WQRV

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WQRV

City of license	Meridianville, Alabama
Broadcast area	Huntsville, Alabama
Branding	100.3 The River
Slogan	"Songs you love to sing along with"
Frequency	100.3 MHz (also on HD Radio) 100.3 HD-2 for Top 40 (CHR) "106.5 Kiss FM"
Translator(s)	106.5 W293AH (Huntsville, relays HD2)
First air date	1962 (as WVNA-FM)
Format	Classic Hits
ERP	8,500 watts
HAAT	299 meters (982 ft)
Class	C2
Facility ID	19456
Transmitter coordinates	34°47′36″N 86°37′51″W / 34.79333°N 86.63083°W / 34.79333; -86.63083
Callsign meaning	W Q RiVer
Former callsigns	WVNA-FM (1962-2000) WLAY-FM (2000-2006)^[1]
Owner	Clear Channel Communications (CC Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WTAK-FM, WBHP, WHOS, WDRM
Webcast	Listen Live Listen Live (HD2)
Website	1003theriver.com 1065kissfm.com (HD2)

WQRV (100.3 FM, "100.3 The River") is a classic hits-formatted radio station serving the Huntsville, Alabama, market, which includes counties in northern Alabama and southern central Tennessee.^[2]

History

This station had been WVNA-FM since 1962 before becoming country music formatted WLAY-FM on March 30, 2000. This lasted until a 2006 change to match a format and positioning change to "The River." The station was assigned the WQRV call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on March 10, 2006.^[1]

WQRV began in April 2006 as a format relocated from the former WWXQ 92.5 and WXQW 94.1 MHz frequencies, which Clear Channel Communications had sold to Cumulus Media. Those stations were known collectively as "WXQ." The station frequency was transferred from Florence, Alabama, to the west of the Huntsville market in Meridianville, Alabama.

The station originally broadcast a more rock-based classic hits format as The River; eventually, by the late 2000s, it had shifted to pop-based classic hits of the 60s, 70s, and 80s, while still mixing in rock hits.

Programming

According to a report published in The Huntsville Times, the syndicated morning show hosted by Rick and Bubba relocated from crosstown rival WRTT-FM on January 2, 2008.^[3]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "WDRM-FM still king of area radio". The Huntsville Times. 2007-12-09.

External links

WQRV official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WQRV

Radio-Locator information on WQRV

v t e Radio stations serving the Huntsville, Alabama market

by AM frequency	620 730 770 800 890 1000 1080 1140 1190 1230 1310 1400 1450 1490 1550 1600 1700

by FM frequency	88.1 89.3 90.1 90.9 91.7 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.3 94.1 95.1 95.9 96.9 97.7 98.1 99.1 99.9 100.3 100.7 102.1 103.1 103.5 103.9 104.3 105.7 106.1 106.5 107.9

NOAA WX frequency	162.400

by call sign	KIH20 W264AI WAHR WAYH WBHP WBXR WDJL WDRM WEKI WEUP WEUP-FM WEUV WEUZ WHIY WHOS WHRP WHWT WJAB WJHX WJOU WKAC WKZD WLOR WLRH WQAH-FM WQRV WRJL WRSA WRTT WTAK WTKI WTWX WUMP WVMB WVNN WVNN-FM WWFF WWTM WYAM WYFD WZYP WZZN

Alabama radio markets Birmingham Dothan Florence-Muscle Shoals Huntsville Mobile Montgomery Tuscaloosa Other Alabama radio regions Anniston Auburn Columbus, GA Gadsden Meridian, MS See also List of radio stations in Alabama

v t e Classic Hits radio stations in Alabama

By frequency	580 1250 1490 1570 92.1 93.1 94.3 94.5 97.9 100.1 100.3 100.9 101.7 102.5 106.5 106.9

By callsign:	WACQ WALX WBPT WCRL WERH-FM WESP WFZX WGMZ WGZZ WHOD WMXN-FM WQJJ-LP WRBZ WQRV WYDK WZNJ

By city	Anniston Demopolis Dothan Glencoe Eufaula Hamilton Homewood/Birmingham Jackson Jasper Meridianville Oneonta Orrville Stevenson Tuskegee Waverly Wetumpka

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Alabama See also Oldies Classic Hits

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