WMQA-FM

Infobox Radio station
name = WMQA-FM


city = Minocqua, Wisconsin
area = [http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WMQA&service=FM&status=L&hours=U]
branding = Oldies 95.9
slogan = The Northwoods' Greatest Hits!
airdate = March 1975
frequency = 95.9 MHz
format = 60's-70's Oldies
power = 25,000 watts
haat = 88 meters
class = C3
facility_id = 190631
coordinates = 45-49'19 N / 89-43'18 W
callsign_meaning = Minocqua
former_callsigns = WWMH (1975-1992)
owner = Raven License Subsidiary, LLC (NRG Media)
sister_stations =
webcast =
website = [http://www.wmqa.com]
affiliations = ABC Radio, Jones Radio Networks

WMQA-FM, "Oldies 95.9," is an American FM radio station broadcasting an Oldies format. Licensed to Minocqua, Wisconsin, the station began broadcasting in 1975.

The station features programming from ABC Radio Networks and Jones Radio Networks. WMQA-FM uses Jones' "Good Time Oldies" satellite-delivered format outside of the station's live and local morning show.

With a 25,000-watt signal, the station covers a portion of northwestern Wisconsin and some of the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan, including the Wisconsin cities of Minocqua, Rhinelander, Lac du Flambeau, Tomahawk, and Eagle River.

From its sign-on in 1975 until 1992, the station operated under the calls WWMH (We're Woodruff, Minocqua [and] Hazelhurst), with a mixture of easy listening and country music. An AM sister station, 1570 WFBZ (later WMYM and WMQA-AM, now WLKD) was added in 1981. 1992 brought a change in calls to the current WMQA-FM and a power increase from 5,000 to 25,000 watts.

WMQA-FM was formerly a Soft Adult Contemporary music station, also satellite-fed from Jones (except for the morning show), using the brand name "Northern Lites 96 WMQA". On August 29, 2008, the station dropped the AC format and "Northern Lites" name to become "Oldies 95.9." The station's competition in the Oldies format is WRJO-FM in Eagle River, which airs Classic Hits Radio (formerly OldiesRadio) from ABC.

External links

* [http://www.wmqa.com/ Oldies 95.9, The Northwoods' Greatest Hits]
* [http://www.wisconsinbroadcasting.com/ Mention of the format change to Oldies 95.9] and audio of the format flip