WQAL
Hot adult contemporary | |
Subchannels | HD2: Channel Q |
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Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | April 1948 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "Quality music" |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 72889 |
Class | B |
ERP | 12,000 watts |
HAAT | 293 meters (961 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°20′28.00″N 81°44′24.00″W / 41.3411111°N 81.7400000°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live (via Audacy) |
Website | www |
WQAL (104.1
History
WQAL began in April 1948 as WJW-FM, the FM sister station to
WJW-FM began carrying programming separate from their AM sister in 1966, featuring a mixture of concert and classical music.
In early 1971, Storer sold off WCJW, along with
WQAL's format throughout the 1970s and 1980s was beautiful music as "Easy 104 WQAL" with some of Cleveland radio's best-known personalities, including "Tall" Ted Hallaman, James "Jay Lynn" Threatt, Ed Fisher, Al James, Frank Micale, and David Mark; Kevin Coan did news reports and co-hosted early mornings with Larry Morrow;[11] Chris "Daniels" Eicher hosted middays, while Margo Johnson hosted evenings.
The station was the last remaining full-power signal in the Cleveland market to feature a beautiful music format after
WIN Communications Inc. sold off WQAL to Chancellor Media in January 1999, joining
WQAL moved to new studios at One Radio Lane, paired with WDOK, in December 2001. Current WQAL program director Dave Popovich held like duties at WDOK from 1999 to 2000 – and also worked at then-"Lite Rock 106½" WLTF, whose studios were at One Radio Lane in the late 1980s. In recent years, WQAL has been leaning more Top 40 in order to attract some of the younger 18- to 25-year-old audience.
On November 13, 2012, WQAL moved from its longtime studio home at One Radio Lane, off East Saint Clair Avenue in Downtown Cleveland, to the Halle Building on Euclid Avenue, also downtown. Sister station WDOK joined WQAL in the move; as a result, all four Cleveland CBS Radio stations are now located in the same building.[14]
On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with
Current programming
WQAL personalities include Bill Ryan and Alyssa Rose mornings, Jenny Lyte middays, Kelly McMann afternoons, and Chase Daniels evenings.[18]
The HD2 digital subchannel airs a new CHR format under the brand "The New Music Channel".[2][19] The HD2 channel plays new music releases and invites listeners to give feedback on the Q104 website on whether they would like to see the tracks added to the regular Q104 playlist. The HD3 channel carries Entercom's national Channel Q service.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WQAL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ a b "HD Radio station guide for Cleveland, OH". HDRadio.com. HD Radio. 2015. Archived from the original on September 27, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
- ^ "1949 Broadcasting Yearbook" (PDF). Broadcasting. p. 312. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Cleveland History:RADIO". Ech.cwru.edu. December 17, 2007. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
- ^ "Standard Net Begins Origination at WJW". The Billboard. December 4, 1948. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ "For the Record: Call Letter Actions" (PDF). Broadcasting. January 29, 1968. p. 117. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
- ^ "Program notes: Country sound" (PDF). Broadcasting. February 5, 1968. p. 55. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
- ^ "Storer FM holdings down to one" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 26, 1971. p. 56. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
- ^ "For the Record: Call Letter Actions" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 24, 1971. p. 74. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ "For the Record: Ownership Changes" (PDF). Broadcasting. December 3, 1984. pp. 126–127. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ISBN 9781598510690.
- ^ a b Stark, Phyllis (August 8, 1992). "Billboard's PD of the week: Dave Ervin, WQAL Cleveland". Billboard. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ^ "Company News; Chancellor Media to buy six Cleveland radio stations". The New York Times. August 13, 1998.
- ^ "New 102 Is Moving Tomorrow, Kory Remembers One Radio Lane « Cleveland's New 102". New102.cbslocal.com. 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
- ^ "CBS Radio To Merge With Entercom". RadioInsight. 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- ^ "Entercom Receives FCC Approval for Merger with CBS Radio". Entercom. November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ Venta, Lance (November 17, 2017). "Entercom Completes CBS Radio Merger". Radio Insight. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ "Twitter / AlyTannerRadio". Retrieved 2013-04-22 – via Twitter.[non-primary source needed]
- ^ "Contacts « Q104 Cleveland". Q104.cbslocal.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
External links
- Official website
- FCC History Cards for WQAL
- WQAL in the FCC FM station database
- WQAL in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Cleveland Broadcast Radio Archives: WQAL timeline