WQNA

For its first 39 years of existence, WQNA was owned by the Capital Area Career Center and formed part of its the Digital Radio/TV program. WQNA was granted its first license on March 5, 1980[1], run by students and broadcasting at 10 watts. In 1998, the station went 24 hours with volunteers and automation, at 3,000 watts, but only a 90-foot (27 m) tower. WQNA was one of the first radio stations in the country to stream live on the Internet. The station upgraded to a taller 270-foot (82 m) tower at 250 watts in 2002.

In August 2019, Capital Area Career Center put the station up for sale due to lack of student interest. Until a buyer was found, WQNA would continue to operate with a volunteer staff.[2] Three months later, Capital Area Career Center approved the sale of the station for $47,000 to the Catholic Covenant Network, whose presence in Springfield had previously been limited to a pair of translators.[3] WQNA immediately went silent as a result. The volunteer DJs at WQNA are attempting to raise funds to purchase another station.