WDJQ

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WDJQ
Q92 WDJQ logo.png
Broadcast area Canton metropolitan area
Frequency 92.5 MHz
BrandingQ92
Programming
Format Top 40 (CHR) [1]
Ownership
OwnerD.A. Peterson, Inc.
WDPN
History
First air date
1947 (1947) (as WFAH at 101.7)
Former call signs
WFAH (1947–1953)
WFAH-FM (1953–1980)
WDJQ (1980–1992)
WZKL (1992–2008)
Former frequencies
101.7 MHz (1947–1968)
Call sign meaning
(husband and wife) Don and Josephine Peterson
or: (son and daughter) Don Jr. and Jill Peterson [2]
Technical information
Facility ID 14914
Class B
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 152 meters (499 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 40°47′24.00″N81°6′26.00″W / 40.7900000°N 81.1072222°W / 40.7900000; -81.1072222
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website q92radio.com

WDJQ (92.5 MHz, "Q92") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Alliance, Ohio, and serving the Canton metropolitan area. WDJQ broadcasts a Top 40/CHR radio format and is owned by the family company of Don Peterson, the former publisher of The Alliance Review newspaper. The Peterson Family also owns WDPN 1310 AM.

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WDJQ has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts. The transmitter is off Whitacre Avenue in Minerva, Ohio. [3]

History

The station originally signed on as WFAH at 101.7 MHz in 1947. One of the oldest established FM stations in the entire region. The owners in 1953 added an AM station, 1310 WFAH (now WDPN). The FM station's call sign was modified to WFAH-FM with the launch of the AM station. Both stations were founded by Arthur Hoiles, with the call letters as a tribute to his father, Frank Austin Hoiles (FAH).

WFAH-FM moved to 92.5 in 1968 upon the establishment of WJER-FM Dover, Ohio on 101.7. The 92.5 spot on the dial had been the home of WAND-FM Canton from 1948-early 1950s, when the owners gave up the station license due to financial problems. WFAH-FM switched to a Top 40 (CHR) format on January 1, 1980. The call letters were switched to WDJQ. The call sign was selected because the names of the station owners began with the letters D and J (Don and Josephine (Hoiles) Peterson) as did their children (Don Jr. and Jill). The "Q" rhymed with the dial position 92, hence the "Q92" moniker.

In the late 1980s, the station was involved in a ratings controversy. Pittsburgh station 92.9 WLTJ sued Arbitron in January 1992 claiming that listeners who said they were listening to "92 FM" were credited to WDJQ incorrectly due to overlap in the markets as defined by Arbitron. [4] The WLTJ management saw an unusual amount of listeners to WDJQ closer to Pittsburgh and believed those people were actually tuning in WLTJ.

WDJQ became WZKL on March 13, 1992. Under the WZKL call letters, the station played oldies as "Kool 92" and later "Oldies 92.5", then a hot adult contemporary format as "Z-92.5 - Today's Music For All People" in January 2000. It returned to Top 40 (CHR) as "Q92" in September 2002, although there was no "Q" in the station's call letters. Attempts to reclaim the WDJQ call letters were initially unsuccessful. But on February 29, 2008, it was announced that the radio station had successfully obtained the WDJQ call sign, which took effect March 7, 2008. [5] [6]

Former airstaff

The DeLuca Show, which ran weekdays from 5:30-10:00am, included host Pat DeLuca (once the station night jock), co-host Charlotte DiFranco, and producer Jason 'Virgil' Pantea. On February 2, 2012, the show went on hiatus pending contractual resolutions. [7] On February 6, 2012, it was announced no agreement with management was made and The DeLuca Show was off the air permanently on WDJQ. After the expiration of a non-compete clause, DeLuca returned to the air in August 2013 on 94.1 WHBC-FM alongside Kathy Vogel, who co-hosted the morning show at WDJQ (then WZKL) before DeLuca.

Other former staff members include John Stewart (later at WONE in Akron), Kathy Vogel (later at WNWV in Cleveland), Eric Bradley, Liz Custer, Jim Steele, Tim Richards (now Morning Host at WDOK in Cleveland), Joe Slider, Robbie Mack (now Program Director and Afternoon Host at WJFX in Fort Wayne, IN), Raven (now Afternoon Host at KHKS in Dallas), David Michaels (who spent over 12 years at the station when it was Q92/KOOL92/WZKL/The New Q92), Mark Nolan, who went on to do weather for WKYC-TV in Cleveland and currently serves as the morning host on WMJI, and the late Jim Chenot, who was at WAPS from 2002 until his death in November 2016.

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References

  1. ↑ "Top 40 Panel". Nielsen BDS. Archived from the original on 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  2. ↑ "Radio Info article" . Retrieved 2008-03-02.
  3. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WDJQ
  4. ↑ "WLTJ SUES ARBITRON FOR RATINGS INACCURACIES'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 13, 1992. pp. B2.
  5. ↑ Fybush, Scott (2008-03-03). "This Week's Bloodbath: Citadel". NorthEast Radio Watch.
  6. ↑ "Q92 to return to call letters W-D-J-Q". Alliance Review. March 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  7. ↑ "Youngstown news, The DeLuca Show off the air during contract talks - Newswatch". www.vindy.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
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