WKQH

WKQH

City	Marathon, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Wausau-Stevens Point area
Branding	B104.9
Frequency	104.9 MHz
Format	Country music
Audience share	2.3 (Sp'06, R&R^[1])
ERP	21,000 watts
HAAT	109.0 meters
Class	C3
Facility ID	2109
Transmitter coordinates	44°50′13.00″N 89°45′57.00″W / 44.8369444°N 89.7658333°W / 44.8369444; -89.7658333
Former callsigns	WIGL (1987–1987) WMGU (1987–1996)
Owner	Richard L. Muzzy (Muzzy Broadcast Group, LLC)
Sister stations	WPCN, WSPT
Website	b1049.com

WKQH (104.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Marathon, Wisconsin, USA, the station serves the Wausau-Stevens Point area.

Format history

WKQH broadcasts a Country Legends format featuring country music artists from the 1970s-early 2000s. Featuring Local Personalities T.K. Michaels and Larry Stevens, with Syndicated Personality Rowdy Yates and Country Gold Saturday Nights at 6. The station has performed well in the ratings and maintains a loyal listenership.

During most of the 90s, the station carried a variation of Classic rock under names such as "104.9 KQH" and "104.9 K-ROCK" In 2003, the station flipped to Active Rock as "Rock 104-9" The ratings initially were good^[2] however this did not last and the station switched to its current format.

History

The stations' original calls were WIGL. In 1988, the station changed its call sign to WMGU, with an Adult Contemporary format, as "Magic 105" using a format from syndicator Drake-Chenault, later using a satellite format from Jones Radio. the station went dark in late 1991, later purchased by Americus Communications headed by Rick Muzzy, initially simulcasting WSPO-AM and its talk format. on 1996-02-01 the call letters switched to the current WKQH,^[3]

References

↑ "Wausau-Stevens Point Market Ratings". Radio & Records.
↑ "Spring 2004". arbitron.
↑ "WKQH Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

http://www.muzzybroadcasting.com/home.html

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Radio stations in the Wausau-Stevens Point, Wisconsin market (Central Wisconsin)

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.1 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.9 91.9 91.9 92.1 92.7 93.9 94.7 95.5 96.7 97.9 98.7 99.9 100.5 101.9 103.3 104.1 104.9 105.5 106.5 107.9

By AM frequency	550 800 930 1010 1230 1320 1390

By callsign	KSPP W212BB W221CN W254BP WBCV WCLQ WDEZ WDTX WDUX WDUX-FM WFHR WGLX-FM WGNV WHJL WHRM WHTQ WIFC WKQH WLBL WLBL-FM WLJY WMMA-FM WMZK WOZZ WPCN WRIG WSAU WSAU-FM WSPT WWSP WXCO WXPW WYTE

Nearby radio markets Eau Claire Green Bay Fox Cities Iron Mountain La Crosse Rice Lake–Spooner Wisconsin Dells–Baraboo See also List of radio stations in Wisconsin

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