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WQLL
Broadcast areaBaltimore, Maryland
Frequency1370 kHz
BrandingBaltimore’s BIN 1370
Programming
FormatAll-news radio
NetworkBlack Information Network
Ownership
OwnerM-10 Broadcasting, Inc.
OperatoriHeartMedia, Inc.
WCBM
History
First air date
April 5, 1955
(69 years ago) (1955-04-05)
Former call signs
  • WEBB (1955–1992)
  • WHLP (1992–1993)
  • WWLG (1993–2006)
  • WVIE (2006–2012)
Former frequencies
1360 kHz (1955–2002)
Call sign meaning
WQLL(Cool)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID27691
ClassB
Power50,000 watts day
24,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
Translator(s)99.9 W260BV (Aberdeen)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live (via iHeartRadio)
Websitebaltimore.binnews.com

WQLL (1370

Baltimore County, it serves the Baltimore metropolitan area
.

The station is currently owned by M-10 Broadcasting, Inc. and features programming from iHeartMedia's Black Information Network.

History

The station signed on originally in 1955 as WEBB on 1360

jazz, first popularized in the 1930s and 1940s which had not been heard regularly over Baltimore's airwaves for several decades except for a short interlude earlier on competing WAYE
(AM 860) in the late 1980s which then had billed itself as "Big Band 86". The station changed broadcast frequency a decade later from its longtime position on the dial at 1360 kHz to 1370 kHz on July 22, 2002, which allowed it to operate with increased power but with highly directional signals from separate day and night transmitter sites.

Serving as the only regional station playing the "Great Depression" and World War II era music remembered by what came to be known as "the Greatest Generation", the station's hosts/DJ's and publicity staff encouraged and supported a number of unofficial fan clubs, singers and bands/orchestra followers, organizing social events, dances and musical concerts in the area, including touring national combos and several well-known local performers such as Zim Zemarel and His Orchestra.

After 13 years with the "big band"/"swing" musical programming (an unusually long time in the frequently unstable, changeable radio broadcasting industry), in June 2006, WWLG became WVIE, billed as "V-1370, The Voice", a talk station aimed at women with programming from Joy Browne, Laura Ingraham, Tammy Bruce, Laura Schlessinger, and longtime TV talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael. By late 2007, Bruce and Raphael had been dropped in favor of non-female oriented / general talk radio programming with conservative viewpoints such as Mancow Muller, Glenn Beck, and Phil Hendrie. On September 8, 2008, WVIE moved to a sports talk format, advertised as "Fox Sports Radio 1370".

After two and a half years, in May 2011, WVIE began moving away from the sports format, adding the long-form news/features program "America's Morning News" (syndicated by

conservative talk station on the AM dial at WCBM (680); nighttime and weekend programming were still provided by Fox Sports Radio.[5]

A little more than a year later, August 6, 2012, WVIE changed its format to oldies/classic hits, branded as "Q-1370", returning a bit to its previous years from 1993-2006 as WWLG with the 1930s and 1940s era music, only now also supplemented with the tunes from the next two decades of the 1950s and 1960s of the "rock and roll" era with what became known as "oldies" (also occasionally known as "goodies"), with now antique and classic vinyl 45 rpm records. WQLL is now using Classic Hits (Westwood One) programming service for its format and "Alan Lee's Roadhouse Oldies Show" a local enthusiast, appears on Wednesday Nights from 6 pm to 8 pm along with several other nationally syndicated "records and commentary" shows and also including broadcasting

Bel Air, Maryland in neighboring Harford County on 99.9 FM and rebranded itself as "Q-1370 AM & 99.9 FM" with simultaneous broadcasting on both wavelengths. On May 16, 2016, WQLL added a live, local morning drive program headed by Baltimore radio veteran Steve Rouse ("Rouse and Company").[7]
This show lasted for over a year with Steve's Radio partners, Tracy Hart and Pat O'Neill. In July 2017, Rouse retired from the station for medical reasons. Supporting players "Hart and O'Neill" continued and - upon Hart's exit - O'Neill became the sole host. O'Neill moved to afternoon drive (2:00 - 6:00pm until he resigned in August 2019 to pursue other interests.

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WQLL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Baltimore Sun: "Dorothy E. Brunson, radio station owner, dies", August 4, 2011". Archived from the original on December 1, 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
  3. ^ "Radio station WEBB is sold owner says format to stay". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  4. ^ "PressBox: Rob Long's Morning Show Time Change". www.pressboxonline.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24.
  5. ^ Zurawik, David (June 30, 2011). "Radio station WVIE (1370 AM) drops local sports talk". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
  6. ^ "Classic Hits Returns To Baltimore - RadioInsight". 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  7. ^ Munshaw, Jonathan (May 12, 2016). "Steve Rouse's 'Rouse & Company' returning to Baltimore-area airwaves". www.bizjournals.com. Baltimore Business Journal. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

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