WRQK-FM
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| History | |
|---|---|
First air date | March 1, 1961 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "Rock" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 8550 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 27,500 watts |
| HAAT | 103 meters (338 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°49′22.00″N 81°25′40.00″W / 40.8227778°N 81.4277778°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (via iHeartRadio) |
| Website | wrqk |
WRQK-FM (106.9
History
WRQK-FM began broadcasting as WCNO on March 1, 1961.[2] The new station was owned by the Greer Group, also owner of WAND in Canton; the two stations became WNYN and WNYN-FM in 1967. Both stations were purchased in 1965 by Don Keyes, who had made his mark as a national programmer for legendary station owner Gordon McLendon. In 1971, he sold the FM station to Susquehanna Radio Corporation, the owners of WHLO in Akron, whereupon WNYN-FM became WHLQ.
Susquehanna sold the station in 1978 to the owners of WINW, who applied to change the FM call letters to WHOF (for the "Hall of Fame" city of Canton) but were rebuffed by the owners of WTOF, another local FM station. (Coincidentally, WRQK-FM now has a new Clear Channel sister station using the WHOF call letters.) 106.9 adopted an automated Top 40 format and became WOOS-FM on June 1, 1979.
WOOS-FM changed its call sign to WRQK on August 3, 1985, taking on an
In 1995, the station was sold by Jim Embrescia's Canton/Akron Radio, Inc. to Sabre Communications. Then In 1997, SabreComm sold to Connoisseur. Connoisseur sold their entire radio group to
In March 2007, WRQK-FM changed its branding from "Rock 107" to "Rock 106.9"; and also changed slogans from "Canton's Rock Station" to "It Just Rocks!", in an effort to also serve the Akron market, in early 2017 the station changed the slogan back to "Canton's Rock Station"
Current programming
WRQK-FM personality and former
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WRQK-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/60s-OCR-YB/1965-YB/1965-BC-YB-for-OCR-Page-0280.pdf [dead link]
- ^ Stansbury on WRQK - WRQK.com
- ^ "House of Hair Stations - House of Hair online.com". Archived from the original on 2012-06-20. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
External links
- Official website
- WRQK in the FCC FM station database
- WRQK in Nielsen Audio's FM station database