WQQK
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.
City | Goodlettsville, Tennessee |
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Broadcast area | Nashville, Tennessee |
Frequency | 92.1 MHz (HD Radio) |
Branding | 92Q |
Slogan | The Big Station! |
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 |
Beginning in the 1970's when the station began as WBYQ, 92Q the pioneering station of the "Top 40/CHR" format in the Nashville market. And the in 1980's "92Q" changed their call letters into the now WQQK, the station was reborn as a Urban Contemporary format and currently features a large proportion of a new music genre called Hip-Hop or Rap music back in the days in their programming albeit only Old School Rap music in regular rotation nowadays, which is a rarity for the predominantly R&B/Classic Soul/Urban Oldies/Classic Hip-Hop/Urban AC format, due to competition from WUBT. It is consistently one of the highest-rated stations in the Nashville market according to Arbitron despite broadcasting with only 3,000 watts of power. It has long been controlled by the Dickey family, controlling figures in the Cumulus Media organization.
Today WQQK carries "The Kenny Smoov Morning Show" (who replaced Tom Joyner) in the mornings, and D. L. Hughley (who replaced Michael Baisden) in the afternoons. The station primarily plays 1990s and current R & B.
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 spin off 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 was removed from the trust on April 30, 2013.
References
- "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
- 92-Q - Official Site
- WQQK in the FCC's FM station database
- WQQK on Radio-Locator
- WQQK in Nielsen Audio's FM station database