WNTQ
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| City of license | Syracuse, New York |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Central New York |
| Branding | "93Q" |
| Slogan | "The #1 Hit Music Station" |
| First air date | 1981 |
| Frequency | 93.1 MHZ |
| Format | Top 40 Mainstream |
| ERP | 97,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | Ninety Three Q (As in their branding 93Q) |
| Owner | Citadel Broadcasting Corporation |
| Website | 93Q's website |
WNTQ, 93Q, is a Top 40 Mainstream station based in Syracuse, New York. The Citadel Broadcasting Corporation outlet operates at 93.1Mhz with a ERP of 97kw.
They are also one of two Top 40s in Syracuse, the other being Rhythmic-leaning rival WWHT (HOT 107.9). But unlike WWHT, WNTQ is more broad based, Adult-friendly, and at times conservative with their music, similar to another Top 40 that uses that same approach, WSTR-FM/Atlanta, Georgia. It has also worked for them in their favor, resulting in 93Q dominating the Syracuse Arbitrons.
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[edit] History
The Contemporary Hit Radio programming on 93q was started by legendary, veteran broadcasters from WNDR in 1981. Syracuse names like George Plavacos, Dave Laird, Gary Dunes, Ted Long and Brian Ocean were the key players in starting the contemporary hit format at the station. This foundation gave WNTQ FM success as a Top 40 Radio station for many years to come. After the untimely death of George, a real estate company bought the station and their real estate (not broadcasting) style General Manager came in, blew us out in 1992, then walked away with a cool million a year or two later. Quite the shark huh? It's the nature of the business and only took a little time for it all to work out for everyone. The original group of programmers at 93q would like the good current programmers and, the ones in the future to know of us, and we hope you enjoy the station as much as we did. A place like Wikipedia gives us a chance to log our work history forever, and tell you a bit about ourselves for years to come. We thank you.
Source for WNTQ and WNDR http://440.com
[edit] Photo archive
Note about the image: This is a picture of Bob Brown with the first 93Q Top 40 Logo. Notice the guy fixing the clock?
[edit] Current lineup
Weekdays
- 5:30AM to 10AM - Ted & Amy
- 10AM to 2PM - "Big" Jim Donovan
- 2PM to 6PM - Rick Roberts
- 6PM to 11PM - Kevin Charles
Saturdays
- 5AM to 9AM - Rick Dees' Weekly Top 40
- 9AM to 1PM - "Big" Jim Donovan
- 1PM to 5PM - Rick Roberts
- 5PM to 11PM - Kevin Charles
Sundays
- 6AM to 10AM - AT40 with Ryan Seacrest
- 10AM to 3PM - Mike Cauchon
- 3PM to 9PM - Dennis Crawford
Swings
- Weekends - Brian Phillips
[edit] External links
WAER 88.3 | WNYO 88.9 | WJPZ 89.1 | WRVO 89.9/WRVD 90.3 | WBXL 90.5 | WCNY-FM 91.3 | WSEN 92.1 | WNTQ 93.1 | WYYY 94.5 | WKLL 94.9 | WFXF 95.1 | WAQX 95.7 | WOLF 96.7/WWLF 100.3 | WLZW 98.7 | WTKW 99.5/WTKV 105.5/W256AC 99.1 | WIII 99.9 | WKRL 100.9/WKRH 106.5/W249BC 97.7/W267AL 101.3 | WZUN 102.1 | WUMX 102.5 | WMHR 102.9 | W278AH 103.5 | WVOA-FM 103.9 | WFRG 104.3 | WBBS 104.7 | WWDG 105.1/W237AY 95.3/W243AB 96.5/W252AC 98.3 | WLTI-FM 105.9 | WMCR 106.3 | WPHR-FM 106.9 | WRCK 107.3 | WWHT-FM 107.9
