WSRQ

WSRQ
City Sarasota, Florida
Broadcast area Sarasota, Bradenton, and Venice, FL
Branding Hitland 1220 AM & 95.9/106.9 FM’’
Slogan Best of the '60s & '70s
Frequency 1220 kHz
Translator(s) See § Translators
First air date 1961 (as WSAF)
Format Oldies
Power 770 watts day
15 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 27663
Transmitter coordinates 27°19′26.40″N 82°29′45.60″W / 27.3240000°N 82.4960000°W / 27.3240000; -82.4960000
Callsign meaning WSRQ = IATA code for Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
Former callsigns WSAF (1961 through mid-1970s, at least)
WQSA (1980s to 2002)
WIBQ (2002-2007)
Affiliations CBS News, WTSP News, WTSP Storm Tracker Weather, Tampa Bay Rays Baseball, Tampa Bay Lightning.
Owner Florida Talk Radio, LLC.
Webcast Listen Live
Website srqfm.com

WSRQ Broadcasting on 1220 AM is a radio station with a format that features Oldies from the 60's and 70’s. Licensed to Sarasota, Florida, the station is owned by Florida Talk Radio, LLC. The station also features the Suncoast Morning show with David Wolfe and Kaylene McCaw, weekday mornings from 7-9 AM, and runs a weekday short feature called Health Check with Heidi Godman.

Prior to June 29, 2018, the station was branded as The Voice of Sarasota-Manatee and featured a talkshow lineup. WSRQ AM is the official radio station of Tampa Bay Rays baseball.

WSRQ is also carried in central and eastern Sarasota and ST. Petersburg on their 250-watt FM translator W295BH on 106.9 FM and in Venice on their 210-watt FM translator W240DP on 95.9 FM which covers southern Sarasota, Venice, and Port Charlotte.

It was announced on July 14, 2011 that WSRQ would be acquired by Florida Talk Radio, LLC.[1]

WSRQ has been granted an FCC construction permit to move to a different transmitter site and decrease day power to 770 watts and night power to 15 watts.[2]

Translators

Broadcast translators of WSRQ AM (Main Programming)
Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseFacility
ID		ERP
W		Height
m (ft)		ClassTransmitter coordinatesFCC info
W240DP95.9Venice, Florida2016602100 m (0 ft)D27°9′3″N 82°27′51″W / 27.15083°N 82.46417°W / 27.15083; -82.46417 (W240DP)FCC
W295BH106.9Sarasota, Florida1405322500 m (0 ft)D27°28′31″N 82°32′11″W / 27.47528°N 82.53639°W / 27.47528; -82.53639 (W268AN)FCC

References

  1. ↑ BUSINESS BUZZ: WSRQ Radio gets new owners
  2. ↑ "FCC Construction Permit". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.


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