WQIO

Infobox Radio Station
name = WQIO


area = Wooster, Ohio
branding = Eagle 93.7
slogan = Today's Hits - Yesterday's Favorites
airdate =
frequency = 93.7 (MHz)
format = Soft AC
erp = 37,000 watts
class = B
owner = BAS Broadcasting
website = [http://www.wqio.com/ wqio.com]
callsign_meaning = former Top-40 "Super Q" format |

WQIO is an FM radio station in Mount Vernon, Ohio located at 93.7 MHz. The station plays adult contemporary as "Eagle 93.7". Currently, this is ABC Radio Network's "Today's Hits--Yesterday's Favorites" format.

WQIO and its sister Sports/Talker WMVO-AM is currently owned by BAS Broadcasting of Fremont, Ohio. Prior to October 1, 2005, the station was owned by Clear Channel Communications. WQIO was previously known as "93Q" prior to its purchase by Clear Channel, with a format closer to Hot AC than its current "lite" format.

The "John Tesh Radio Show", which aired from 7 p.m. to midnight, was discontinuted when the station changed owners. However, the show returned three weeks later due to listener feedback.

History

WQIO and sister station WMVO-AM were founded by Helen E. Zelkowitz in the 1950s and remained locally owned and operated until their pending sale in 1989. Then W. Marten and K. Schoolbrook purchased the stations to pair with WNCO-A/WNCO-F in nearby Ashland. The name of the company was Ohio Radio Group.

In 1992 Ohio Radio Group purchased WYNT in Upper Sandusky along with WDIF-FM in Marion. With the popularity of the "Super Q" CHR format on 93.7 in Mount Vernon they launced Hot Hits 94.3 WDIF (now WMRN-FM) in Marion displacing the longtime MOR format. Ohio Radio Group would eventually become a local radio powerhouse, owning, in addition to its Mount Vernon and Marion properties, stations in Ashland, Bucyrus, Mansfield, and Galion by 1997.

In 2001 Ohio Radio Group was purchased by Clear Channel in the sole purpose to move WMRN-FM to Columbus and trade WBZW Loudonville for Dix Broadcasting's WQKT-FM Wooster which they would move to Barberton to replace WKDD. To remain under FCC ownership limits, Clear Channel was forced to sell off the Bucyrus stations and WYXZ-FM in Crestline; also, the WQKT/WBZW swap was aborted. However, WQIO and WMVO remained under Clear Channel ownership until the sale to the current owners, BAS Broadcasting.

WQIO was also the set of call letters used by 1060 AM in Canton, Ohio, during its brief but successful run as a top 40 station in the late 1970s. The station was known as "Q-10." It is now WILB, a Catholic broadcaster.

External links

* [http://www.hitsandfavorites.com/home.asp?callsign=WQIO-FM Radio network homepage] (Type in ZIP code 43050)