WQQB

WQQB
City	Rantoul, Illinois
Broadcast area	Champaign, Illinois
Branding	Q-96
Slogan	All The Hits
Frequency	96.1 MHz
First air date	February 9, 1996
Format	Top 40
ERP	3,800 watts
HAAT	123 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	73229
Owner	SJ Broadcasting LLC
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.wqqb.com

WQQB (96.1 MHz, Q96) is a rhythmic-leaning CHR (Top 40) radio station broadcasting in the Champaign/Urbana, Illinois, radio market. The station is a class A licensed station transmitting from Rantoul, Illinois, at 3,800 watts and is owned by SJ Broadcasting, LLC.

WQQB was granted a broadcast license renewal on February 9, 1996 with that license expiring on December 1, 2012. Q96 uses the name All The Hits and broadcasts 24 hours a day from studios located in Champaign, Illinois.

History

WQQB was formerly WLTM (70s Hits - The Eagle) when it originated in 1993. The original owner was Rollings Communications. It was a predominately automated radio station with a live morning show. In 1994, in order to target an untapped part of the market, the station switched to Urban-CHR with the moniker Power 96. It kicked off on a Friday night with an entire weekend of looping the song "I Got The Power" by Snap, before going live on Monday morning.

In 1996, the station switched again to a regular CHR format when it was purchased by Liberty Radio II, Inc. The station (and its sister stations WGKC, WJEK, and WEBX) were sold to AAA Entertainment in 2000. The stations were subsequently purchased by one of the principals of Liberty Radio II, Jim Glassman, under his new company (RadioStar, Inc.) in 2006.

On May 21, 2010, it was announced that RadioStar, Inc. was in the process of selling WQQB to SJ Broadcasting LLC. SJ Broadcasting is operated by Steve "Stevie Jay" Khachaturian.

External links

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Radio stations in the Champaign-Urbana, Illinois market

By AM frequency	580 1400 1460 1580

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.3 90.1 90.9 91.7 92.1 92.5 93.5 94.5 95.3 95.7 96.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 99.1 99.7 100.3 101.1 102.1 102.5 103.3 (CP) 103.9 104.5 104.9 105.5 105.9 107.1 107.9

By callsign	W202CF WBCP WBGL WCZQ WDNL WDWS WEFT WGKC WGNJ WGNN (+W280DE) WHMS-FM WILL WILL-FM (+W266AF) WIXY (+W211CK +W259BG) WJEK WKIO WKJR WKZS WLHF-LP WLRW WPCD WPGU WPXN WQQB WREE WRFU-LP WSJK WWHP WYXY

Nearby radio markets Bloomington Chicago Decatur Kankakee Lafayette Springfield Terre Haute See also List of radio stations in Illinois

CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of Illinois

By frequency	92.9 93.1 95.1 96.1 96.3 96.5 97.5 97.7 98.5 99.7 99.7 100.7 100.9 101.3 101.5 101.5 102.9 103.3 103.5 103.7 105.5 107.7

By callsign	KBEA-FM KGRC KRRY KSLZ KUUL WBBM-FM WBNQ WCIL-FM WDBR WFAV WIVQ WKIB WKSC-FM WPIA WQQB WREZ WSOY-FM WSTQ WWHX WXAJ WYDS WZOK

By city	Anna (Cape Girardeau, Missouri) Bloomington Carbondale Champaign-Urbana Chicago (WBBM-FM) Chicago (WKSC-FM) Decatur (WSOY-FM) Decatur (WYDS) Kankakee La Salle-Peru Metropolis (Paducah. Kentucky) Normal Ottawa Peoria Quincy (KGRC) Quincy (KRRY) Quad Cities (KBEA-FM) Quad Cities (KUUL) Rockford St. Louis, Missouri Springfield (WDBR) Springfield (WXAJ)

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Illinois See also Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

Coordinates: 40°13′26″N 88°17′56″W / 40.224°N 88.299°W / 40.224; -88.299

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