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WEAU (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States, serving the La Crosse–Eau Claire market as an affiliate of NBC and The CW Plus. The station is owned by Gray Media , and maintains studios on South Hastings Way / US 53 Business in Altoona (with an Eau Claire postal address); its transmitter is located ...
The station was originally WEAU on 1050 kHz, switching to 790 in 1941. [2] The call sign was switched to WEAQ upon a 1959 ownership change. [3] Eventually, the station moved to Tower Drive on the northeast side of Eau Claire, playing pop music with occasional format switches to country, rock, adult contemporary and standards.
Eau Claire is known regionally for its arts and music scenes and is the hometown of indie folk band Bon Iver, whose lead singer Justin Vernon co-curated the city's annual Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival. [17] Eau Claire is the second fastest-growing major city in Wisconsin after Madison, with 5.4% population growth between 2010 and 2020. [18]
Area served City of license VC RF Callsign Network Notes Eau Claire: Eau Claire: 13 17 WEAU: NBC: Cozi TV on 13.2, MeTV on 13.3, Movies! on 13.4, Ion Plus on 13.5, Outlaw on 13.6, CW+ on 14.10
This is a list of full-service television stations in the United States having call signs which begin with the letter W. Stations licensed to transmit under low-power specifications—ex., WOCV-CD, W16DQ-D and WIFR-LD—have not been included.
In 1990, Kreibich began working for WEAU after moving into Eau Claire. [2] As part of his work as a reporter, he accompanied the New Richmond High School Marching Band on its trip to the Soviet Union as part of his work as a reporter for WEAU. [3] During his time in Eau Claire he was a member of the Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce. [4]
The station was originally WEAU-FM, an FM station co-owned with WEAU-TV in Eau Claire, broadcasting on 100.7 FM until 1967 when it switched to 104.5 FM. When WAXX 1150 was purchased and brought under the same ownership as WEAU-TV/WEAU-FM, WEAU-FM began simulcasting WAXX's country format.
He later moved to Eau Claire where he worked at WEAU for 24 years, then in public relations at the Eau Claire Consumer's Cooperative for 11 years. Dawson worked for a short time at Luther Hospital and was elected to serve on the Eau Claire County Board for several years.