WGQR is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a Southern Gospel Music format. Licensed to Elizabethtown, North Carolina

Elizabethtown, North Carolina

Elizabethtown is a town in Bladen County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,698 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Bladen County.-Geography:Elizabethtown is located at ....

, USA, it serves the Fayetteville, North Carolina

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Fayetteville is a city located in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It is the county seat of Cumberland County, and is best known as the home of Fort Bragg, a U.S. Army post located northwest of the city....

 area. The station is currently owned by Christian Listening Network.

History

WGQR signed on in 1990 with an 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 and was known as "Solid Gold 105.7."

In 1993, Sound Business, which was 50 percent owned by Arthur DeBerry and Associates, owned WGQR and WBLA (AM). Lee Hauser, who owned the other 50 percent of Sound Business and served as its president, began managing WJSK and WAGR

WAGR (AM)

WAGR is a radio station broadcasting a Gospel music format to the Lumberton, North Carolina, USA area. The station is currently owned by WAGR Broadcasting, Inc.-History:...

 in Lumberton, North Carolina

Lumberton, North Carolina

Lumberton is a city in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 20,795 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Robeson County. Lumberton, located in southern North Carolina's Inner Banks region, is located on the Lumber River...

 when the DeBerry company bought those stations. Morning host Dan Hester, who had worked at WWAY

WWAY

WWAY is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Cape Fear area of North Carolina that is licensed to Wilmington. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 46 from a transmitter northwest of Bolivia. Owned by Morris Multimedia, the station has studios on North Front Street...

, replaced Hauser as station manager for WGQR and WBLA. WGQR and WBLA both aired the Bladen County

Bladen County, North Carolina

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 32,278 people, 12,897 households, and 8,937 families residing in the county. The population density was 37 people per square mile . There were 15,316 housing units at an average density of 18 per square mile...

 high school football game of the week.

In 2004, Beasley Broadcasting tried to buy the stations, but the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 disallowed the purchase because Beasley would own too many stations in the market.

On January 11, 2006, the sale of WGQR and WBLA to Christian Listening Network, owner of WCLN (AM)

WCLN (AM)

WCLN is a radio station broadcasting a Oldies format. Licensed to Clinton, North Carolina, USA. The station is currently owned by Christian Listening Network, Inc. and features programing from ABC Radio .-History:...

 and WCLN-FM

WCLN-FM

WCLN-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Christian Contemporary music format. Licensed to Clinton, North Carolina, USA, it serves the Fayetteville area. The station is currently owned by Christian Listening Network.-History:...

was completed WGQR switched to its current Southern Gospel format.