WDJQ

Infobox Radio station
name = WDJQ


city = Alliance, Ohio
area = Canton, Ohio
branding = "Q92"
slogan = "Today's Hit Music"
frequency = 92.5 MHz
format = Top 40 (CHR)
erp = 50,000 watts
facility_id = 14914
coordinates = coord|40|47|24.00|N|81|6|26.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning = (husband and wife) Don and Josephine Peterson
"or:" (son and daughter) Don Jr. and Jill Peterson [cite web |title=Radio Info article |url=http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,93914.0.html |accessdate=2008-03-02]
sister_stations = WDJQ, WDPN
former_callsigns = WZKL (3/13/92-3/07/08) WDJQ (1/01/80-3/13/92) WFAH-FM (1947-1/01/80)
owner = D.A. Peterson, Inc.
webcast = [http://webclust1.liquidcompass.cc/sos4cust/WZKL/asx/WZKL.asx Listen Live!]
website = http://www.q92radio.com/

WDJQ (92.5 FM, "Q92") is a radio station in Alliance, Ohio, operating with a Top 40 (CHR) format. It serves the Canton, Ohio radio market. WDJQ is owned by the family company of Don Peterson, the former publisher of the "Alliance Review" newspaper, and is co-owned with AM station WDPN.

History

The station originally signed on as WFAH-FM in 1947. One of the oldest established FM stations in the entire region, it served as the FM complement to WFAH (AM), the current WDPN. Both stations were founded by Arthur Hoiles, with the callsign being a tribute to his father, Frank Austin Hoiles (FAH). WFAH-FM switched to WDJQ on January 1, 1980; the calls selected because the names of the station owners began with the letters D and J (Don and Josephine (Hoiles) Peterson) as did their children (Don Jr. and Jill). The "Q" rhymed with the dial position 92, hence the "Q92" moniker.

WDJQ became WZKL on March 13, 1992. Under the WZKL call letters, the station played oldies as "Kool 92", then a "rock hits" format as "Z-92.5 - Today's Music For All People" in 2000. It once again became Top 40 as "Q-92" in 2002, although there was no "Q" in the station's call letters. Previous attempts to reclaim the WDJQ call letters were unsuccessful, but on February 29, 2008, it was announced that the radio station had successfully obtained the WDJQ call sign, which took effect March 7, 2008.cite news |work=NorthEast Radio Watch |title=This Week's Bloodbath: Citadel |first=Scott |last=Fybush |url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2008/080303/nerw.html |date=2008-03-03]

References

External links

* [http://www.q92radio.com/ Q92 WDJQ official website]
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