WWNQ
| City of license | Forest Acres, South Carolina |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Columbia, South Carolina |
| Branding | Country Legends 94.3 |
| Frequency | 94.3 MHz |
| First air date | 2004 |
| Format | Classic Country |
| ERP | 2,550 watts |
| HAAT | 135.9 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 83396 |
| Owner | Double O Radio |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | WWNQ Online |
WWNQ is a classic country radio station licensed to Forest Acres, South Carolina and serves the Columbia, South Carolina market. The Double O Radio outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast at 94.3 MHz with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 2.25 kW. The station goes by the name Country Legends 94.3 on-air.
The station is owned by Double O Radio of South Carolina, which also owns AC WWNU in the Columbia radio market.
[edit] History
The frequency for 94.3 was allocated to Forest Acres by the FCC in the fall of 1996. In order to make way for the new station, WPUB, located in nearby Camden, South Carolina, changed its frequency from 94.3 to 102.7 in 1998.
After several years of planning and delays, WWNQ finally signed on under test authority in the fall of 2004 with a mixture of various songs from different genes of music in order to not tip off other stations in the market the true format for the new station. After testing was completed, the station signed on in November with the Classic Country format.
The station was Classic Country until late November 2008, when it was abruptly dropped for an all-Christmas format, a style that has not been done since former AC WLTY flipped its format to Adult Hits.
On December 30, 2008, after stunting with full length movies[citation needed], the station flipped to Classic Hits as "Flashback 94.3." The first song was "Let the Good Times Roll" by The Cars. Unlike Fox 102, WWNQ played just hits, and the music was delivered by satellite. Artists included Billy Joel, Queen, The Beatles, Tom Petty, and Electric Light Orchestra[1].
On July 30, 2010 WWNQ rebranded as "94.3 The River", taking the station off the satellite and programmed locally, playing the top 40 hits of the rock era. Local on-air personalities were Mike Lockaby mornings, Lona Steele middays and Marty Hall afternoons. WWNQ promoted "Columbia's Most-Music Mornings" weekday mornings with 94 minutes of commercial-free Classic Hits. WWNQ also featured a locally-produced Beatles specialty program, "The Beatles Radio Magazine," hosted by Marty Hall Sunday mornings at 10 A.M.[citation needed]
On June 28, 2011 at 3 pm WWNQ began stunting with a ticking clock. On June 29, 2011 at 6 am WWNQ changed their format to contemporary hits, branded as "Q94.3", which turned out to be a stunt. On June 30, 2011 at 6 pm WWNQ resumed stunting with a ticking clock and changed their format to classic country, branded as "Country Legends 94.3" at 12 noon on Friday, July 1, 2011.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Jeffrey Day, "'Country Legends' Is Now Classic Rock: WWNQ Changes Format Today," The State, December 30, 2008.
- ^ Taylor Jr., Otis R. (2011-08-11). "After detour to classic hits, WWNQ returns to country legends". The State. http://www.thestate.com/2011/08/11/1930670/after-detour-to-classic-hits-wwnq.html. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WWNQ
- Radio-Locator information on WWNQ
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WWNQ
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