WKRQ
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| City | Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Branding | Q102 |
| Slogan | Cincinnati's Hit Music |
| Frequency | 101.9 MHz |
| First air date | 1947 (as WCTS) |
| Format | Top 40/CHR |
| ERP | 16,000 watts |
| HAAT | 264 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 11276 |
| Callsign meaning | (former) sister station to WKRC, substituted with a Q |
| Former callsigns |
WCTS (1947-1950) WKRC-FM (1950-1972) |
| Owner |
Hubbard Broadcasting (Cincinnati FCC License Sub, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WREW, WYGY, WUBE |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Q 102 |
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 airs an Top 40/CHR format and is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting. Its studios and transmitter are located just northeast of Downtown Cincinnati separately.
History
WKRQ signed on the air in 1947 as WCTS which aired a classical format. WCTS would change its call letters to WKRC-FM in 1950 and for 20 years. WKRC-FM would air a classical music format. In 1970, WKRC-FM would become a top 40 station as "Stereo 102" as an automated Drake-Chenault station. In 1972, WKRC-FM became WKRQ and became a live DJ Top 40 station using "102 KRQ" as its primary logo and "Q102" and "the Q" as secondary logos. The station adopted "Q102" as its primary logo in 1975. WKRQ switched to an AOR format briefly for approximately 6 months between June 1973 and December 1973. WKRQ's CHR format has been in place since 1974, 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 in the mid-1990s, leaving rival CHR/Top 40 WKFS to take the younger audience by default. Even though Q102 plays more CHR/mainstream top 40 hits than most hot AC/adult top 40 stations, WKRQ is reported by Mediabase and Nielsen BDS as a hot adult contemporary station.
In 1980, 16-year-old Mary Buchanan 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.
WKRQ 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] 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. WNNF returned to hot AC in 2011, only to dump it again the following year.
On January 19, 2011, it was announced that Bonneville International will sell WKRQ and several other stations to Hubbard Broadcasting for $505 million.[2] The sale was completed on April 29, 2011.[3]
Air staff
The weekday lineup begins from 5 a.m to 10 a.m with #1 morning show and 93.3 FLZ alums, Jeff Thomas and Jenn Jordan, with Jennifer Fritsch and Tim Timmerman. Following that by Holly Morgan presides over the 10 a.m to 3 p.m shift. From 3 p.m. to 7 p.m, Jonathan "Jon Jon" Curl and Laura Powell are on the air for the homeward commute. Finally, Mollie Watson finishes the day from 7 p.m to 12 a.m. And Cincinnati’s Hit Music Station Q102 takes over the 3rd shift from 12 a.m. to 5 a.m. Grover Collins, Saturday Mornings 5:00am-10:00am. Ray, Saturday Middays 10:00am-3:00pm. Karen Van Zant, Saturday Afternoons 3:00pm-7:00pm. Jay Kruz, Saturday Nights 7:00pm-8:30pm. Steve Mann, Saturday Nights 8:30pm-10:00pm. You Play It!, Saturday nights 10:00pm-12:00am. Jake, Sunday Mornings 12:00am-2:00am. Mollie Watson, Sunday Mornings 2:00am-4:00am. Michael, Sunday Mornings 4:00am-6:00am. Mark McFadden, Sunday Mornings 6:00am-6:30am. Kim Karson Sunday Mornings 6:30am-6:40am. Andrea Sayre, Sunday Mornings 6:40am-6:50am. Keith Tyler, Sunday Mornings 6:50am-7:00am. Sunday Morning Magazine with Rodney Lear, Sunday Mornings 7:00am-7:30am. Amy’s Table, Sunday Mornings 7:30am-8:00am. Kim Karson, Sunday Middays 8:00am-3:00pm. Mark McFadden, Sunday Afternoons 3:00pm-7:00pm. Katie, Sunday Nights 7:00pm-10:00pm. Jim Bryant Sunday Late Nights 10:00pm-12:00am.
Other Logos
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Logo used from 2001 to February 2016.
References
- ↑ Virgin, Bill (January 18, 2007). "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/
- ↑ "Hubbard deal to purchase Bonneville stations closes". Radio Ink. May 2, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
External links
- Q 102
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WKRQ
- Radio-Locator information on WKRQ
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WKRQ
Coordinates: 39°06′58″N 84°30′07″W / 39.116°N 84.502°W