WUTQ-FM

WUTQ-FM

City	Utica, New York
Broadcast area	Utica, New York
Branding	100.7 WUTQ
Slogan	Utica's Soft Favorites
Frequency	100.7 MHz
First air date	1989 (as WEIF)
Format	Full service (AC)
ERP	1,600 watts
HAAT	191 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	14532
Transmitter coordinates	43°2′15.00″N 75°11′45.00″W / 43.0375000°N 75.1958333°W / 43.0375000; -75.1958333
Callsign meaning	UTiQa (approximation)
Former callsigns	WEIF (1989–1994) WVVC (1994–2001) WKVU (2001–2010) WRCK (2010–2012)
Owner	Roser Communications Network, Inc.
Sister stations	WBUG, WBGK, WRCK, WUSP, WVTL, WSKU, WSKS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wutqfm.com

"WUTQ" redirects here. For the former AM radio station that used the WUTQ calls, see WUSP (AM).

WUTQ-FM (100.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a full service format featuring soft adult contemporary music. Licensed to Utica, New York, USA, the station serves the Utica-Rome area. The station is currently owned by Roser Communications Network.

History

The station became a K-Love affiliate in 2001, after Bethany Broadcasting sold WVVC, a Christian radio station, to Educational Media Foundation for $1.25 million. It was the first purchase made by EMF in the state of New York. When the station took the K-Love affiliation, the calls were changed to WKVU.

On December 15, 2010 WRCK swapped frequencies with K-Love-formatted WKVU, with WRCK (and its Air 1 Christian rock format) moving to 100.7 FM and WKVU moving to 107.3 FM. In November 2011, EMF announced that it would sell WRCK to Roser Communications and move Air 1 to WOKR (93.5 FM), which had previously carried the now-defunct God's Country Radio Network.^[1]

On March 16, 2012, Roser took control of the channel and began a simulcast of AM stations WUTQ and WADR, the full-service gold-based adult contemporary stations that had been airing on the station since approximately 2007. WUTQ had previously been relying on an AM-to-FM translator, W238CA (95.5) in Middleville, for FM coverage. On March 23, the station took the WUTQ-FM call letters, with the WRCK call sign moving to the former WADR 1480 AM.

WUTQ spun off its former AM simulcast stations to Good Guys Broadcasting in July 2012.

Dave Coombs, former morning host at classic rock WTKW and WOUR, was hired as morning host in August 2015.^[2]

References

↑ "EMF spins excess station to Utica radio operator". Radio Business Report. November 23, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
↑ http://www.wktv.com/news/local/Utica-based_WUTQ_welcomes_Dave_Coombs_as_new_Talk_of_the_Town_host.html

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WUTQ

Radio-Locator information on WUTQ

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WUTQ

Radio stations in the Utica–Rome, New York market

By AM frequency	570 950 1230 1310 1350 1420 1450 1480 1550

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.5 91.7 91.9 92.7 93.5 94.9 95.5 96.1 96.9 97.3 97.9 98.7 99.7 100.3 100.7 101.9 102.5 103.5 104.3 105.5 107.3

By callsign	W201BS W238CA WARW WBGK WFRG-FM WHCL-FM WHIH-LP WIBX WIXT WJIV WKAL WKLL WKVU WLZW WMVN WNRS WODZ-FM WOPG-FM WOUR WPNR-FM WQBJ WRCK WRNY WRUN WRVN WSKS WSKU WSYR WTLB WUMX WUNY WUSP WUTQ-FM WVHC WXLB WXUR

Defunct stations	1150 WUTI

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