| City of license | Sarasota, Florida |
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| Broadcast area | Sarasota, Bradenton and South Pinellas area |
| Branding | Newstalk 1220 |
| Slogan | "Where Sarasota Comes To Talk" |
| Frequency | 1220 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 106.9 W295BH (Sarasota) |
| Format | News-Talk / Sports radio |
| Power | 250 watts day 39 watts night |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 27663 |
| Callsign meaning | SRQ = IATA code for Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport |
| Former callsigns | WSAF (through mid-1970s, at least) WQSA (1980s to 2002) WIBQ (2002-2007) |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio, Storm Team 8 Weather, Tampa Bay Rays Baseball, USF Bulls Football, NFL Sunday Night Football |
| Owner | SRQ Radio, LLC |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | sarasotatalkradio.com |
WSRQ (1220 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a talk format. Licensed to Sarasota, Florida, the station is owned by SRQ Radio, LLC and features FOX News Radio. Featured shows include Imus in the Morning, Neal Boortz, Clark Howard, Dennis Miller, Dr. Laura and Lovelines with Dr. Drew.
On weekends WSRQ radio plays Yahoo! Sports Radio and various brokered programming.
WSRQ is also carried on 106.9 FM on FM translator W295BH.
It was announced on July 14, 2011 that WSRQ will be acquired by Florida Talk Radio, LLC.[1]
Doug Miles - Host/Producer "Suncoast Magazine", "Big Band Files", News/Sports Director, Play-by-play announcer 2004-2008.[2]
Bob Biermann - Engineer 2004, Chief Engineer/Station Mgr 2008/2009, Host "Your Afternoon Show" with Alix Redmonde. Matt Bruce "Captain's America".
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