WICO-FM

WICO-FM
City Snow Hill, Maryland
Broadcast area Delmarva
Branding Wow 99.3 & 101.1
Slogan Country Hits of the 80s, 90s and 2000s
Frequency 101.1 MHz
First air date 2002 (as WQMR)
Format Classic country (WOWZ-FM simulcast)
ERP 1,200 watts
HAAT 149 meters
Class A
Facility ID 88291
Transmitter coordinates 38°12′57.00″N 75°19′21.00″W / 38.2158333°N 75.3225000°W / 38.2158333; -75.3225000
Former callsigns WQMR (2000-2011)
WAMS-FM (2011-2014)
WRYD (2014-2016)
WSUX-FM (2016-2017)
Owner A. Wray Fitch and Greg Bojko
(GSB Media, LLC)
Sister stations WSUX 1280 AM
Webcast Listen Live
Website Wow 99.3 & 101.1 Online

WICO-FM (101.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Snow Hill, Maryland, United States. The station serves the Delmarva Peninsula. The station is currently owned by A. Wray Fitch and Greg Bojko, through licensee GSB Media, LLC.

History

From approximately 2000 through the end of 2010, 101.1 was WQMR, a talk radio station. Programming on WQMR included The Radio Factor, The Sean Hannity Show, Mark Levin, Dennis Miller, and Imus in the Morning, with a local show, Power Talk, filling the late morning time slot. When that format ended on January 10, 2011, the station began a prolonged stretch, one that continues to this day, of changing formats every few months, often trading formats with sister stations such as FM 105.1 and AM 1590. Adult hits, gospel, Nash Icon country music, mainstream/alternative rock, and The True Oldies Channel have been among the numerous formats that have briefly aired on the station since 2011.

The most recent format change, December 2015, saw the station end original programming and begin simulcasting 1280 WSUX out of Seaford, Delaware. On July 12, 2017, WSUX & W242AV went dark. Nothing listed as to why on the FCC website, but representatives from its sister station, 101.1 Jack FM in Salisbury, noted ownership of the Seaford station.

On October 16, 2017, WSUX-FM dropped the "Jack FM" format and began stunting. On November 10, 2017, WSUX-FM changed their call letters to WICO-FM.

On November 28, 2017, WICO-FM ended stunting and switched to a simulcast of classic country-formatted WVES (now WOWZ-FM) 99.3 Accomac, VA, branded as "Wow 99.3 & 101.1".[1]

References

  1. ↑ More Format Musical Chairs in Delmarva Radioinsight - November 28, 2017


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