WEIC (1270 AM) was a radio station licensed to Charleston, Illinois, USA. The station signed on for the first time December 12, 1954 as WEIC, built by Charleston resident Jack Owens, who took a disability settlement from an injury suffered while working for the railroad, and used it to build the radio station. The station signed on with 1,000 watts of power on 1270 kilocycles operating during daytime hours only, from studios, transmitter and towers located at the same place they are today—2560 West State Street (on what was formerly Illinois Route 16, now Illinois Route 316) on Charleston's northwest side.