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For the Kalamazoo, Michigan radio station located at 106.5 FM, see WVFM.

WQLR

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Kalamazoo, Michigan
Broadcast area	[1] (Daytime) [2] (Nighttime)
Frequency	1660 kHz C-QUAM AM stereo
Branding	Kalamazoo's 1660 The Fan
Programming
Format	Sports
Affiliations	Fox Sports Radio Michigan IMG Sports Network
Ownership
Owner	Duey E. Wright (Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Sister stations	WKZO, WNWN, WNWN-FM, WVFM, WZOX
History
First air date	1998
Former call signs	WQSN (?-3/26/07)
Technical information
Facility ID	87325
Class	B
Power	10,000 watts (Daytime) 1,000 watts (Nighttime)
Links
Website	1660thefan.com

WQLR ("Kalamazoo's 1660 The Fan") is an American expanded band AM radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate on 1660 kHz from facilities located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The station had been licensed to Fairfield Broadcasting as WQSN, and was sold to Midwest Communications in 2006. The FCC approved a callsign change on March 26, 2007 to WQLR, the former callsign of WVFM, an existing FM music station owned by Midwest Communications in Kalamazoo.

WQLR Started out as a Clear music Station. Elevator music for some. It was located on the 3rd floor of what was the ISB Building (now the Comerica Building) in downtown Kalamazoo.

Programming

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Logo for WQLR when the station was affiliated with ESPN Radio.

WQLR is an affiliate of Fox Sports Radio, carrying the "First Team on Fox" with Steve Czaban, "Fox GameTime Live" with Andrew Siciliano and Krystal Fernandez, "Fox GameTime React" with JT The Brick, and "The Third Shift on Fox" with Ben Maller weekdays. The station carries "The Huge Show" and produces its own local sports-talk show, "The Yard", weekdays 6pm-7pm with Carolyn Binder and Matt Buck. WQLR also carries The Dan Patrick Show from Premiere Radio Networks on weekdays. Prior to September 2008, WQLR was affiliated with ESPN Radio.

In addition to the station's local sports talk and play-by-play, WQLR carries Chicago Cubs radio play-by-play from WGN-AM in Chicago and Detroit Red Wings radio broadcasts from WXYT in Detroit.

Bronco Radio Network

In the fall of 2010, WQLR signed a five-year contract to become the flagship station of Western Michigan University women's basketball.

References

• Michiguide.com - WQLR History

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID WQLR ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database