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 WIEL
Downtown E'town

Site last updated July 6, 2009

   Listen here for messages & greetings
from 
Bob Craft & Mark Isham !

...and listen here for how E'town
started and ended her day!
Antenna Tower

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Facebook
page!

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Airchecks
(Updated 7/4!)
Personalities
(Updated 7/6!)
Jingles
(Updated 7/5!)
Photos
(1,2,3,4,5)

Features
(Updated 7/3!)
Ron Boone Tribute
(Updated 6/23!)
Media & History
(Updated 7/6!)
Surveys/Charts

Newspaper

Comments

The DJ Picks

The Spot Page

A Glimpse at the Media Climate

Promotional Items

Bulletin Board
(Updated 7/4!)
Project 1400

Wayback Machine

Rock & Roll Holiday

Birthday Page

Microphone


UK Logo

Your direct link to University of Kentucky Sports

Go Big Blue!!



WIEL 1950's

Hardin County's first radio station signed on the air September 28, 1950. From a small band of businessmen putting a Mom and Pop AM station on the air on what was then the outskirts of town  to a growing bonafide radio station serving Hardin and surrounding counties, WIEL, like all other stations, went through changes in ownership, personnel, format, and logos. One thing remained constant...AM 1400 was the place to go for music and information, as well as for news and sports. WIEL became an integral part of the community and the lifestyles of its citizens, thus being referred to as "Community Radio 1400 WIEL."

In early 2007, former disc jockeys and station personnel, both past and present, embarked on assembling a website in honor of WIEL, much in the fashion of 79waky.com & 1080wklo.com. In addition to radio related links, there are also special features of historical & local interest.

 In an era where FM dominates the airwaves and the once all important AM stations get pushed away until they are only a fragment of what they once were and dwell only in our memories, we invite you to visit us often. So, close your eyes and, in your mind, put the top down, grab your honey and cruise on over to the Moo Dairy Queen. We'll do our best to help you relive those memories...and remind  you why, for so many years, you relied so much on E'town and Hardin County's music and news leader, AM 1400 WIEL.

Greeting

Microphone

Did you know??

According to www.oldradio.com, WIEL's call letters originated from the use of
the first two letters of our city's name (no mention where the "I" came from !).


"The 14WIEL website is very important and Max has done a great job carefully setting it up. This website
will outlive all of us and will continue to tell WIEL's story of long ago when WIEL Radio was live, with great
air-talent, creativity, and ELECTRIC  listenability!" -Bob Craft, 14WIEL 1975-1984

"Thank you Max...and keep the passion alive."-Ross Becker, GM 1997-2003

"That is a great effort...keep up the good work!"-Larry Bolls, former E'town resident by e-mail

"Thanks for what you are trying to do for this radio station. It captures a part of history
 for this community before it's really gone."-Belinda Stark, former reporter & news director
 "(To) you, Paul and the others who worked so hard to create this tribute website,  you will probably never know 
how many smiles and how much happiness you have brought to so many...I hope that it is as rewarding
 for you as it is for us."-
Deanna Pozesny, former copywriter 14WIEL

"I enjoy visiting the WIEL website to see what you have added.  Feb. 1st, (was) the fifth anniversary of Ron's
death....thanks for keeping his memory alive."-
Judy Boone, wife of Ron Boone

"The internet is the way to remember it, thanks to the caretakers of the faith-and for WIEL that's YOU.
T
hanks for fanning the flames of yesterday's 14WIEL" -Bob Craft, 14WIEL 1975-1984

"It’s good seeing the old pix and [it's] interesting thinking back to the times described in the 'WKRP in
Cincinnati' song–where a person could make a living (sort of) going town-to-town up and down the dial"
-
Mike Griffin, former co-worker & longtime friend of Bob Craft and early disc jockey/engineer of WAKY -790

We're currently looking for photos of such landmarks as the Moo Dairy Queen & the     Starlite Drive-in! Contact us at max@1400wiel.com  if you can help!!

Ron Boone's
Heart
Heart of The Matter
Online!
***

New shows rotating!
Archives appear on Tribute page

Listen for more VINTAGE Ron Boone homestyle reporting, plus Dick Curtis interviews very soon, as originally heard on 14WIEL!

Don Picozzi
      Checkout the site of Don Picozzi to see 
where around town he's playing next!

Old Time Radio
The Way We Were
a weekly look back at radio of yesteryear!
with different soundclips each  week!
Look for it on the Features page!

**UPDATE!!**
*The 14WIEL stream has been temporarily interrupted for many listeners the last few months but we look to be restoring it soon. We appreciate your patience and apologize for inconveniences.

14WIEL Online
The music, vintage jingles and voices, all of which YOU remember! Plus occasional specialty programming and feature music! Get it all by listening NOW by clicking on the image above or log on to www.oldies1400.com!


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Many thanks to
John Quincy, a source of inspiration to whom much gratitude is owed.

Contact the webmaster with any comments or questions or if you have any WIEL material you'd like to make available for this website!

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