WQQK
| Goodlettsville, Tennessee | |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Frequency | 92.1 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 92Q |
| Programming | |
| Format | Urban Adult Contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Cumulus Media Inc. (Cumulus Licensing LLC) |
| WGFX, WKDF, WSM-FM, WWTN | |
| History | |
First air date | October 16, 1970[1] |
Former call signs | WBYQ |
Call sign meaning | The Q from WQQK is used in 92Q branding |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 52521 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 3,500 watts |
| HAAT | 133 meters (436 ft) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | 92qnashville.com |
WQQK (92Q) is an Urban Adult Contemporary FM radio station broadcasting in the Nashville, Tennessee market on a frequency of 92.1 MHz. Its transmitter site is in Goodlettsville, Tennessee (its city of license), and its studios are located in Nashville's Music Row district.
In the 1970s, the station operated as WBYQ, branded as "92Q," and was the pioneering station of the "Top 40/CHR" format on the FM dial in the Nashville market. By 1981, "92Q" changed its call letters to WMAK-FM, which lasted from 1981 to 1984, before changing call letters again, to the present WQQK. The station was relaunched with an Urban contemporary format. Despite competition with WUBT, WQQK is consistently one of the highest-rated stations in the area according to Arbitron, even though it broadcasts with only 3,000 watts of power. It has long been controlled by the Dickey family, who are also prominent figures in the Cumulus Media organization.
Today, WQQK carries "The Kenny Smoov Morning Show" (who replaced Tom Joyner) in mornings), and D. L. Hughley (who replaced Michael Baisden) in afternoons. The station primarily plays R&B from the 1980s to now, as well as classic hip-hop.
On September 16, 2011, two of WQQK's sister stations, WRQQ and WNFN, were placed into an independent trust (Volt Radio, LLC) while Cumulus sought a buyer. The move was forced by FCC ownership limits following Cumulus' acquisition of Citadel Broadcasting, which resulted locally in WKDF and WGFX joining the Cumulus cluster. The FCC, as of 2011, allows a single company to own a maximum of five FM stations and two AM stations in any given market. To meet these guidelines in Nashville, Cumulus was forced to divest two of its seven FM stations, and the company chose WRQQ and WNFN, traditionally its two lowest-performing stations.
On November 14, 2011, Cumulus announced it was removing WRQQ from the Volt Radio trust, replacing it with WQQK.[2] WQQK itself was removed from the trust on April 30, 2013.
References[edit]
- ^ "1974 Broadcasting Yearbook, page B-195" (PDF). worldradiohistory.com.
- ^ "Cumulus Takes Two Out Of Trusts, Puts One In". All Access.
- ^ "Stations". HD Radio.
External links[edit]
- 92-Q - Official Site
- WQQK in the FCC FM station database
- WQQK on Radio-Locator
- WQQK in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
Coordinates: 36°17′50″N 86°45′11″W / 36.297278°N 86.753056°W
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