WNPQ

Last updated
WNPQ
Broadcast area Canton, Ohio
Frequency 95.9 MHz
Branding K-Love
Programming
Format Contemporary Christian
Ownership
Owner Educational Media Foundation
History
First air date
February 2, 1969 (1969-02-02)
Call sign meaning
New Philadelphia Quakers
(local high school nickname)
Technical information
Facility ID 68421
Class A
ERP 4,100 watts
HAAT 121 meters (397 ft)

WNPQ is a commercial FM radio station licensed to New Philadelphia, Ohio, United States, serving the Canton market. It broadcasts at 95.9 MHz, airing the K-Love contemporary Christian format. Previous formats include rock music in the 1980s as "Quick 96", later Top 40 hits as "Hot 95.9" and Country as "Canton Country 95.9".

The station was the FM sister station of WBTC, started by James Natoli in the name of his company, Tuscarawas Broadcasting Co. Its transmitter is located near Strasburg, Ohio.

James Natoli, 98, died Thursday evening June 1, 2017 at the Park Village Southside retirement community in New Philadelphia, Ohio. [1] Effective March 14, 2022, Tuscarawas Broadcasting sold WNPQ to Educational Media Foundation for $850,000.

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