WNTQ

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WNTQ

City of license	Syracuse, New York
Broadcast area	Central New York
Branding	"93Q"
Slogan	"The #1 Hit Music Station"
Frequency	93.1 MHZ (also on HD Radio)
First air date	1945
Format	Mainstream Top 40
ERP	97,000 watts
HAAT	201 meters
Class	B (Grandfathered)
Callsign meaning	Ninety Three Q (As in their branding 93Q)
Former callsigns	WFBL-FM (1945-circa 1955) WDDS (1955-circa 1975)
Owner	Cumulus Media
Sister stations	WAQX, WXTL, WSKO
Website	93Q's website

WNTQ, 93Q, is a Mainstream Top 40 station based in Syracuse, New York. The Cumulus Media outlet operates at 93.1 MHz with an ERP of 97,000 watts.

History

WNTQ originally went on the air circa 1945 as WFBL-FM on 45.9 MHz (before the FM band was reallocated to the current 88-108 MHz spectrum). It later moved to 93.1 MHz when the FM band moved circa 1946. Reports show that WFBL-FM went off the air several years later, and did not return until 1955, where it went back on the air as WDDS. The station has been in continuous operation since 1955. The call sign changed from WDDS to WNTQ in the 1970s.

WNTQ is known as a "grandfathered super-powered" FM station because its Effective Radiated Power (ERP) of 97,000 Watts exceeds the FCC Class B maximum of 50,000 Watts. Likewise, WNTQ's Height Above Average Terrain (HAAT) of 201 meters (660 feet) exceeds the FCC maximum for a Class B facility of 150 meters (492 feet). The FCC rules determining the power and height maxima for Class B stations were not formed until 1964. Because WNTQ was operating at powers in excess of the FCC rules when they were adopted in 1964, WNTQ, and other stations were grandfathered to be permitted to operate with power and height larger than what is permitted by today's rules. This makes WNTQ one of the more powerful stations in the region with great signal coverage compared to most of its competition in the Syracuse market.

WNTQ made its debut with its current format in 1981. They are also one of three Top 40s in Syracuse, the other two being Rhythmic rival WWHT (HOT 107.9) and non-commercial Syracuse University student-run WJPZ(Z89). Unlike WWHT, whose playlist and presentation targets urban teens and young adults, WNTQ's music is more balanced and mass appeal. This approach has worked for 93Q, resulting in 93Q beating HOT 107.9 in total weekly audience every quarter since their rivalry began in 1996. As of October 2012, WWHT has changed their format to mainstream top 40, similar to WNTQ's.

WNTQ was owned by Citadel Broadcasting until their merger with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.^[1] This caused a slight tweak in the music played, as Cumulus micromanages the playlists of their Top 40 stations, something that Citadel did not practice. Each respective music director was allowed to pick the music played under Citadel's ownership.

On October 3, 2012 WNTQ's Ted and Amy was featured on Opie and Anthony's Jocktober. During their Jocktober segment numerous Opie and Anthony fans posted many highly offensive comments and images on the Facebook pages of both the Ted and Amy show and WNTQ. This quickly caused both pages to be temporarily unpublished.

On Air Line Up

Monday Through Friday

12 AM To 5:30 AM: Nobody Plays More Music (Music without an on air personality)
5:30 AM To 10 AM: Ted And Amy In The Morning
10 AM To 3 PM: Tom Mitchell
3 PM To 7 PM: Rick Roberts
7 PM To 11 PM: Nights With Adam Bomb
11 PM To 12 AM: Nobody Plays More Music (Music without an on air personality)

Saturday On Air Schedule

12 AM To 7 AM: Nobody Plays More Music (Music without an on air personality)
7 AM To 9 AM: The Best Of Ted And Amy
9 AM To 1 PM: Marty The One Man Party
1 PM To 5 PM: Rick Roberts
5 PM To 11 PM: Mike Cauchon
11 PM To 12 AM: Nobody Plays More Music (Music without an on air personality)

Sunday On Air Schedule

12 AM To 6 AM: Nobody Plays More Music (Music without an on air personality)
6 AM To 9 AM: The Daly Download With Carson Daly
9 AM To 1 PM: Jack Ryan
1 PM To 5 PM: Marty The One Man Party
5 PM To 9 PM: Mike Cauchon
9 PM To 11 PM: The Hollywood 5
11 PM To 11:30 PM: Nobody Plays More Music (Music without an on air personality)
11:30 PM To 12 AM: Street Talk With Ted And Amy

Past Air Talent from 93Q (WNTQ)

Brian Ocean (#1 Recognizable Radio Name for 5 years after leaving WNTQ and went on to work as a Television Engineer)
"Big" Jim Donovan (Moved to do CNY's Saturday Morning News From 6AM To 8AM on WSYR 106.9FM)
American Top 40 With Ryan Seacrest (Moved to Hot 107.9 Sunday Mornings From 8AM To 12PM)
Brian Phillips (On 93Q from time to time usually during the weekends)
Kevin Charles (Previously worked on 93Q in the evenings before Mike Cauchon)
Katie Gray (Previously worked on 93Q Sunday evenings)
Brandon C (Removed from 93Q for undisclosed reasons, previously worked Monday-Friday evenings and did the Top 5 At 9)
Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 (Countdown) (Removed from 93Q, previously heard Sundays 6AM To 10AM, can listen on rick.com)
Dennis Crawford (Previously worked on 93Q Saturday and Sunday evenings)

Segments/Programs

New Movie Weekend - Tickets to a new movie are given out as contest prizes throughout the weekend. (Friday afternoon through Sunday evening).

During Ted and Amy in the Morning

Five Question Quiz - On Tuesday mornings, Amy asks five questions which callers try to answer. The first caller has to get at least one question correct, the second caller two questions and so on. Answers to the Five Question Quiz are revealed on Wednesday mornings.

Group Therapy Thursday - Listeners contact Ted And Amy with a problem they are having and that problem is announced on air so listeners can call in with ideas for a solution.

Friday Flashbacks - Older songs not played in a long time are played Friday mornings during Ted And Amy.

References

↑ "Cumulus now owns Citadel Broadcasting". Atlanta Business Journal. September 16, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2011.

External links

93Q's website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WNTQ

Radio-Locator information on WNTQ

v t e Radio stations in the Syracuse, New York market

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By AM frequency	570 620 1050 1200 1260 1300 1390 1440 1490 1540 1570

By callsign	W237AY W243AB W249BC W251AK W252AC W256AC W267AL W278AH WAER WAQX-FM WBBS WBXL WCNY-FM WERW WFBL WFRG WHEN WIII WJPZ WKLL WKRH WKRL-FM WKVU WLZW WMCR-FM WMHR WNDR-FM WMVN WNTQ WNYO WOLF WOLF-FM WOSW WRVD WRVO WSEN WSGO WSIV WSKO WSYR-AM WSYR-FM WTKV WTKW WTLA WTMI WUMX WWHT-FM WWLF-FM WXTL WXXE WYYY WZUN

New York radio markets Albany-Schenectady-Troy Binghamton Buffalo-Niagara Falls Elmira-Corning Hudson Valley Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island) New York City Olean Plattsburgh Poughkeepsie Rochester Syracuse Utica-Rome Watertown Other New York radio regions Ithaca Jamestown-Dunkirk North Country Saratoga See also List of radio stations in New York ¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (WVOA-LP/Ind)

v t e Cumulus Media

AM radio stations	KAAY KABC KAOK KARN KBED KBGG KBOI KCMO KCSF KCUB KESP KFAY KFNZ KFRU KGO KIKR KJQS KKAT KKOB KKOH KLIF KLIK KMAJ KMJ KNBR KNEK KNML KNSH KPUR KPZK KRMD KRUZ KSCR KSFO KTBL KTCK KTCT KTIK KTOP KTUC KUGN KVEN KVOR KWPN KXZZ KYNG WAAV WABC WALG WAPI WARM WAYS WBAP WBBF WBBW WBMQ WCOA WDDO WDLT WDUZ¹ WFAS WFNC WFNR WFTW WGLD WGOC WGOK WGOW WGPC WHBT WHGB WHLD WHLL WHSC WIBR WICC WIOV WIQB WISW WJBC WJCW WJLG WJOX WJR WJRW WJWF WKLQ WKY WLBY WLQR WLS WLTI WLWI WLZR WMAC WMAL WMSP WNAM WNML WOSH WPIC WPRO WPRV WRAD WRIE WSBA WSKO WSOM WSSO WTKA WTMA WTOD WTRX WUMP WVEL WVLK WVNN WWCK WXLM WXOK WXQW WXSM WYMB WYNN

FM radio stations	K279BI KAMO-FM KARN-FM KARX KATC-FM KATM KATT-FM KAYD-FM KBBM KBBQ-FM KBBY-FM KBCY KBEE KBER KBIU KBUL-FM KBXR KBZU KCDD KCFX KCHZ KCJK KCMO-FM KDJK KDRF KDVV KEHK KESN KENZ KFFG KFOG KGGO KHAY KHKI KHKK KHOP KHTB KHXS KHYT KIIM-FM KIPR KIZN KJJY KJMO KJOY KKEG KKFM KKGB KKGL KKMG KKND KKOB-FM KKPK KKWD KLAL KLIF-FM KLOS KLSZ-FM KLUR KMAJ-FM KMCK-FM KMEZ KMGA KMGV KMJ-FM KMJJ-FM KMJK KNEK-FM KNEV KNRQ KOLI KOMS KOQL KPUR-FM KPLA KPLX KQFC KQHN KQIZ-FM KQLK KQOB² KQRS-FM KQSM-FM KQXC-FM KQXL-FM KQXY-FM KRBE KRMD-FM KRMW KRRF KRRQ KRST KSAN KSCS KSKS KSMB KSZR KTCK-FM KTCX KTIK-FM KTLT KTOP-FM KUBL-FM KUJZ KURB KVMA-FM KVYB KWIC KWIN KWNN KWQW KWYE KWYL KXKC KXXR KYGA KYIS KYKZ KYYI KZEL-FM KZJF KZRK-FM W264AK WABD WAOA-FM WAQX-FM WARM-FM WBBL-FM WBHD WBHT WBLX-FM WBNQ WBRW WBSX WBWN WBZE WBZF WCMG WCOA-FM WCTO WCYN-FM WDAI WDEN-FM WDLT-FM WDRQ WDUZ-FM¹ WDVD WDZZ-FM WEAN-FM WEAS-FM WEBE WEDG WEGC WEMX WFAS-FM WFBE WFMS WFTK WFYR WGFX WGKX WGLF WGLO WGNI WGOW-FM WGRF WGRR WGVX WGVZ WHBX WHHY-FM WHKR WHLZ WHNN WHOT-FM WHRP WHTS WHTT-FM WILZ WIOG WIOV-FM WIVK-FM WIWF WIXO WIXV WJAD WJBC-FM WJCL-FM WJEZ WJJK WJOX-FM WJQX WKAK WKDF WKHX-FM WKIM WKKO WKOR-FM WKOS WKQZ WKSM WKXS-FM WLAV-FM WLAW WLCS WLEV WLFF WLLF WLQR-FM WLS-FM WLTO WLWI-FM WLXC WLXX WLZN WMAL-FM WMAS-FM WMDH-FM WMEZ WMGB WMGL WMGS WMGU WMIM WMNX WMOS³ WMTI WMXS WMXT WMXU WNCV WNKT WNML-FM WNMQ WNMX WNNF WNNK-FM WNNX WNRX WNSH WNTQ WNUQ WOFX-FM WOGB¹ WOGT WOKI WOMG WORC-FM WPCK¹ WPEZ WPKR WPLJ WPRO-FM WPSK-FM WQGN-FM WQHZ WQKL WQLH¹ WQQK WQSM WQUT WQVE WQXA-FM WQXK WRBO WRCQ WRKN WRQN WRQQ WRQX WRRM WRRX WRWM WRXP WSEA WSJR WSJZ-FM WSKZ WSM-FM WSMS WSOX WSSX-FM WSYN WTCB WTNR WUHT WVBO WVIB WVLK-FM WVNN-FM WWBU WWCK-FM WWFF-FM WWFN-FM WWFX WWIZ WWKI WWKX WWLD WWLI WWLS-FM WWQQ-FM WWSN WWTN WWWM-FM WWWQ W255CJ/WWWQ-HD2 WWWW-FM WWWZ WXBM-FM WXFX WXKC WXKR WXKR-HD2/W265CB WXLO WXMX WXTA WXTL WXZZ WYAY WYFM WYNN-FM WYZB WZAT WZCY-FM WZNS WZPW WZRR WZYP

Radio networks	Arkansas Radio Network CBS Sports Radio* Westwood One Cumulus Media Networks (see navpage)

Online assets	iHeartRadio¹

Other assets	Broadcast Software International CumulusJobs.com San Francisco Giants (minority interest in LP)

See also	Citadel Broadcasting

¹ = Owned by Clear Channel Communications; operated by Cumulus under an LMA. ² = Co-owned with Champlin Broadcasting under an LMA. ³ = Operated by the Mohegan Sun under an LMA. AaBbCc = Owned by The Walt Disney Company; operated by Cumulus under an LMA. * = Owned by CBS Radio, operated by Cumulus.

v t e CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of New York

By frequency	89.1 92.3 92.3 93.1 93.3 94.3 94.7 95.5 96.1 96.7 96.7 97.9 97.9 98.5 100.3 101.5 104.1 104.7 105.5 105.7 106.1 106.1 106.7

By callsign	WBDR WBLI WBNW-FM WFIZ WFLY WHTZ WJPZ WKSE WLVY WMXO WNKI WNOW-FM WNTQ WPKF WPXY WSKS WSKU WSLP WSPK WWYL WXZO WYSX WYUL

By city	Chateaugay Chenango Bridge Copenhagen Corning Elmira Endicott Little Falls Morristown Newark (WHTZ) New York (WNOW-FM) Niagara Falls Odessa Olean Patchogue Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie Rochester Saranac Lake Syracuse Syracuse Troy Whitesboro Willsboro

¹ = WHTZ is licensed to Newark, New Jersey but serves the New York metropolitan area

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New York See also Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

Coordinates: 42°56′49″N 76°01′26″W / 42.947°N 76.024°W / 42.947; -76.024

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