WIQO-FM

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WIQO-FM
CBS Radio News
AffiliationsWestwood One
Salem Radio Network
Compass Media Networks
Ownership
OwnerThree Daughters Media
WBLT, WGMN, WMNA, WMNA-FM, WVGM
History
First air date
October 1965; 58 years ago (1965-10)
Former call signs
WKEY-FM (1965–1977)[1]
Technical information
Facility ID73158
ClassA
Power200 watts
HAAT511 meters (1,677 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
37°28′19.0″N 79°22′28.0″W / 37.471944°N 79.374444°W / 37.471944; -79.374444
Repeater(s)106.3 WMNA-FM (Gretna)
Links
WebcastWIQO-FM Webstream
WebsiteWIQOradio.com

WIQO-FM (100.9

radio station licensed to Forest, Virginia, and serving the Lynchburg metropolitan area.[2] It simulcasts a talk radio format with sister station 106.3 WMNA-FM Gretna, Virginia. They are owned and operated by Three Daughters Media.[3]

WIQO-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 200 watts. The transmitter is on North Business Mountain Road in Forest, Virginia.[4]

Programming

Weekday mornings on WIQO-FM and WMNA-FM begin with a local wake up show hosted by Janet Rose, also shared with co-owned

and The Markley, Van Camp and Robbins Show.

Weekends feature shows on money, home repair, cars, guns and real estate. Syndicated hosts include

CBS Radio News
.

History

The station

signed on the air in October 1965; 58 years ago (1965-10).[5] It originally had the call sign WKEY-FM and was located in Covington, Virginia.[6] It was the sister station of WKEY 1340 AM and was owned by WKEY, Inc. In the early and mid-1970s, the station played easy listening music and was an affiliate of the ABC FM Network
.

In 1977, the station was moved to the more lucrative Lynchburg radio market. It took the call letters WIQO-FM.

References

  1. ^ "FCC History Card for WIQO-FM".
  2. ^ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  3. ^ "WIQO Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  4. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WIQO
  5. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-562. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  6. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-218, Broadcasting & Cable

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