WIOE (AM)

WIOE (1450 AM) is a commercial oldies radio station licensed to serve Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Owned by Brian Walsh, the station services the Fort Wayne Metropolitan Area and much of surrounding Northeastern Indiana as a full-power simulcast of WIOE (101.1 FM), licensed to nearby South Whitley.

The success continued as many of the original "LYV GYS" made their mark in Ft. Wayne and moved to larger markets.

"Skinny" Bobby Harper went on to great success in Atlanta, and was (it is said) was the real life model for WKRP In Cincinnati's Dr. Johnny Fever.

Other major market personalities who worked at WLYV include Bob Todd, Ron Morgan, and Bobby Knight.

In later years, Program Director Bob Hamilton and high energy personalities like Phil Gardner, Jay Walker, Shotgun Lenny Harrison (Chuck Martin)and local favorite Ted Hatch continued the station's popularity.

WLYV was owned by legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus from 1974 to 1980 under the operating name Golden Bear Broadcasting.

Effective July 15, 2019, Adams Radio Group sold WLYV and translator W282CH to Brian Walsh, at a purchase price of $200,000.

After receiving FCC approval in May, WIOE began testing digital only transmissions using the HD Radio MA3 mode.