WCOY
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". WCOY (99.5 FM) is a 100,000-watt radio station based in Quincy, Illinois with a country music format. The station is owned by STARadio Corporation.
History
WTAD-FM went on the air in 1948, four years after having filed for its construction permit on 44.1 MHz[1]—before FM was relocated to 88–108 MHz. It was owned by Lee Enterprises as a sister to WTAD 930 AM. When Lee-owned KHQA-TV signed on in 1953, it did so from WTAD-FM's tower,[2] standing Script error: No such module "convert". above the surrounding flat terrain.[3]
When New York's WBAI—also on 99.5—was sabotaged and fell off air in 1967, it borrowed a crystal from WTAD-FM in order to resume operation.[4] WTAD-FM became WQCY on December 30, 1974.Template:R
Lee exited the Hannibal-Quincy market in 1986, selling KHQA-TV to Benedek Broadcasting and WTAD-WQCY radio for $1.1 million to Noble Broadcast Corporation,[5] which operated as Eastern Broadcasting. The group was purchased three years later (later known as Tele-Media Broadcasting).[6][7][8] In 1997, Tele-Media was purchased by Citadel;[8][9] Citadel sold its Quincy cluster the next year to STARadio Corporation.[10] In 1999, the hot AC format and callsign WQCY moved to 103.9 FM, formerly WMOS;[11] programming consultant Keith Bansemer flipped the station's format to country using the "Coyote Country" slogan.
See also
References
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- ↑ a b https://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/filing.ashx?filingid=1061655 Citadel Communications Corp (Form: 424B4, Received: 07/01/1998 13:23:18], Nasdaq, July 7, 1998. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
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External links
- Official website
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- Template:Show by date&band=fm&callLetter=WCOY WCOY in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- FCC History Cards for WCOY
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