WQNA

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WQNA
WQNALogo2010.png
Broadcast area Springfield, Illinois
Branding88-3 WQNA
Slogan "The Edge"
Frequency 88.3 MHz
Format Silent
ERP 250 watts
HAAT 78 meters (256 feet)
Class A
OwnerCapital Area Career Center
(sale pending to Covenant Network)
Website http://wqna.net

WQNA is a radio station in Springfield, Illinois, broadcasting at 88.3 FM.

Springfield, Illinois State capital and city in Illinois, United States

Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County. The city's population was 116,250 at the 2010 U.S. Census, which makes it the state's sixth most-populous city, the second largest outside of the Chicago metropolitan area, and the largest in central Illinois. As of 2018, the city's population was estimated to have decreased to 114,694, with just over 211,700 residents living in the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Sangamon County and the adjacent Menard County.

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History

Capital Area Career Center

For its first 39 years of existence, WQNA was owned by the Capital Area Career Center and formed part of its the Digital Radio/TV program. WQNA was granted its first license on March 5, 1980 [1] , run by students and broadcasting at 10 watts. In 1998, the station went 24 hours with volunteers and automation, at 3,000 watts, but only a 90-foot (27 m) tower. WQNA was one of the first radio stations in the country to stream live on the Internet. The station upgraded to a taller 270-foot (82 m) tower at 250 watts in 2002.

Sale to Covenant Network

In August 2019, Capital Area Career Center put the station up for sale due to lack of student interest. Until a buyer was found, WQNA would continue to operate with a volunteer staff. [2] Three months later, Capital Area Career Center approved the sale of the station for $47,000 to the Catholic Covenant Network, whose presence in Springfield had previously been limited to a pair of translators. [3] WQNA immediately went silent as a result. The volunteer DJs at WQNA are attempting to raise funds to purchase another station.

The Covenant Network is a network of Catholic radio stations in the Midwestern United States. Covenant maintains 15 full-power radio stations and a further 26 dependent translators in Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma.

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References

  1. ↑ "FCC History Cards — WQNA". FCC . p. 2. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  2. ↑ https://radioinsight.com/headlines/179503/wqna-to-be-sold-due-to-lack-of-students/
  3. ↑ Spearie, Steven (November 19, 2019). "WQNA-FM sold to Catholic radio group; signal goes silent". State Journal-Register. Retrieved November 20, 2019.

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