KQLK

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KQLK
KQLK-FM 2015.png
Broadcast area Lake Charles, Louisiana
Frequency 97.9 MHz
Branding97.9 Nash Icon
Programming
Format Classic country [1]
Ownership
Owner
KAOK, KBIU, KKGB, KYKZ
History
First air date
1965 (1965)
Former call signs
KDLA-FM (1965–1975)
KEAZ (1975–2000)
KAOK-FM (2000–2003)
Call sign meaning
Q Lake Charles
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 9029
Class C2
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 150 meters (490 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 30°36′57.0″N93°13′31.0″W / 30.615833°N 93.225278°W / 30.615833; -93.225278
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website 979nashicon.com

KQLK (97.9 FM) is a classic country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to DeRidder, Louisiana, serving Southwest Louisiana. [1] KQLK is owned and operated by Cumulus Media. [3] Its studios are located on Broad Street in downtown Lake Charles and its transmitter is north of Ragley, Louisiana.

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History

In September 1991, what was originally KQLK 97.9 was located at 101.7 MHz and with the call sign KEAZ. It was an oldies station until flipping to country music in 1994. [4] It served primarily the De Ridder, Fort Polk and Leesville market and was owned by DeRidder FM Broadcasting, Inc. The signal was very fringe and almost inaccessible to the Lake Charles and Southwest Louisiana market. In 2000, Pittman Broadcasting, LLC bought the station and later flipped the station to an FM simulcast of KAOK-AM, a news and talk station in nearby Lake Charles; this time with a new frequency change from 101.7 to 97.9 and a relocated transmitter from Vernon to Beauregard Parish. In 2003, the station switched back to country music as "Country 98", and switched its call sign to the current KQLK. The result was moderate to below average ratings. In late 2004, the station was bought by Cumulus Media and would change to Hot 97–9; featuring a CHR format with a predominantly hip hop slant. On August 15, 2014, the station switched to country for the third time as one of the first affiliates of Cumulus' Nash Icon network. [5] As of 2017, the station serves the Lake Charles and Southwest Louisiana market but is still licensed to its hometown of De Ridder.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings . Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KQLK". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "KQLK Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  4. ↑ Simmons, Carol E. (September 7, 1994). "Switch to country". The Town Talk. Alexandria, Louisiana. p. A-7. Retrieved September 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "KQLK Becomes 97.9 Nash Icon". 15 August 2014.
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