WKQW-FM

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WKQW-FM
City of license Oil City, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area Meadville-Franklin area
Frequency 96.3 MHz
First air date 1993
Format Adult Contemporary
Audience share 4.2, #4 (Sp'06, R&R[1])
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 100.0 meters
Class A
Facility ID 63289
Transmitter Coordinates 41°23′45.00″N 79°39′53.00″W / 41.3958333, -79.6647222
Affiliations CBS Radio
Owner Clarion County Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations WKQW (AM)
Website kqw.com

WKQW-FM (96.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA, the station is currently owned by Clarion County Broadcasting Corporation.

[edit] History

In 1993, WKQW AM founder Stephen Olszowka successfully applied for an FM license, giving birth to WKQW-FM. The new station broadcast at 96.3 FM with an effective radiated power of 6,000 watts, and went on the air with an oldies format, separate from WKQW's adult contemporary format (which would later become talk).

Following the takeover by William Hearst in 2005 (along with WKQW AM), WKQW-FM changed its format from Oldies to 80's based adult contemporary at around the same time. Though controlled from its Clarion County base, WKQW is still a very separate operation, maintaining its studio and office presence and its own independent staff at its original location: 222 Seneca Street in downtown Oil City. Oil City native Matthew Exley took over as operations manager in the spring of 2008 and is joined by the area's only full time news director Mark Heim and long time radio personality Sam Gordon.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Meadville-Franklin Market Ratings", Radio and Records. Retrieved on Sp'06. 
  2. ^ "Hearst hears Clarion call", Radio Business Report. Retrieved on 2008-02-24. 

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