WQOS (AM)
| |
|---|---|
| Affiliations | Relevant Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Relevant Radio, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | February 16, 1949 |
Former call signs | WVCG (1949–2006) WTPS (2006–2007) WMCU (2007–2010) WWFH (2010) WHIM (2010–2018) WKAT (2018–2019) WOCN (2019) |
Former frequencies | 1070 kHz |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 74165 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 50,000 watts day 10,000 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 25°44′53″N 80°32′47″W / 25.74806°N 80.54639°W |
| Translator(s) | 97.7 W249DM (Miami) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | relevantradio |
WQOS (1080
History
WVCG signed on the air on February 16, 1949. It was known as the "Voice of Coral Gables" and was the Miami area's first all-
The station upgraded its daytime power to 50,000 watts in the 1960s and moved up the dial to 1080. Through the years, it tried various formats, including
The station was then purchased from
On April 1, 2010, the station changed its call letters to WHIM and aired English-language Christian talk programming 14 hours a day, Spanish-language Christian talk 3 hours a day and Haitian Creole programming 7 hours overnight. On June 1, 2010, WHIM began its signature program, "Sound Word Live" from 1 to 3 p.m. daily, hosted by Frank Trotta and co-hosted by Dave Mitchell, Steve James and Bernie Diaz.
In 2011, WHIM entered an agreement with
In 2017, "1080 The Word" carried national
On January 1, 2018, the station changed its call letters to WKAT following the company's sale of the previous WKAT on 1360 AM.
On July 25, 2019, Salem Media Group agreed to sell WKAT and WZAB, as well as WLCC and WWMI in Tampa Bay, to Immaculate Heart Media, Inc. for more than $8.2 million.[2][3] The call sign was changed to WOCN on September 16, 2019, and to WQOS on September 26, 2019. The sale closed on September 30, 2019. Following the sale, much of WQOS's Relevant Radio programming was simulcast on WZAB until 2020, when WZAB was sold to iHeartMedia.
References
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Venta, Lance. "Immaculate Heart Media Acquires Four In Miami & Tampa From Salem", Radio Insight. July 29, 2019. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
External links
- FCC History Cards for WQOS
- WQOS in the FCC AM station database
- WQOS in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
  | This article about a radio station in Florida is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |