WFQR
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WFQR and WFRQ are a pair of FM
radio station
s licensed to Harwich Port
and Mashpee
, Massachusetts
respectively. They serve the Cape Cod
market. They broadcast on 93.5 MHz and 101.1 MHz respectively with an Adult Hits
format known as "Frank FM", which is similar to the "Jack FM
" format.
In the fall of 1991, WFXR and WFAL began simulcasting. The stations were then known as "Fox Radio 93-5 and 101 FM" with an upbeat soft rock format focused heavily on '80s music. In 1993, the stations were sold to Omni Broadcasting (owners of WCOD). After stunting for a week with Steve Miller Band
's "Fly Like An Eagle
", the format changed to Country
as "Cape Country 93-5 and 101 FM". With the exception of its local Morning Show featuring Keith Lemire & Joe Rossetti programming was provided by Jones Radio Networks
"U.S. Country", a live 24-hour satellite-delivered music format from Denver, Colorado.
Omni was sold to Paul Levesque. With the failure of country music to attract an audience, another format change was made. WFXR became WUNX, while WFAL became WUNZ. Both stations continued their simulcast as an affiliate of the "Underground Network", a network of Alternative Rock
stations that included WDRE in Philadelphia and WLIR
on Long Island. The stations were then known as "UN 93.5 and 101.1", Cape Cod's Rock Alternative.
WUNX and WUNZ were sold to Ernie Boch's Boch Broadcasting in 1995, and the stations soon took different paths. WUNX became WJCO, and adopted a satellite-delivered Adult contemporary music format as "Coast 93.5", while WUNX became WWKJ, and adopted a satellite-delivered Classic Rock
format as "KJ-101".
In 1998, WJCO stunted for a week with Chumbawumba's hit "Tubthumping
". WJCO became WYST, relaunching as Hot Adult Contemporary
-formatted "Star 93-5", Continuous Hit Music. The format was again satellite-delivered by Jones Radio Networks
"Adult Hit Radio" (now simply called "Hot AC"). Star 93-5's morning show was provided by WPLJ
New York's "Scott & Todd in the Morning Big Show". Scott & Todd's syndication attempt didn't last long. In 1999, the morning show was replaced locally with the satellite-delivered "Bob & Sherri" show and the slogan had changed to Today's Best Music.
In the spring of 1999, WYST dropped the Jones Radio Networks
provided format and morning show. The station became automated locally with no DJs and a very narrow playlist of current artists from the CHR
format. The hits lasted until late-1999, when the station again changed to a satellite-delivered oldies format as "Oldies 93.5".
In 2001, Boch brought in a new staff to run the Cape Cod stations. The new staff immediately changed the formats of WYST and WWKJ. WYST became WDVT and was known "93-5 The Vault", playing Classic Rock
. WWKJ became WTWV and was known as "101.1 The Wave", playing '80s Hits. Before long, "The Vault" was closed and WDVT reverted to a simulcast of "The Wave". In 2002, WTWV began to add more current hits into the mix and sounded slightly more like an Adult Hits
station.
In 2003, Boch changed the formats of WDVT and WTWV to Oldies
as "93-5 & 101.1 The Wave". The station featured local personalities with a fun and upbeat delivery. A limited amount of jingles were also added. The station featured Bumper Morgan as one of their personalities, who was also the voice of then sister station WCOD, The talent line-up consisted of Greg Cassidy, Super Max Cooper, Johnny Thunder and Wild Bill Hayes.
In 2005, Boch Broadcasting was acquired by Qantum Communications. Qantum was required to sell off three of the combined company's stations. "The Wave" low-rated simulcast stations of WDVT and WTWV along with WPXC
were sold to Nassau Broadcasting.
On March 22, 2006 Nassau replaced the Oldies
format of "The Wave" with "Frank FM". Unlike Nassau's other Classic Hits
stations in Portland
, Maine
and southern New Hampshire
with the same name, WDVT and WTWV flipped to the Adult Hits
format as "101.1 and 93.5 Frank FM". On March 28, 2006, WDVT and WTWV became WFQR and WFRQ respectfully.
WTWV was also the original callsign of WTVA
9, an NBC
affiliate television station based in Tupelo, Mississippi
.
WTWV-FM was a previous call sign of WPPN 106.7 Des Plaines/Chicago, which broadcast the satellite-fed "The Wave" new age/smooth jazz format in 1987 and 1988.
FM broadcasting
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radio station
Radio station
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s licensed to Harwich Port
Harwich Port, Massachusetts
Harwich Port is an affluent beach resort census-designated place in the town of Harwich in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The village is a very popular vacation spot on Cape Cod. The population was 1,809 at the 2000 census. In addition to the village of Harwich Port, the village...
and Mashpee
Mashpee, Massachusetts
Mashpee is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 14,006 as of 2010.For geographic and demographic information on specific parts of the town of Mashpee, please see the articles on Mashpee Neck, Monomoscoy Island, New Seabury, Popponesset, Popponesset Island,...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
respectively. They serve the Cape Cod
Cape Cod
Cape Cod, often referred to locally as simply the Cape, is a cape in the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the Northeastern United States...
market. They broadcast on 93.5 MHz and 101.1 MHz respectively with an Adult Hits
Adult hits
Adult hits is a radio format, popular in the early 2000s, that does not adhere to a specific music genre, but instead draws from a wider playlist...
format known as "Frank FM", which is similar to the "Jack FM
Jack FM
JACK FM is the alternative name and on-air brand of 60 radio stations in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia. Jack stations play a mix of 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s hits with some current hot adult contemporary singles. Jack's slogan "playing what we want" can also be...
" format.
Station History
WFXR (93.5) went on the air on May 18, 1989, with a satellite delivered soft rock format. WFAL (101.1) also went on the air in the late 1980s, under the ownership of Schooner Broadcasting, with principals Linda Baines and Brenda Westgate. In the fall of 1991, the owners of WFXR purchased WFAL. This deal was inked 2 days after a historic rule change by the Federal Communication Commission. The new rules allowed one entity to own two FM stations in the same market. This deal was the second in the nation to win FCC approval.In the fall of 1991, WFXR and WFAL began simulcasting. The stations were then known as "Fox Radio 93-5 and 101 FM" with an upbeat soft rock format focused heavily on '80s music. In 1993, the stations were sold to Omni Broadcasting (owners of WCOD). After stunting for a week with Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller Band
The Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in 1967 in San Francisco, California. The band is managed by Steve Miller on guitar and lead vocals, and is known for a string of mid-1970s hit singles that are staples of the classic rock radio format.-History:In 1965, Steve Miller and...
's "Fly Like An Eagle
Fly Like an Eagle
- Track listing :Side one# "Space Intro" – 1:15# "Fly Like an Eagle" – 4:42# "Wild Mountain Honey" – 4:51# "Serenade" – 3:13...
", the format changed to Country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
as "Cape Country 93-5 and 101 FM". With the exception of its local Morning Show featuring Keith Lemire & Joe Rossetti programming was provided by Jones Radio Networks
Jones Radio Networks
Jones Radio Networks & Jones Media Group were branches of Jones International before being sold to Triton Media Group. JRN and JMN provide local radio stations with satellite-delivered formats. They also offer other services to local radio such as news and talk programs, syndicated radio shows,...
"U.S. Country", a live 24-hour satellite-delivered music format from Denver, Colorado.
Omni was sold to Paul Levesque. With the failure of country music to attract an audience, another format change was made. WFXR became WUNX, while WFAL became WUNZ. Both stations continued their simulcast as an affiliate of the "Underground Network", a network of Alternative Rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
stations that included WDRE in Philadelphia and WLIR
WZAA
WBQH is a radio station in the Washington, D.C. region, licensed to Silver Spring, Maryland. It broadcasts a Regional Mexican format.-History:...
on Long Island. The stations were then known as "UN 93.5 and 101.1", Cape Cod's Rock Alternative.
WUNX and WUNZ were sold to Ernie Boch's Boch Broadcasting in 1995, and the stations soon took different paths. WUNX became WJCO, and adopted a satellite-delivered Adult contemporary music format as "Coast 93.5", while WUNX became WWKJ, and adopted a satellite-delivered Classic Rock
Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...
format as "KJ-101".
In 1998, WJCO stunted for a week with Chumbawumba's hit "Tubthumping
Tubthumping
"Tubthumping", informally known by its prominent lyric "I Get Knocked Down", is the title of a song released by the Anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba on 11 August 1997 through Universal Records and EMI Electrola. It was their most successful single, peaking at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart...
". WJCO became WYST, relaunching as Hot Adult Contemporary
Adult contemporary music
Adult contemporary music is a broad style of popular music that ranges from lush 1950s and 1960s vocal music to predominantly ballad-heavy music with varying degrees of rock influence, as well as a radio format that plays such music....
-formatted "Star 93-5", Continuous Hit Music. The format was again satellite-delivered by Jones Radio Networks
Jones Radio Networks
Jones Radio Networks & Jones Media Group were branches of Jones International before being sold to Triton Media Group. JRN and JMN provide local radio stations with satellite-delivered formats. They also offer other services to local radio such as news and talk programs, syndicated radio shows,...
"Adult Hit Radio" (now simply called "Hot AC"). Star 93-5's morning show was provided by WPLJ
WPLJ
WPLJ is a radio station in New York City owned by the broadcasting division of Cumulus Media. WPLJ shares studio facilities with sister station WABC inside 2 Penn Plaza in midtown Manhattan, and its transmitter is atop the Empire State Building. The station currently plays a Hot Adult...
New York's "Scott & Todd in the Morning Big Show". Scott & Todd's syndication attempt didn't last long. In 1999, the morning show was replaced locally with the satellite-delivered "Bob & Sherri" show and the slogan had changed to Today's Best Music.
In the spring of 1999, WYST dropped the Jones Radio Networks
Jones Radio Networks
Jones Radio Networks & Jones Media Group were branches of Jones International before being sold to Triton Media Group. JRN and JMN provide local radio stations with satellite-delivered formats. They also offer other services to local radio such as news and talk programs, syndicated radio shows,...
provided format and morning show. The station became automated locally with no DJs and a very narrow playlist of current artists from the CHR
Contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
format. The hits lasted until late-1999, when the station again changed to a satellite-delivered oldies format as "Oldies 93.5".
In 2001, Boch brought in a new staff to run the Cape Cod stations. The new staff immediately changed the formats of WYST and WWKJ. WYST became WDVT and was known "93-5 The Vault", playing Classic Rock
Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...
. WWKJ became WTWV and was known as "101.1 The Wave", playing '80s Hits. Before long, "The Vault" was closed and WDVT reverted to a simulcast of "The Wave". In 2002, WTWV began to add more current hits into the mix and sounded slightly more like an Adult Hits
Adult hits
Adult hits is a radio format, popular in the early 2000s, that does not adhere to a specific music genre, but instead draws from a wider playlist...
station.
In 2003, Boch changed the formats of WDVT and WTWV to Oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
as "93-5 & 101.1 The Wave". The station featured local personalities with a fun and upbeat delivery. A limited amount of jingles were also added. The station featured Bumper Morgan as one of their personalities, who was also the voice of then sister station WCOD, The talent line-up consisted of Greg Cassidy, Super Max Cooper, Johnny Thunder and Wild Bill Hayes.
In 2005, Boch Broadcasting was acquired by Qantum Communications. Qantum was required to sell off three of the combined company's stations. "The Wave" low-rated simulcast stations of WDVT and WTWV along with WPXC
WPXC (FM)
WPXC is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format. Licensed to Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA, the station serves the Cape Cod area. The station is currently owned by Nassau Broadcasting III, LLC.-External links:...
were sold to Nassau Broadcasting.
On March 22, 2006 Nassau replaced the Oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
format of "The Wave" with "Frank FM". Unlike Nassau's other Classic Hits
Classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...
stations in Portland
Portland, Maine
Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...
, Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
and southern New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
with the same name, WDVT and WTWV flipped to the Adult Hits
Adult hits
Adult hits is a radio format, popular in the early 2000s, that does not adhere to a specific music genre, but instead draws from a wider playlist...
format as "101.1 and 93.5 Frank FM". On March 28, 2006, WDVT and WTWV became WFQR and WFRQ respectfully.
WTWV was also the original callsign of WTVA
WTVA
WTVA is the NBC-affiliated television station for Northern Mississippi and Northwestern Alabama licensed to Tupelo, Mississippi. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a transmitter on County Road 70 in Woodland, Mississippi. The station can also be seen on Cable One...
9, an NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
affiliate television station based in Tupelo, Mississippi
Tupelo, Mississippi
Tupelo is the largest city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi, United States. It is the seventh largest city in the state of Mississippi, smaller than Meridian, and larger than Greenville. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city's population was 34,211...
.
WTWV-FM was a previous call sign of WPPN 106.7 Des Plaines/Chicago, which broadcast the satellite-fed "The Wave" new age/smooth jazz format in 1987 and 1988.