WQLZ

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WQLZ
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City of license Taylorville, Illinois
Broadcast area Taylorville/Springfield, Illinois
Slogan The Rock Station
Frequency 92.7 MHz
First air date April 16, 1993
Format Active Rock
Power 11,500 Watts
ERP 11.5 kW
HAAT 149m
Class B1
Owner Mid-West Family Broadcasting
(Long Nine, Inc.)
Sister stations WMAY, WLCE, WNNS
Website http://www.wqlz.com

WQLZ (92.7 FM) is a radio station serving Taylorville, Illinois, and Spaulding, Illinois. The station plays a rock format. Its current morning show is the syndicated "The Free Beer and Hot Wings Show".

In the 1990s, WQLZ was a radio station for the central Illinois area with live DJs 24 hours a day, and featuring "Ray Lytle's Morning Disaster" hosted by Ray Lytle with his brother Bodine, Jim the photographer, Shawn Balint, Rocky, Mychelle the Weather Babe, Brando and Rich, and featuring Mikey, and others. In 2006, Balint went on to the St. Louis market, Mikey left radio, and in November 2007, Jim the Photographer passed away in his home.[1] WQLZ is owned by Mid-West Family Broadcasting in Spaulding, Illinois.

The station is built to appeal to the Springfield, Illinois market. Its estimated radiated power is 11.5 kW.

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