WUSQ-FM
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| City of license | Winchester, Virginia |
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| Broadcast area | Winchester, Virginia Northern Shenandoah Valley |
| Branding | "Q-102" |
| Slogan | "Shenandoah Country" |
| Frequency | 102.5 MHz |
| First air date | 1965 |
| Format | Country |
| Audience share | 16.4, #1 (Fa'07, R&R[1]) |
| Power | 32,000 Watts |
| Class | B |
| Former callsigns | WHPL (1965-Late 60's) WEFG (Late 60's-1982) WUSQ (1982-1986) WUSQ-FM (1986-Present) |
| Affiliations | After Midnight MRN Radio PRN Radio |
| Owner | Clear Channel BT Triple Crown Merger Co., Inc. |
| Sister stations | WKSI, WFQX, WMRE, WTFX |
| Webcast | WUSQ Webstream |
| Website | WUSQ Online |
WUSQ-FM (102.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Winchester, Virginia, USA, the station serves the Northern Virginia area. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications.[2]
[edit] History
ShenVal Communications signed WHPL-FM on the air in 1965. Calls were changed to WEFG-FM in the late 1960s. Its early years the station was big on local sports coverage.
In the early 1970s, WEFG played an automated "hit parade" format of then current pop tunes as well as a heavy mix of oldies.
Gospel found its way to 102.5 in 1976. First only in the evenings, with John Scott Slonaker, then to other dayparts including mornings where Phil Roby played the music. The rest of the day WEFG was automated. Many local and national preachers broadcast their shows on WEFG.
WEFG broadcast the "gospel" sounds in mono to people in the "four states" thanks to its 21,000 watts on a tower they shared with sister WHPL-AM (now WTFX-AM).
In April of 1982, ShenVal sold both WEFG and WHPL-AM to Holt Communications. Also in April of '82, WEFG switched to WUSQ and country hit the airwaves for Winchester with 32,000 was stereo sound, one of the last stations in the area to do so. WUSQ became known as "Shenandoah Country, Q-102".
In 1991, Holt sold WUSQ told Baltimore based Benchmark Communications. In 1993, WUSQ added syndicated "After Midnight" to their lineup.
From 1996 until 2000, WUSQ saw their ownership change from Benchmark to Capstar to AM/FM, finally to Clear Channel. Today, Q102 is consistently the highest rated station in Winchester, battling cross-town WINC-FM for the top spot.
[edit] References
- ^ "Winchester Market Ratings", Radio and Records, Fall 2007.
- ^ WUSQ-FM Facility Record. United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WUSQ
- Radio Locator information on WUSQ
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WUSQ
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