WQQO

WQQO
CitySylvania, Ohio
Broadcast areaToledo metropolitan area
BrandingQ105.5
SloganToledo's Best Music!
Frequency105.5 MHz (HD Radio)
Translator(s)100.7 W264AK (Toledo, relays HD2)
First air dateNovember 29, 1968 (as WGLN)
FormatFM/HD1: Hot Adult Contemporary
HD2: Active rock "100.7 The Zone"
ERP4,300 watts
HAAT118.7 meters
ClassA
Facility ID42127
Former call signsWGLN (1968-1972)
WXEZ (1972-1982)
WWWM (1982-1990)
WWWM-FM (1990-2016)
AffiliationsMichigan IMG Sports Network (HD2)
OwnerCumulus Media
(Cumulus Licensing LLC)
Sister stationsWKKO, WTOD, WLQR, WRQN, WMIM, WXKR
WebcastClick "play" button on website
Websiteq1055.com
toledoszone.com (HD2)

History

Beginnings

The 105.5 signed on November 1968 as WGLN. with a country music format.

Golden 105

After a few months, WGLN became as "Golden 105," featuring an oldies and current hits hybrid format, "Here today, Golden tomorrow" was the station's tag line .

Progressive rock era

In late 1971, the format shifted to progressive rock. It was Toledo's first so-called underground FM station playing the songs and deep album cuts that no one else in the market was playing at the time. The format was short lived and The station was sold in 1972 to Midwest Broadcasting.

Beautiful music era

Sometime in 1972, 105.5 FM became a beautiful music station, The call letters were changed to WXEZ. In response to the format change, a citizens' group known as the Citizens' Committee to Keep Progressive Rock filed an objection with the FCC on the basis that Toledo already had several other middle-of-the-road/easy listening-type format stations and did not need another, the FCC rejected the appeal, and the committee continued to appeal the rejection until the Reams family changed WCWA-FM 104.7 to WIOT in December 1972, after that the objection was withdrawn. The original airstaff of WIOT featured several former WGLN staffers from the progressive-rock format.

Z rock/Z-105

By the late 1970s, it had transformed into an automated Top 40/rock format called "Z-Rock" (current hot hits, no relation to Satellite Music Network's later satellite-delivered format of heavy metal music also called "Z-Rock") the station later on became known as "Z-105".

3WM

In the early 1980s, the format was changed to adult contemporary and the call letters were changed to WWWM to go with the name of the station. As 3WM, 105.5fm did well in the ratings and featured the popular morning show Mark & Wendy.

Star 105

In Early 1998, the station became Star 105 and evolved into a Hot adult contemporary station as "Toledo's best music".

In April 2008, WWWM-FM began continuous HD Radio digital radio broadcasts.

Channel 105.5/Q105.5

On April 1, 2016, WWWM rebranded as "Channel 105.5".

On June 22, 2016, WWWM re-branded as "Q105.5" and the call letters were changed to WQQO.

WQQO-HD2

WQQO airs a modern rock format on its HD2 subchannel, branded as "100.7 The Zone" (simulcast on translator W264AK 100.7 FM Toledo).

On November 4, 2019, WQQO-HD2/W264AK changed their format from talk to modern rock, branded as "100.7 The Zone".[1]

Former logos

References

  1. The Zone Returns to Toledo Radioinsight - November 4, 2019

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