WZOQ (AM)
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| City of license | Lima, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area | Lima |
| Slogan | Lima's ESPN 940 AM |
| Frequency | 940 kHz |
| Format | Sports |
| Power | 250 watts day 6 watts night |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 1062 |
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| Callsign meaning | ZOQ = "Zoo" (after previous calls of sister station WWSR) |
| Affiliations | ESPN Radio |
| Owner | Maverick Media (Maverick Media of Lima License LLC) |
| Website | ESPNLima.com |
WZOQ (formerly WLJM) "Lima's ESPN Radio 940-AM" is a commercial AM radio broadcast radio station at 940 kHz in Lima, Ohio, and airs the programming of the national sports network ESPN Radio. Some local sports programming is also aired including "Sports Talk With Koza" hosted by WLIO-TV sports director Vince Koza, "Sportsrap with Dan and Don" and TALK with Ron Williams.
[edit] History
Originally WCIT founded in 1963 by the now defunct Lima Citizen newspaper which folded in 1964. Much of its programming consisted of an hourly local newscast and a Top Forty format using the branding "Great 94". Jim Baldridge,a Lima native had his start at WCIT in the late 1960s before moving on to WIZE in Springfield and later at WHIO-TV in Dayton. The call sign remained there until 1998 after several format and ownership changes when it became WLJM.
WLJM's call letters originally referred to its former nickname "Lima's 940 JAMZ" for its urban contemporary and R&B format. 940 JAMZ was the local affiliate of ABC Radio's "Hits and Oldies" satellite R&B format (also known as "The Touch") as well as the Tom Joyner Morning Show which were both discontinued after the station was sold by Forever Broadcasting to Maverick Media in 2005. Beforehand, 940 JAMZ was locally originating with personalities "Doc" Locke (night jock), Playboy J (imaging, music, and assistant program director) and Desarai "The Duchess" Downs(program director) which played a mix of urban/hip hop,classic soul and old school R&B.
The current call letters WZOQ were previously used at 92.1 FM, now WWSR.
Currently, Both WZOQ-AM (formerly WLJM) and FM sister WEGE (formerly WUZZ/WLJM) share its studio facilities with WWSR-FM (formerly WZOQ-FM) and WFGF-FM (formerly WYRX) on Cable Road in Lima.
WZOQ-AM is now a 24/7 sports-talk formatted station.
[edit] External links
- Official WZOQ-AM website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WZOQ
- Radio Locator Information on WZOQ
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