WQYK-FM
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| City of license | St. Petersburg, Florida |
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| Broadcast area | Tampa, Florida |
| Branding | 99.5 WQYK |
| Slogan | Tampa Bay's Country Station |
| Frequency | 99.5 MHz |
| First air date | May 1958 (as WTCX) |
| Format | Country |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 174 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 28619 |
| Callsign meaning | tribute to sister station WQIK in Jacksonville |
| Former callsigns | WTCX (1958-1972) |
| Owner | CBS Radio |
| Sister stations | WLLD, WHFS, WRBQ, WHFS-FM, WYUU part of CBS Corp. cluster with TV station WTOG |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wqyk.com |
WQYK-FM (99.5 FM) is a commercial country music radio station in Tampa, Florida. It is currently under ownership of CBS Radio. It signed on the air in May 1958 as WTCX. WTCX was a 31,000 watt classical music station and the first Tampa Bay FM to introduce stereo sound. It went on the air in 1958 from a tiny studio at the transmitter site at 5750 North Haines Road in St. Petersburg, Florida and was owned by Trans-Chord company. - The call letters changed to the current WQYK-FM in 1972.
External links[edit]
- WQYK Website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WQYK
- Radio-Locator information on WQYK
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WQYK
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Coordinates: 27°55′55″N 82°24′04″W / 27.932°N 82.401°W
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