WOEN

WOEN (1360 AM) is a radio station that broadcasts a country music format, simulcasting sister station WZKZ in Alfred. Licensed to Olean, New York, United States, the station serves the Olean area. The station is owned by Sound Communications LLC, a division of Waypoint Media.[1][2]

WOEN
CityOlean, New York
Frequency1360 kHz
Branding101.9 The Ride
Programming
FormatCountry music (WZKZ simulcast)
Ownership
OwnerSound Communications, LLC
(sale to Standard Media Group pending)
WMXO, WQRS, WGGO, WZKZ
History
First air date
1957 (as WMNS)
Former call signs
WMNS (1957-2000)
Call sign meaning
W OlEaN
Technical information
Facility ID19708
ClassD
Power1,000 watts day
30 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
42°06′18″N 78°23′25″W
Repeater(s)W242CT, Olean
Links
Website101.9 The Ride

The station was formerly known as WMNS until ca. 2000 when the station changed to its current calls. For most of the mid-2000s until the end of 2011, WOEN was the Olean affiliate of The Rush Limbaugh Show; that show moved to WVTT in 2012. Among other affiliations the station carried were with ABC Radio Networks' talk network, the CBS Radio Network, the WOR Radio Network, and Talk Radio Network. The station switched to the WGGO simulcast in September 2013 (at the time both carried adult standards/oldies formats); in 2016, both stations flipped to talk, this time with Salem Radio Network providing the content. WOEN continued operating after WGGO was knocked off air in March 2017.

On March 21, 2018, shortly after WGGO returned to air (after a year of test programming it eventually took up the talk lineup and brought Limbaugh back), WOEN flipped from talk to country, simulcasting WZKZ. The station also began broadcasting on translator W242CT at 96.3 MHz. WOEN is the only AM radio station in Waypoint Media's portfolio that runs a format other than its "The Patriot" conservative talk brand.

References
  1. "WOEN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "WOEN Station Information Profile". Arbitron.


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