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'''WKRQ''', known on-air as '''Q102''', is a radio station located in the [[Cincinnati, Ohio]] area and broadcasts at 101.9 [[FM radio|FM]]. Its transmitter is located in Cincinnati. It carries an [[adult top 40]] format and was owned by [[CBS Radio]] until 2006, when it was sold to [[Entercom]]. Entercom, in turn, announced in January 2007 that it would be swapping its entire Cincinnati cluster, including WKRQ, to [[Bonneville International]] together with three radio stations in [[Seattle, Washington]], for all three of Bonneville's FM radio stations in [[San Francisco, California]], and $1 million cash. <ref name="Entercom Bonneville swap">{{cite web |url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/300350_radioswap19.html |title=Entercom trades radio stations |accessdate=2007-12-01 |format= |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer }}</ref> |
'''WKRQ''', known on-air as '''Q102''', is a radio station located in the [[Cincinnati, Ohio]] area and broadcasts at 101.9 [[FM radio|FM]]. Its transmitter is located in Cincinnati. It carries an [[adult top 40]] format and was owned by [[CBS Radio]] until 2006, when it was sold to [[Entercom]]. Entercom, in turn, announced in January 2007 that it would be swapping its entire Cincinnati cluster, including WKRQ, to [[Bonneville International]] together with three radio stations in [[Seattle, Washington]], for all three of Bonneville's FM radio stations in [[San Francisco, California]], and $1 million cash. <ref name="Entercom Bonneville swap">{{cite web |url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/300350_radioswap19.html |title=Entercom trades radio stations |accessdate=2007-12-01 |format= |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer }}</ref> |
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On January 19, 2011, it was announced that Bonneville International will sell WKRQ and several other stations to [[Hubbard Broadcasting]] for $505 million<ref>http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2011/01/19/another-big-radio-deal-q102-b105-rewind-wolf-sold/</ref>. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Revision as of 20:30, 19 January 2011
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| Broadcast area | Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Frequency | 101.9 (MHz) |
| Branding | Q102 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Adult Top 40 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bonneville International |
| WREW, WYGY, WUBE | |
| History | |
First air date | 1975 |
Call sign meaning | (former) sister station to WKRC, substituted with a Q |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 11276 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 16,000 watts |
| HAAT | 264 meters |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Q102's website |
 | This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (February 2008) |
WKRQ, known on-air as Q102, is a radio station located in the Cincinnati, Ohio area and broadcasts at 101.9 FM. Its transmitter is located in Cincinnati. It carries an adult top 40 format and was owned by CBS Radio until 2006, when it was sold to Entercom. Entercom, in turn, announced in January 2007 that it would be swapping its entire Cincinnati cluster, including WKRQ, to Bonneville International together with three radio stations in Seattle, Washington, for all three of Bonneville's FM radio stations in San Francisco, California, and $1 million cash. [1]
On January 19, 2011, it was announced that Bonneville International will sell WKRQ and several other stations to Hubbard Broadcasting for $505 million[2].
History
WKRQ's CHR format has been in place since 1975, making Q102 one of the longest-running currently broadcasting Top 40 stations in the United States, despite its shift towards an adult top 40 format most recently, leaving rival Top 40 WKFS to take the younger audience by default. Even though it is more top 40 than most adult top 40s, WKRQ is reported by Mediabase & Nielsen BDS as a hot adult contemporary station.
In 1980, 16 Year-old Mary Wood won the first one-million-dollar prize ever awarded by any radio or TV station in the United States in a joint contest with sister station WKRC-AM. The feat earned her and the station a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
In May 2007, the station launched an online stream from its website at www.wkrq.com. Also that month, Bonneville officially took over the operations of Entercom's former Cincinnati radio cluster through a local marketing agreement. Entercom officially closed on its acquisition of the stations on November 30. The sale of the Cincinnati cluster to Bonneville was conditionally approved in November 2007, with the remainder of the deal finally approved in March 2008. The official transfer of the Cincinnati stations to Bonneville took place on March 14.
WKRQ became the only hot adult contemporary station in Cincinnati since the flip of WNNF to adult album alternative in 2009.
Allusions to "WKRP in Cincinnati"
Because the call letters (and format) are similar, some have wondered if the TV series WKRP in Cincinnati is based on anything that happened at WKRQ. Creator Hugh Wilson has said that most of the episodes are based on his real-life experiences at an Atlanta radio station. Most insiders at the time said that the WKRP staff was more like the WKRC staff than the WKRQ staff as they seemed to take on the personality of their leader, Randy Michaels.
References
- ^ "Entercom trades radio stations". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
- ^ http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2011/01/19/another-big-radio-deal-q102-b105-rewind-wolf-sold/
External links
- Cincinnati's Q102 - WKRQ
- WKRQ in the FCC FM station database
- WKRQ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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