KOQL
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| City of license | Ashland, Missouri |
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| Broadcast area | Columbia and Vicinity |
| Branding | "Q 106.1" |
| Slogan | "The Hit Music Channel" |
| Frequency | 106.1 MHz |
| First air date | Unknown at this time |
| Format | Rhythmic CHR |
| ERP | 69,000 watts |
| Class | C1 |
| Owner | Cumulus Media (Cumulus Licensing, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KBBM, KBXR, KFRU, KJMO, KLIK, KPLA |
| Website | q1061.com |
KOQL "Q 106.1" is a Top 40-formatted station owned by Cumulus Media. The station is broadcasted from Columbia, Missouri with an ERP of 69,000 kW. The station serves Central Missouri. Their transmitter is located about 20 miles west of Jefferson City. The station, at times, leans towards a rhythmic-type format and plays a lot of the older songs. The station is currently ranked third in the market. Following KTXY's slippage in the ratings, Q106.1 is the number one hit music station in the area.
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[edit] Programming
Currently, the station airs the syndicated Irving, TX-based morning show Kidd Kraddick in the Morning from Clear Channel Radio. The show has been airing on the station since 2007 The show is on from 5 am to 10 am. Roxie, replaced Katy in December of 2007, does the midday shift from 10 am to 2 pm. Damon Knight is on from 2 pm to 7 pm. B-Love does the night shift from 6 pm to Midnight. On Saturday nights, the station airs a dance-fromatted show, although it does not state any name on-air, from 7 pm to 3 am.
Current Schedule: Monday-Friday:
- Midnight- 5 am: Q 106.1 Music
- 5 am- 10 am: Kidd Kraddick In The Morning
- 10 am- 2 pm: Roxie
- 2 pm- 6 pm: Damon Knight
- 6 pm- Midnight: B-Love
- Thursday Night Fusion: Thu. 6 pm to 10 pm
Saturdays:
- Midnight-7 am: Q 106.1 Music
- 7 am-10 am: Best of Kidd Kraddick
- 10 am-7 pm: Various DJs
- 7 pm-10 pm: Dance Music
- 10 pm-3 am: Saturday Night House Party
Sundays:
- 3 am-8 am: Q 106.1 Music
- 8 am-Noon: Various DJs
- Noon-6 pm: Various DJs
- 6 pm-Midnight: Q 106.1 Music
[edit] Slogans
Like most radio stations Q 106.1 uses a variety of slogans. There are three slogans used on air. The official slogan as reported by Cumulus Media is "The Hit Music Channel". Many radio stations choose to identify themselves as a "channel" in markets where people have become familiar with using the word "channel" when discussing television. The Columbia/Jefferson City market has a large amount of media, and is especially saturated with television media. Most residents in the area refer to their TV station as "Channel 8" or "Channel 13", etc. To better compete with television in general KOQL as with many stations have begun to call themselves a "channel" rather than a "radio station".
The station also uses the following slogans:
- "Your 20 in-a-row hit music channel"
- "All the hits"
[edit] FCC Violation
On March 21, 2003 from 8:10 - 8:15am when Cosmo & JC hosted the morning show KOQL aired a prank phone call between the radio station and Life Crisis Services, a gambling addiction hotline. In the complaint it stated that the radio station personality pretended to have a legitimate gambling problem. Once the representative from Life Crisis realized it was a prank phone call, they hung up.
The station did not inform the hotline the call was for broadcast, which is a violation of Federal Communication Commission (FCC) law Section 73.1206. On April 4, 2003, Mid-Missouri Broadcasting made an official on-air apology to Life Crisis and provided a link on its website for its services, but even so, on November 23, 2004 the FCC fined Mid-Missouri Broadcasting $4000.
Mid-Missouri Broadcasting later sold the station along with others to Cumulus Media. Cosmo & JC were subsequently fired from KOQL and were hired in 2005 by KTXY.
[edit] External links
- Q 106.1 - Official Site
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KOQL
- Radio Locator information on KOQL
[edit] Notes
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