ɪt sˈaɪnd ˌɔn baɪ dˈɑːktɚ. hjˈuː vˈæn ˈiːtən, ɐ lˈoʊkəl bˈæptɪst mˈɪnɪstɚ, ænd hiː ˈɛntɚd ɐ pˈɑːɹtnɚʃˌɪp wɪð dˈɑːktɚ. dʒˈeɪ. dˈʌbəljˌuː. dˈaɪ dʒˈɪɡliə ænd hˈɜːʃɛl hˈɑːɹdəsti ænd hˈæɹəld ˈiː. pɹˈɑːɾɚ ˈɔːlsoʊ ɐ kˈoʊˈoʊnɚɹ ʌv ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndənt stˈeɪʃən dˈʌbəljˌuːnˈɑːl ɪn nˈuː ˈɔːɹliənz ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi fˈoːɹ, ˌʌndɚ ðə nˈeɪm lˈeɪk tʃˈɑːɹlz ᵻlɛktɹˈɑːnɪk mˈiːdiːə.
It signed on by Dr. Hugh Van Eaton, a local Baptist minister, and he entered a partnership with Dr. J. W. DiGiglia and Herschell Hardesty and Harold E. Protter (also a co-owner of independent station WNOL in New Orleans) in 1984, under the name Lake Charles Electronic Media.