WKQW-FM

WKQW-FM
City Oil City, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area Meadville-Franklin area
Frequency 96.3 MHz
First air date 1993
Format Adult Contemporary
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 100 meters
Class A
Facility ID 63289
Transmitter coordinates 41°23′45.00″N 79°39′53.00″W / 41.3958333°N 79.6647222°W / 41.3958333; -79.6647222
Affiliations CBS Radio
Owner Clarion County Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations WKQW (AM)
Website WKQW-FM Online

WKQW-FM (96.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary format. Licensed to Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA, the station is currently owned by Clarion County Broadcasting Corporation.

History

In 1993, WKQW AM founder Stephen Olszowka successfully applied for an FM license, giving birth to WKQW-FM. The new station broadcast at 96.3 FM with an effective radiated power of 6,000 watts, and went on the air with an oldies format, separate from WKQW's adult contemporary format (which would later become talk).

Stephen Olszowka died suddenly on February 14, 2004 at the age of 54. After his death, his family made arrangements to sell the station to another owner, Clarion County Broadcasting, the following year.

Following the takeover by William Hearst in 2005 (along with WKQW AM), WKQW-FM changed its format from Oldies to '80s-based adult contemporary at around the same time. Though controlled from its Clarion County base, WKQW is still a very separate operation, maintaining its studio and office presence and its own independent staff at 806 Grandview Road (Suite C) in Oil City. WKQW features the area's only full-time news director Tim Shaw and long time Venango County radio personality Sam Gordon.[1]

References

  1. "Hearst hears Clarion call". Radio Business Report. Retrieved 2008-02-24.

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