WQAM (AM)
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| Broadcast area | Miami, FL |
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| Branding | "Sportsradio 560 WQAM" |
| First air date | Feb. 1921 |
| Frequency | 560 (kHz) |
| Format | Sports Talk |
| ERP | 5,000 watts day/1,000 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Owner | Beasley Broadcast Group |
| Website | www.wqam.com |
WQAM-AM is a South Florida radio station. It broadcasts at 560 on the AM dial. It is owned by Beasley Broadcast Group.
The station was Florida's first radio station on-the-air in Feb. 1921[1], but licensed as WQAM in Jan. of 1923.
The station is famous for its days in the 1960s, when it presented a pop music format, and competed heavily with rival WFUN (at 790 AM). In 1964, WQAM promoted the Beatles heavily prior to their second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, which took place in Miami Beach.
Around 1992, WQAM became an all-sports station. Veteran sportscaster Hank Goldberg hosts on the afternoon drive home, and preceeding him is former Miami Dolphins player Jim Mandich. WQAM was for a short while the local affiliate of the Howard Stern morning show.
WQAM still interrupts its all-sports format to air a general talk show hosted by Neil Rogers.
Currently, WQAM is the flagship station of the Florida Marlins, University of Miami Hurricanes and Florida Panthers.
[edit] External links
Query the FCC's AM station database for WQAM
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