WQRS

For the former WQRS in Detroit, Michigan, see WMGC-FM.

WQRS

Salamanca, New York
Broadcast area	Olean, New York
Frequency	98.3 MHz
Branding	Q-Rocks
Programming
Format	Classic rock
Affiliations	ABC Radio
Ownership
Owner	Pembrook Pines, Inc.
History
First air date	October 15, 1988
Former call signs	WQRT (1988-2006)
Call sign meaning	We're Q Rocks
Technical information
Facility ID	9408
Class	A
ERP	3,200 watts
HAAT	135 meters
Transmitter coordinates	42°6′32.00″N 78°36′28.00″W
Links
Website	Q Rock

WQRS (98.3 FM) is a radio station in Salamanca, New York in the Olean, New York broadcasting area. The station broadcasts as "98.3 Q-Rock" and is owned by Pembrook Pines Media Group.

WQRS primarily broadcasts programming from ABC Radio Networks's "The Classic Rock Experience," and also carries the syndicated Nights with Alice Cooper program.

The station signed on October 15, 1988 had been known as WQRT, branded as 98 Rocks, under the ownership of Michael Washington until the year 2006, when Washington sold the station to its current owners. The intention was to split WQRT into two stations, WQRS (Q Rock Salamanca) and WQRW (Q Rock Wellsville). However, when the station's only local jock, Scott Douglas, left for WESB/WBRR in 2007, those plans were dropped. The WQRW station was still built, but now airs a Hot Adult Contemporary format instead.

The loss of Douglas, and the lack of a local replacement, hurt the station badly, resulting from the station losing over half of its market share, from third-place in the mid-2000s[2] to tenth in the most recent books.

The WQRS call signs were previously heard on an classical music FM station in Detroit, Michigan. The WQRT calls are now on an AM talk radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID WQRS ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• WQRS Official Web site at theclassicrockexperience.com
• WQRS Station Description at Pembrook Pines corporate site