WPQP

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WPQP
Broadcast area DuBois, Pennsylvania
Frequency 93.1 MHz
BrandingPop 92.7-93.1-95.9
Programming
Format Top 40
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Seven Mountains Media
  • (Southern Belle, LLC)
WLUI, WMRF-FM, WIFT, WKFT, WQQP
History
First air date
1981 (1981) (as WQYX)
Former call signs
WQYX (1981–2017)
Call sign meaning
Resembles "pop" (station branding)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 11981
Class B1
ERP 1,700 watts
HAAT 287 meters (942 ft)
Repeater(s)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website popradiopa.com

WPQP (93.1 FM, "Pop 92.7-93.1-95.9") is a radio station licensed to Clearfield, Pennsylvania. Owned by Seven Mountains Media, it broadcasts a Top 40 format. The station is also simulcast with WCCR-FM (92.7) in Clarion and WQQP (95.9 FM) in Sykesville.

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History

Throughout the 1980s, WQYX was an affiliate of Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 and Retro Pop Reunion.

In October 2016, First Media reached a deal to sell its remaining stations in West Central Pennsylvania to Seven Mountains Media for $4.5 million. At this point, WQYX was broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format branded as 93.1 WQYX. [2] [3] In August 2017, the station changed its call letters to WPQP, and announced that it would flip to contemporary hit radio as Pop 93.1 on 29 August. [4]

On 19 March 2018, sister station WZDB switched from rock to a simulcast of WPQP, changing its call sign to WQQP on 23 March 2018. [5] On 29 June 2023, sister station WCCR-FM became an additional simulcast, expanding WPQP/WQQP's reach to Clarion County. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WPQP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Station Sales Week Of 10/7". RadioInsight. October 7, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Seven Mountains Media Shuffles Northern PA Formats - RadioInsight". RadioInsight. May 31, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  4. ↑ "WQYX To Pop On Tuesday". RadioInsight. August 25, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Seven Mountains Doubles The Pop In Western PA". RadioInsight. March 20, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  6. ↑ "WCCR-FM Joins Pop Radio Simulcast - RadioInsight". June 29, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2023.

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