WQKX

WQKX
City Sunbury, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area Sunbury-Selinsgrove-Lewisburg, PA
Branding 94KX
Slogan "The Best Songs on the Radio!"
Frequency 94.1 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date 1948
Format Top 40
ERP 16,000 watts
HAAT 268 meters
Class B
Facility ID 63890
Former callsigns WKOK-FM (1948-1978)
Owner Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations WEGH, WVLY-FM, WKOK, WMLP
Webcast Listen Live
Website wqkx.net

WQKX (94.1 FM, "94KX") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Sunbury, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation and broadcasts a Top 40 format. Its broadcast tower is located near Trevorton at (40°47′10.0″N 76°41′48.0″W / 40.786111°N 76.696667°W / 40.786111; -76.696667).[1]

WQKX is the only commercial radio station in the area that broadcasts in HD Radio.[2]

History

The station signed on for the first time in 1948 as WKOK-FM.[3] Until 1975, the station simulcasted the programming of WKOK-AM. In 1978, the call sign was changed to WQKX.[3]

Signal Note

WQKX is short-spaced to WIP-FM "Sports Radio 94 WIP" (licensed to serve Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) as they both operate on 94.1 MHz and are only about 106 miles apart.[4] The minimum distance between two co-channel Class B FM radio stations according to current FCC rules is 150 miles.[5]

References

  1. "FM Query Results for WQKX". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  2. "Station List". iBiquity. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
  3. 1 2 "History". Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
  4. "How Far is it Between Philadelphia, Pa, United States and Sunbury, Pa, United States". Free Map Tools. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  5. "Minimum distance separation between stations. 47 CFR 73.207 (1)" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-19.

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Coordinates: 40°47′10″N 76°41′49″W / 40.786°N 76.697°W / 40.786; -76.697

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