WKQW-FM

WKQW-FM

City	Oil City, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Meadville-Franklin area
Frequency	96.3 MHz
First air date	1993
Format	Adult Contemporary
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	63289
Transmitter coordinates	41°23′45.00″N 79°39′53.00″W / 41.3958333°N 79.6647222°W / 41.3958333; -79.6647222
Affiliations	CBS Radio
Owner	Clarion County Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	WKQW (AM)
Website	WKQW-FM Online

WKQW-FM (96.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary format. Licensed to Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA, the station is currently owned by Clarion County Broadcasting Corporation.

History

In 1993, WKQW AM founder Stephen Olszowka successfully applied for an FM license, giving birth to WKQW-FM. The new station broadcast at 96.3 FM with an effective radiated power of 6,000 watts, and went on the air with an oldies format, separate from WKQW's adult contemporary format (which would later become talk).

Stephen Olszowka died suddenly on February 14, 2004 at the age of 54. After his death, his family made arrangements to sell the station to another owner, Clarion County Broadcasting, the following year.

Following the takeover by William Hearst in 2005 (along with WKQW AM), WKQW-FM changed its format from Oldies to '80s-based adult contemporary at around the same time. Though controlled from its Clarion County base, WKQW is still a very separate operation, maintaining its studio and office presence and its own independent staff at 806 Grandview Road (Suite C) in Oil City. WKQW features the area's only full-time news director Tim Shaw and long time Venango County radio personality Sam Gordon.^[1]

References

↑ "Hearst hears Clarion call". Radio Business Report. Retrieved 2008-02-24.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WKQW

Radio-Locator information on WKQW

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WKQW

Radio stations in the Meadville-Franklin, Pennsylvania market

By AM frequency	790 940 970 1120 1450 1490

By FM frequency	89.5 90.3 90.3 91.1 91.9 91.9 94.3 95.1 96.3 98.5 99.3 100.3 101.7 104.5 107.7

By callsign	W212BK W220BA WARC WAWN WFRA WFUN WGYI WGYY WHMJ WKQW WKQW-FM WGRP WGYY WMGW WMVL WOXX WPIC WSAJ-FM WUZZ WUUZ WVME WWGY WXXO

Defunct stations	WOYL/1340 WSAJ/1340

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Adult contemporary radio stations in the state of Pennsylvania

Stations	WARM – York WATS – Sayre WAYC-FM – Bedford WBEB – Philadelphia WBRX – Cresson WCCR-FM – Clarion WCCS – Homer City WDSN – Reynoldsville WESB – Bradford WHKS – Port Allegany WJST – New Castle WKQW-FM – Oil City WKYE – Johnstown WLEV – Allentown WLMY – Williamsport WMAJ-FM – Centre Hall WMGH-FM – Tamaqua WMGS – Wilkes-Barre WNAE – Warren WNBQ – Mansfield WNKZ – Laporte WOKW – Curwensville WPPA – Pottsville WQIC – Lebanon WQKK – Renovo WQLV – Millersburg WROZ – Lancaster WSHH – Pittsburgh WVLY – Milton WXKC – Erie WYNY – Milford WZWW – Bellefonte

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

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