| City | Piketon, Ohio |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Waverly, Ohio |
| Branding | Hits Now! |
| Frequency | 100.1 MHz |
| First air date | 1997 |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
| ERP | 6,000 watts |
| HAAT | 100.0 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 15920 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°5′53.00″N82°57′20.00″W / 39.0980556°N 82.9555556°W |
| Owner | Piketon Communications |
| Website | wxzqfm.com |
WXZQ (100.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format serving Piketon, Ohio and Waverly, Ohio. The station is currently owned by Piketon Communications. [1] [2]
FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting using frequency modulation (FM) technology. Invented in 1933 by American engineer Edwin Armstrong, wide-band FM is used worldwide to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. FM broadcasting is capable of better sound quality than AM broadcasting, the chief competing radio broadcasting technology, so it is used for most music broadcasts. Theoretically wideband AM can offer equally good sound quality, provided the reception conditions are ideal. FM radio stations use the VHF frequencies. The term "FM band" describes the frequency band in a given country which is dedicated to FM broadcasting.
Piketon is a village in Pike County, Ohio, United States, along the Scioto River. The village is best known for the uranium enrichment plant located there. The population was 2,181 at the 2010 census. Originally called Jefferson, it was the county seat of Pike County 1815–1845, when James Emmitt, a wealthy local entrepreneur, influenced removal of the county seat to Waverly, due to its closer proximity to the then new Ohio & Erie Canal. Piketon is the location of the Pike County Fairgrounds and is served by the Scioto Valley School District.
In July 2003, the station changed to the current contemporary hit radio radio format from the previous adult contemporary format.
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, Brazil, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, and the Philippines, that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the top 40 music charts. There are several subcategories, dominantly focusing on rock, pop, or urban music. Used alone, CHR most often refers to the CHR-pop format. The term contemporary hit radio was coined in the early 1980s by Radio & Records magazine to designate top 40 stations which continued to play hits from all musical genres as pop music splintered into adult contemporary, urban contemporary and other formats.
