WQMA

WQMA
City of license Marks
Broadcast area Mississippi Delta
Slogan The Delta's Oldies Channel
Frequency 1520 kHz
First air date December 1, 1969
Format Oldies
Language(s) English
Power 250 watts daytime only
Class D
Facility ID 1219
Transmitter coordinates 34º15'42"N, 90º17'18"W
Callsign meaning W-QuitMAn (County)
Owner Jason Konarz
Website http://www.q1520radio.com/

WQMA was a broadcast radio station licensed to Marks, Mississippi. The station was owned by Jason Konarz and operates an oldies format over the air on 1520 kHz. Its F.C.C. license was cancelled May 31, 2006. WQMA had operated under Special Temporary Authority from the F.C.C. but it was denied August 20, 2010. The station exhausted its appeal options, and its application for license renewal was dismissed by the FCC on May 20, 2015.

WQMA broadcast over the air only during the daytime, but broadcast on the Internet 24 hours a day, and has also been broadcast on Public-access television cable TV channel 7 in Joplin, Missouri.

Programming

WQMA broadcast national programming all weekend long that included the following:

The station also aired three consecutive countdown shows, each from a different decade in succession on Saturday:

Former programming includes:

WQMA also broadcast local programming including a "8-Track Thursday" feature with owner Jason Konarz where the station played music from 8-track cartridges all afternoon long, the "Gospel Train With James Figgs", "Guest DJ Day" where local residents could be a DJ, and has in the past featured Delta Academy sports play-by-play. The station broadcast daily features like "All Things Southern" and the "Old Farmers Almanac Radio Report".

In the past, on New Year's Eve, WQMA has aired a marathon of Rock, Roll and Remember episodes, interspersed with audio clips of past episodes of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.

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