WQMA
 | This article needs to be updated. (February 2012) |
| Broadcast area | Mississippi Delta |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1520 kHz |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Oldies |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Jason Konarz |
| History | |
First air date | December 1, 1969 |
Call sign meaning | W-QuitMAn (County) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 1219 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 250 watts daytime only |
Transmitter coordinates | 34º15'42"N, 90º17'18"W |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.q1520radio.com/ |
WQMA was a broadcast radio station licensed to Marks, Mississippi. The station was owned by Jason Konarz and operates an oldies format over the air on 1520 kHz. Its F.C.C. license was cancelled May 31, 2006. WQMA had operated under Special Temporary Authority from the F.C.C. but it was denied August 20, 2010. The station exhausted its appeal options, and its application for license renewal was dismissed by the FCC on May 20, 2015.
WQMA broadcast over the air only during the daytime, but broadcast on the Internet 24 hours a day, and has also been broadcast on Public-access television cable TV channel 7 in Joplin, Missouri.
Programming
WQMA broadcast national programming all weekend long that included the following:
- Foundcuts with Dave Newfell
- Relics and Rarities with Dave The Rave
- Both of Steve Goddard's programs, Goddard's Gold and The 70s
- Flashback with Bill St. James
- SuperGold with Mike Harvey (airs on a six-day delay on Friday nights)
The station also aired three consecutive countdown shows, each from a different decade in succession on Saturday:
- National Countdown Show with Al Gross (a countdown from the 1950s or 1960s)
- Casey Kasem's American Top 40: The 70s
- Rick Dees Weekly Top 40: The 80s
Former programming includes:
- Dick Clark's Rock, Roll and Remember (Clark suffered stroke; canceled by network after several years of reruns)
- Dick Bartley's American Gold (changed networks, WQMA declined to pick show up)
- Ross Brittain's Weekend Hit Machine (canceled by network)
- American Top 10 with Casey Kasem (Kasem retired; replaced by AT40 reruns)
- Dr. Demento (pulled show from WQMA over a dispute over rights fees and Internet streaming, show is now Internet only)
- DC and the Family (former morning show, no reason given for discontinuation)
WQMA also broadcast local programming including a "8-Track Thursday" feature with owner Jason Konarz where the station played music from 8-track cartridges all afternoon long, the "Gospel Train With James Figgs", "Guest DJ Day" where local residents could be a DJ, and has in the past featured Delta Academy sports play-by-play. The station broadcast daily features like "All Things Southern" and the "Old Farmers Almanac Radio Report".
In the past, on New Year's Eve, WQMA has aired a marathon of Rock, Roll and Remember episodes, interspersed with audio clips of past episodes of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.
External links
- Official Web site
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- WQMA in Nielsen Audio's AM station database