WQMG-FM

Infobox Radio Station
name = WQMG


city = Greensboro, North Carolina
area = Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina
branding = "97.1 WQMG"
slogan = "The Best R&B....and Old School"
airdate =
frequency = 97.1 (MHz)
format = Urban Adult Contemporary
power = 100,000 watts
class = C0
haat = 327 meters
facility_id = 47078
coordinates = coord|35|56|42|N|79|51|45|W|type:landmark
owner = Entercom
sister_stations = WJMH, WPAW, WSMW
website = [http://www.wqmg.com/ http://www.wqmg.com/]
callsign_meaning = Quality Music for Greensboro

"97.1WQMG" is an Urban Contemporary station licensed to Greensboro, North Carolina and serves the Piedmont Triad region, which also includes High Point and Winston Salem. The Entercom outlet broadcasts at 97.1 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW.

History

The earliest roots of this station date to 1947 and a station with the call letters WFMY on 97.3 MHz. Two years after its founding as an FM station, its owners constructed WFMY-TV, the first television station in Greensboro and the second in North Carolina.

By 1950, the station was moved to its current 97.1 MHz, but the station was taken off the air in the early 1950s as the company devoted more of its resources to television. The station returned to air under new ownership by the mid 1950s with the call letters WQMG, which stood for "Quality Music for Greensboro." In the early 1970s, WQMG aired an adult contemporary format known as "Stereo Island."

WQMG was very successful in the 1970s and 1980s as an Urban Contemporary outlet, but by 1996 they would move to their current format, after becoming the sister station to WJMH. They are now one of two Adult R&B stations in the area, the other being WMKS. WQMG is the Triad's syndicated home of the Tom Joyner Morning Show.

External links

* [http://www.wqmg.com "97.1 WQMG, Smooth R&B...Classic Soul"]
*FMQ|WQMG
*FML|WQMG