WIAL

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WIAL

City	Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Branding	I-94
Slogan	"today's variety"
Frequency	94.1 FM (MHz)
Format	Commercial; Hot Adult Contemporary
ERP	84,000 watts
HAAT	107 meters
Class	C1
Owner	Mid-West Family Broadcasting (Mid-West Management, Inc.)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.i94online.com

WIAL (94.1 FM) is a radio station in the Eau Claire area of Wisconsin, with its studio/offices located in Altoona, Wisconsin. Its transmitter is located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

History

WIAL began as an easy listening station, similar to "The Wonderful WAIL" (WAYL, now KXXR) in Minneapolis. On November 1, 1982, WIAL switched formats to become Top 40 (CHR), in the wake of the transition of pop/rock formats from AM to FM stations, and debuted the name "I-94" after Interstate 94 which runs along the south and west side of Eau Claire. It currently airs a Hot Adult Contemporary format, with George House, Matt Malone, and Sue Kelly("George, Matt & Sue") mornings, Sue Kelly middays, Matt Malone afternoons, and Luc Anthony evenings.

WIAL was sold to Midwest Family Communications in 1991 along with sister WEAQ-AM. In 1993 Midwest Family purchased WECL-FM. Then the stations were sold to Central Communications (consisting of WAXX-FM & WAYY-AM) in 1996, and moved to the Central studios in Altoona, WI. The five stations, along with new sister stations WDRK-FM, were sold to Maverick Media, LLC, in 2003. In 2013, Mid-West Family Broadcasting Inc re-purchased WIAL (along with WEAQ-AM).

WIAL switched to a Hot Adult Contemporary format in March, 2003, and unveiled its current logo soon after. In 2005, the station shifted to a mainstream Adult Contemporary format. On August 17, 2012, the station returned to a Hot AC format.

WIAL and its Eau Claire sister stations, along with Maverick Media's Rockford, Illinois stations, were sold to Mid-West Family Broadcasting for $15.5 million. The purchase of the Eau Claire stations was consummated on October 1, 2013, while the Rockford station purchases were consummated on June 1, 2014.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WIAL

Radio-Locator information on WIAL

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WIAL

Radio stations in the Eau Claire, Wisconsin market

By AM frequency	680 790 880 1050 1150 1400 1430

By FM frequency	88.3 89.7 90.5 91.3 92.1 92.9 94.1 95.1 95.9 96.3 96.9 98.1 98.7 99.9 100.7 101.5 101.9 102.7 103.7 104.5 105.7 106.7

By callsign	W254CN WATQ WAXX WAYY WBIZ WBIZ-FM WCFW WDMO WDRK WDVM WEAQ WECL WHEM WHWC WHYS-LP WJLM-LP WIAL WIEC-LP WISM-FM WMEQ WMEQ-FM WOGO WQRB WRDN WRFP-LP WUEC WVCF WWIB WWJC

Nearby radio markets La Crosse Minneapolis–St. Paul Rice Lake–Spooner Rochester Wausau–Stevens Point See also List of radio stations in Wisconsin

Adult Contemporary radio stations in the state of Wisconsin

By frequency	740 1240 1260 1450 1550 92.3 92.5 93.3 94.1 96.3 97.7 97.7 98.1 98.1 99.1 102.9 104.9 105.5 105.7 105.9 106.3

By callsign	WAQE-FM WBDL WCFW WDLB WEVR WEVR-FM WFDL-FM WIAL WJJQ WLDB WLJY WLKN WLXR-FM WMGN WOMT WRLS WRPQ WSFQ WWIS

By city of license	Baraboo Barron Black River Falls Chippewa Falls Cleveland Eau Claire Hayward La Crosse Lomira Madison Manitowoc Marshfield Milwaukee Nekoosa Peshtigo Reedsburg River Falls River Falls Tomahawk

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Wisconsin

Coordinates: 44°49′48″N 91°26′49″W / 44.830°N 91.447°W / 44.830; -91.447

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