WIQO-FM

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WIQO-FM
Broadcast area Lynchburg metro area
Frequency 100.9 MHz
Branding100.9 WIQO
Programming
Format Talk radio
Affiliations CBS Radio News
Ownership
OwnerThree Daughters Media
WBLT, WGMN, WMNA, WMNA-FM, WVGM
History
First air date
October 1965 (1965-10)
Former call signs
WKEY-FM (1965–1977) [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 73158
Class A
ERP 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 106.3  WMNA-FM (Gretna)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website wiqoradio.com

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

Contents

The transmitter is sited on North Business Mountain Road in Forest, Virginia.

History

The station signed on the air in October 1965. [5] It originally had the call sign WKEY-FM and was located in Covington, Virginia. [6] 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.

Programming

Janet Rose hosts the station's local morning show; the remainder of the schedule is nationally syndicated conservative talk programs.

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. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-562. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  6. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-218, Broadcasting & Cable
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