WQQP (95.9 FM, "Pop 92.7-93.1-95.9") is a commercial radio station licensed to Sykesville, Pennsylvania, United States, and serving parts of DuBois. Owned by Seven Mountains Media, it broadcasts a Top 40format simulcast with sister stations WCCR-FM (92.7) in Clarion and WPQP (93.1 FM) in Clearfield.
History
The roots of WQQP can be traced back to the early 1980s, when the 95.9 MHz channel was first assigned to Brookville, Pennsylvania; operating then as WMKX, a mostly automated station that played adult contemporary music. In the mid-1990s, Renda Broadcasting Corporation, which owned competitors WECZ and WPXZ in Punxsutawney, applied to put a new 25,000 watt station on the air in Brookville at 103.3 MHz. For that station, WKQL, to go on the air, several FM channel shuffles would have to take place.
This affected the operation of WMKX, which under the plan, would move to 105.5 MHz from 95.9. Not long after the changes took place in 2000, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opened a window for a series of low-power FM license applications by non-profit groups or organizations. A local church applied for the 95.9 frequency while it was still fairly fresh in local listeners' minds, and began to broadcast a contemporary Christian music format under the call letters WWJL-LP and the moniker "Where Jesus Lives".
WWJL-LP continued to operate until May 31, 2007, after it was learned that an FCC license renewal application had not been completed correctly. First Media, which owned stations WOWQ, WCED, and WQYX, immediately filed an application to move the channel from Brookville to Sykesville and increase its power back to its original Class A status it had originally during the early years of WMKX. The station as it is today, WQQP, signed on the air May 5, 2009 as WZDB. To help extend its signal in the west, First Media put a second FM station, WZDD (101.3 FM), on the air in Strattanville to be used as a simulcast outlet of WZDB.
En octubre de 2016, First Media llegó a un acuerdo para vender WZDB, WCPA , WOWQ, WQYX y WZDD a Seven Mountains Media por 4,5 millones de dólares. La compañía también había comprado previamente las estaciones de First Media en State College . [ 2 ]
El 30 de mayo de 2017, WZDB cambió su nombre a "Clear Rock 95.9", mientras que su antiguo socio de transmisión simultánea, WZDD, comenzó a transmitir simultáneamente el formato de música country de WOWQ . [ 3 ] El 19 de marzo de 2018, la estación pasó a ser una transmisión simultánea de WPQP Pop 93.1 (la antigua WQYX). [ 4 ] La estación cambió su indicativo a WQQP el 23 de marzo de 2018.
Referencias
- ↑ "Datos técnicos de las instalaciones para WQQP" . Sistema de licencias y gestión . Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones .
- ↑ "Ventas de estaciones Semana del 7/10" . RadioInsight . 7 de octubre de 2016. Consultado el 21 de marzo de 2018 .
- ↑ "Seven Mountains Media reorganiza sus formatos en el norte de Pensilvania - RadioInsight" . RadioInsight . 31 de mayo de 2017. Consultado el 21 de marzo de 2018 .
- ↑ "Seven Mountains duplica la población en el oeste de Pensilvania - RadioInsight" . RadioInsight . 20 de marzo de 2018. Consultado el 21 de marzo de 2018 .
Enlaces externos
- Detalles de la instalación con ID 170958 (WQQP) en el Sistema de Licencias y Gestión de la FCC.
- WQQP en la base de datos de estaciones de FM de Nielsen Audio
- Establecimientos en Pensilvania en 2009
- Emisoras de radio de éxitos contemporáneos en Estados Unidos
- Emisoras de radio fundadas en 2009
- Emisoras de radio en Pensilvania
- Medios de comunicación de las Siete Montañas