WKPQ
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WKPQ is a radio station
broadcasting a country music
format. Licensed to Hornell, New York
, USA, the station serves the Elmira-Corning area including the Canisteo valley and northern Pennsylvania. The station is currently owned by Phoenix Radio, Inc., with a swap to WS Media, LLC pending.
). The station changed call signs to WHHO-FM no later than 1981-03-12. on 1983-06-15, the station changed its call sign to the current WKPQ. It is the only one of the three stations Bilbat Radio has owned that remains on the air; WHHO and WQLE
have since lost their licenses. In 2009, Bilbat sold the station to Phoenix Radio, Inc. and features programing from ABC Radio and Jones Radio Network. A sale is pending to WS Media LLC
, the current owner of WENY
, WENI and WGMM
, who will trade the station one-for-one for WCBA
and pay off the debts WKPQ incurred during the Bilbat years.
On October 10, 2011 WKPQ changed their format to country, branded as "Kickin' Country 105.3".
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
broadcasting a country music
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...
format. Licensed to Hornell, New York
Hornell, New York
Hornell is a city in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 9,019 at the 2000 census. The city is named after the Hornell family, early settlers. Its current population has not yet been released by the new census....
, USA, the station serves the Elmira-Corning area including the Canisteo valley and northern Pennsylvania. The station is currently owned by Phoenix Radio, Inc., with a swap to WS Media, LLC pending.
History
The station signed on in 1946, three years before its AM sister station (the now defunct WHHOWHHO
WHHO was a radio station broadcasting a sports talk format. Licensed to Hornell, New York, USA, the station served the Elmira-Corning area. The station was owned by Bilbat Radio, Inc. and featured programing from Fox Sports Radio and Citadel Media...
). The station changed call signs to WHHO-FM no later than 1981-03-12. on 1983-06-15, the station changed its call sign to the current WKPQ. It is the only one of the three stations Bilbat Radio has owned that remains on the air; WHHO and WQLE
WQLE
WQLE was the last official call sign of a now defunct radio station in Kane, Pennsylvania.-McKean County's First Full-Time Radio Station:...
have since lost their licenses. In 2009, Bilbat sold the station to Phoenix Radio, Inc. and features programing from ABC Radio and Jones Radio Network. A sale is pending to WS Media LLC
Vision Communications (New York)
Vision Communications is an owner of three television stations and six radio stations serving the Western and Southern Tier portions of New York state.-Television stations:...
, the current owner of WENY
WENY (AM)
WENY is a radio station in the Elmira-Corning market of New York state. It broadcasts at 1000 watts day and night on 1230 kHz from studios in Corning, New York. It is a talk radio station that airs local sports and a 3 hour morning local talk show with host Frank Acomb...
, WENI and WGMM
WGMM
WGMM is a radio station licensed to serve Corning, New York, USA. The station is owned by WS Media and licensed to WS2K Radio LLC.It broadcasts a classic hits music format to the Elmira, New York, metropolitan area.-History:...
, who will trade the station one-for-one for WCBA
WCBA (AM)
WCBA is a radio station in the Elmira-Corning market of New York state. It broadcasts at 1000 watts day and night on 1350 kHz from studios in South Corning, NY. It is a sports talk station....
and pay off the debts WKPQ incurred during the Bilbat years.
On October 10, 2011 WKPQ changed their format to country, branded as "Kickin' Country 105.3".