existing tower{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118940159/tv-station-gets-green-light-for-new-towe/|date=May 27, 2008|page=B-1|first=Ryan|last=Henry|title=TV station gets green light for new tower|newspaper=The La Crosse Tribune|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 18, 2023|archive-date=February 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218054148/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118940159/tv-station-gets-green-light-for-new/|url-status=live}}); and programming was purchased for the first independent station in the market.{{r|LaCr860409}} After delays, WLAX signed on on November 10, 1986.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118938161/new-la-crosse-tv-station-is-on-the-air/|date=November 11, 1986|page=13|title=New La Crosse TV station is on the air|newspaper=The La Crosse Tribune|location=La Crosse, Wisconsin|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 18, 2023|archive-date=February 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218054205/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118938161/new-la-crosse-tv-station-is-on-the-air/|url-status=live}}
=Construction of WEUX=
The addition of a channel 48 station at Chippewa Falls had been planned since the mid-1980s. Pat Bushland of Bushland Radio Specialties, owner of radio station WCFW, was first to apply for the station in 1984.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104121959/bushland-applies-for-chippewa-falls-tele/ |date=November 15, 1984 |page=1A |first=Rod |last=Stetzer |title=Bushland applies for Chippewa Falls television station |newspaper=Chippewa Herald-Telegram |location=Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=June 20, 2022 |archive-date=June 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620231516/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104121959/bushland-applies-for-chippewa-falls/ |url-status=live}} Family Group Broadcasting then also filed for the channel in September 1986;{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104122090/florida-company-wants-to-put-tv-station/ |date=February 18, 1987 |page=1A |first=John |last=Matthews |title=Florida company wants to put TV station in Chippewa Falls |newspaper=Chippewa Herald-Telegram |location=Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=June 20, 2022 |archive-date=June 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620231516/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104122090/florida-company-wants-to-put-tv-station/ |url-status=live}} helped by its favorable comparative hearing status as not already owning a station in Chippewa Falls, it prevailed in a settlement with Bushland in 1987 and announced plans to build it as a satellite of WLAX.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104122263/settlement-reached-for-tv-station/|date=March 24, 1987|page=3A|title=Settlement reached for TV station license|newspaper=Leader-Telegram|location=Eau Claire, Wisconsin|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 17, 2023|archive-date=February 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217064230/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104122263/settlement-reached-for-tv-station/|url-status=live}} Family Group struggled to find an antenna site. In 1988, the company switched to a proposed location near Colfax only to face rejection from the Federal Aviation Administration. Meanwhile, the company's finances were unraveling. In 1989, the company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Two attempts, one before and one after the bankruptcy, to sell the station group to Krypton Broadcasting fell through. In February 1990, Aries Telecommunications agreed to buy part of the company: WLAX, the WEUX construction permit, and WGBA-TV (the former WLRE-TV). However, the sale took most of the year to be completed after one of Family Group's creditors, television programming supplier MCA Television, objected to the repayment plan only to be overruled by a bankruptcy judge.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104123180/fcc-considers-chippewa-tv-station/|date=November 30, 1990|page=4D|first=Rod|last=Stetzer|title=FCC considers Chippewa TV station|newspaper=Leader-Telegram|location=Eau Claire, Wisconsin|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 17, 2023|archive-date=February 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217064231/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104123180/fcc-considers-chippewa-tv-station/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104123246/antenna-for-independent-tv-station-appro/|date=July 5, 1991|page=1B|first=Rod|last=Stetzer|title=Antenna for independent TV station approved: But picture still isn't clear concerning when, or if, WEUX-TV will sign on|newspaper=Leader-Telegram|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 17, 2023|archive-date=February 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218054205/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104123246/antenna-for-independent-tv-station/|url-status=live}}
After the deal was consummated in October 1991,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118940058/channel-26-is-bought-finco-is-replaced/|date=October 19, 1991|page=D-2|first=Warren|last=Gerds|title=Channel 26 is bought; Finco is replaced at 5|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 18, 2023|archive-date=February 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218054155/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118940058/channel-26-is-bought-finco-is-replaced/|url-status=live}} the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a key modification of the WEUX construction permit, allowing construction to finally proceed at a site near Lafayette.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104123326/fcc-grants-permit-to-weux-owners/|date=March 13, 1992|page=1A|first=Rod|last=Stetzer|title=FCC grants permit to WEUX owners|newspaper=Leader-Telegram|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 17, 2023|archive-date=February 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217064234/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104123326/fcc-grants-permit-to-weux-owners/|url-status=live}} The station finally began broadcasting on February 9, 1993, as a straight simulcast of WLAX. Bushland later told the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram that he had hoped channel 48 would be a more local station, not merely a pass-through for WLAX. Previously, viewers in Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, and other locations in the market's northern portion had to rely on cable to watch Fox programming.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104122607/new-tv-station-finally-on-the-air/|date=February 9, 1993|page=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104122592/efforts-to-found-station-span-nearly-a-d/ 2A]|first=Rod|last=Stetzer|title=New TV station finally on the air|newspaper=Leader-Telegram|location=Eau Claire, Wisconsin|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 17, 2023|archive-date=February 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217064233/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104122607/new-tv-station-finally-on-the-air/|url-status=live}} A new tower was built for WEUX at Colfax in 1995, housing a new transmitter facility broadcasting at the increased effective radiated power of 1.5 million watts.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118824739/weux-building-new-tower/|date=August 18, 1995|page=1B|title=WEUX building new tower|newspaper=Leader-Telegram|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 17, 2023|archive-date=February 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217064234/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118824739/weux-building-new-tower/|url-status=live}} Grant Broadcasting acquired WLAX/WEUX from Aries in 1996.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104123290/fox-affiliates-may-be-sold-to/|date=October 10, 1995|page=1B|first=Rod|last=Stetzer|title=Fox affiliates may be sold to Florida-based company|newspaper=Leader-Telegram|location=Eau Claire, Wisconsin|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 17, 2023|archive-date=February 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217064234/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104123290/fox-affiliates-may-be-sold-to/|url-status=live}}
=Modern history=
Both stations discontinued analog broadcasts on February 17, 2009. While the national digital TV transition was delayed to June, all of the major commercial stations in La Crosse and Eau Claire converted on the original airdate.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118940791/today-you-may-be-tuned-out-most-area-st/|date=February 17, 2009|page=A3|title=Today you may be tuned out: Most area stations converting to digital|newspaper=The Winona Daily News|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 18, 2023|archive-date=February 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218054147/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118940791/today-you-may-be-tuned-out-most-area/|url-status=live}}
After WEAU's tower at Fairchild collapsed in an ice storm in March 2011, WLAX allowed WEAU to use one of its subchannels for over-the-air operations in the market's southern portion until WEAU's tower was rebuilt the following January. The northern portion relied on a subchannel of WQOW in Eau Claire during this time. The subchannels brought NBC programming to the few viewers in the market without access to cable or satellite until WEAU brought its own tower back online.{{cite news|title=WEAU 13 was on the air on 18.3 & 25.2, Charter Cable 6 and in HD on 606|url=http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/UPDATE_WEAU_is_back_on_the_air_-_on_183_-_And_Charter_Cable_6.html|access-date=March 26, 2011|newspaper=WEAU.com|date=March 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720015254/http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/UPDATE_WEAU_is_back_on_the_air_-_on_183_-_And_Charter_Cable_6.html|archive-date=July 20, 2011|url-status=dead}}
On November 6, 2013, Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced that it would purchase the Grant stations, including WLAX/WEUX, for $87.5 million.{{cite news|last=Malone|first=Michael|title=Nexstar to Acquire Seven Grant Stations For $87.5 Million|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/nexstar-acquire-seven-grant-stations-875-million-124490|access-date=November 6, 2013|newspaper=Broadcasting & Cable|date=November 6, 2013|archive-date=November 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109045011/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/496448-Nexstar_to_Acquire_Seven_Grant_Stations_For_87_5_Million.php|url-status=live}} The sale was completed on December 1, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1663769&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=2710|title=Consummation Notice (WLAX)|website=Consolidated Database System|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=December 3, 2014|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222092046/http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1663769&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=2710|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1663768&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=2709|title=Consummation Notice (WEUX)|website=Consolidated Database System|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=December 3, 2014|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222103626/http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1663768&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=2709|url-status=live}}
Newscasts
In 1995, WLAX/WEUX began carrying two-minute newsbreaks before 6 and 10 p.m.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118824653/fox-affiliate-plans-local-newscasts/|date=September 19, 1995|page=4B|title=Fox affiliate plans local newscasts|newspaper=Leader-Telegram|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 17, 2023|archive-date=February 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217064236/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118824653/fox-affiliate-plans-local-newscasts/|url-status=live}} and a monthly community affairs program, Impact.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118824700/locally-produced-show-makes-debut-tonigh/|date=February 15, 1995|page=1B|first=Rod|last=Stetzer|title=Locally produced show makes debut tonight on Fox TV|newspaper=Leader-Telegram|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 17, 2023|archive-date=February 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218054200/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118824700/locally-produced-show-makes-debut/|url-status=live}}
Beginning August 28, 2006, WLAX/WEUX began airing a 30-minute nightly 9 p.m. newscast, produced by WEAU at its studios.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118824874/fox-2548-announce-newscast-anchors/|date=August 25, 2006|page=B-7|title=Fox 25/48 announce newscast anchors|newspaper=The La Crosse Tribune|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 17, 2023|archive-date=February 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217064228/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118824874/fox-2548-announce-newscast-anchors/|url-status=live}}
Technical information
WLAX and WEUX broadcast two shared channels (Fox and Antenna TV) as well as two unique diginets each from Scripps Networks. In 2016, when Nexstar reached a group deal for carriage of the then-Katz Broadcasting diginets,{{cite news|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/currency/bounce-tv-grit-escape-laff-multicast-deal-covers-81-stations-54-markets/157330|title=Bounce TV, Grit, Escape, Laff Multicast Deal Covers 81 Stations, 54 Markets|last=Lafayette|first=Jon|date=June 16, 2016|work=Broadcasting and Cable|access-date=June 19, 2016|archive-date=June 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618015453/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/currency/bounce-tv-grit-escape-laff-multicast-deal-covers-81-stations-54-markets/157330|url-status=live}} separate offerings were launched from each transmitter.{{cite web|url=http://www.wiproud.com/news/local-news/fox-25-48-announces-four-new-channels_20160826031802|title=FOX 25/48 Announces Four New Channels|date=August 26, 2016|website=wiproud.com|access-date=April 20, 2018|archive-date=September 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919054240/http://www.wiproud.com/news/local-news/fox-25-48-announces-four-new-channels_20160826031802|url-status=live}}
=WLAX subchannels=
class="wikitable"
|+ Subchannels of WLAX{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WLAX|title=RabbitEars query for WLAX|website=RabbitEars|access-date=April 20, 2018|archive-date=January 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117190537/http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WLAX|url-status=live}} ! scope="col" | Channel ! scope="col" | Res. ! scope="col" | Aspect ! scope="col" | Short name ! scope="col" | Programming |
scope="row" | 25.1 |
---|
scope="row" | 25.2
| rowspan=3|480i || WLAXANT || Antenna TV |
scope="row" | 25.3
| Laff || Laff |
scope="row" | 25.4
| Grit || Grit |
=WEUX subchannels=
class="wikitable"
|+ Subchannels of WEUX{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WEUX|title=RabbitEars query for WEUX|website=RabbitEars|access-date=April 20, 2018|archive-date=January 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117131921/http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WEUX|url-status=live}} ! scope="col" | Channel ! scope="col" | Res. ! scope="col" | Aspect ! scope="col" | Short name ! scope="col" | Programming |
scope="row" | 48.1
| 720p || rowspan=4| 16:9 || WEUX-HD || Fox |
---|
scope="row" | 48.2
| rowspan=3|480i || WEUXANT || Antenna TV |
scope="row" | 48.3
| Escape || Ion Mystery |
scope="row" | 48.4
| Bounce || Bounce TV |
References
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External links
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- [http://www.weau.com/ WEAU]
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