WIQO-FM

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WIQO-FM
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Broadcast area Lynchburg metropolitan area
Frequency 100.9 FM MHz
Branding100.9 WIQO
Programming
Format Talk radio
Network CBS Radio News
Affiliations Westwood One
Salem Radio Network
Compass Media Networks
Ownership
OwnerThree Daughters Media
WBLT, WGMN, WMNA, WMNA-FM, WVGM
History
First air date
October 1965;58 years ago (1965-10)
Former call signs
WKEY-FM (1965–1977) [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 73158
Class A
Power 200 watts
HAAT 511 meters (1,677 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 37°28′19.0″N79°22′28.0″W / 37.471944°N 79.374444°W / 37.471944; -79.374444
Repeater(s) 106.3  WMNA-FM (Gretna)
Links
Public license information
Webcast WIQO-FM Webstream
Website WIQOradio.com

WIQO-FM (100.9 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Forest, Virginia, and serving the Lynchburg metropolitan area. [3] It simulcasts a talk radio format with sister station 106.3 WMNA-FM Gretna, Virginia. They are owned and operated by Three Daughters Media. [4]

Contents

WIQO-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 200 watts. The transmitter is on North Business Mountain Road in Forest, Virginia. [5]

Programming

Weekday mornings on WIQO-FM and WMNA-FM begin with a local wake up show hosted by Janet Rose, also shared with co-owned WGMN. The rest of the weekday schedule is nationally syndicated talk programs: The Hugh Hewitt Show, The Tom Sullivan Show, The Lars Larson Show, CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor, Red Eye Radio, This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal and The Markley, Van Camp and Robbins Show.

Weekends feature shows on money, home repair, cars, guns and real estate. Syndicated hosts include Ben Ferguson, Rick Valdes, John Catsimatidis and Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb . Most hours begin with an update from CBS Radio News.

History

The station signed on the air in October 1965;58 years ago. [6] It originally had the call sign WKEY-FM and was located in Covington, Virginia. [7] It was the sister station of WKEY 1340 AM and was owned by WKEY, Inc. In the early and mid-1970s, the station played easy listening music and was an affiliate of the ABC FM Network.

In 1977, the station was moved to the more lucrative Lynchburg radio market. It took the call letters WIQO-FM.

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References

  1. ↑ "FCC History Card for WIQO-FM".
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WIQO-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings . Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  4. ↑ "WIQO Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  5. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WIQO
  6. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-562. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  7. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-218, Broadcasting & Cable
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