- WQLS
Infobox Radio station
name = WQLS
city = Ozark,Alabama
area =Dothan, Alabama
branding =
slogan = "A Full Gospel Radio Station"
airdate =
frequency = 1210kHz
format = Gospel
power = 10,000watt s (day) 5,000 watts (critical hours) 3 watts (night)
class = D
facility_id = 63946
coordinates = coord|31|28|40.00|N|85|41|7.00|W|region:GB_type:city
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = WAYD, WFSF
owner = Horizon Broadcasting Company
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast = [http://wqls1210am.com/wqls1210am.html Listen Live]
website = http://wqls1210am.com/
affiliations =WQLS (1210 AM) is a
radio station broadcasting aGospel music format. [cite web|url=http://www.arbitron.com|title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron] Licensed toOzark, Alabama , USA, the station serves theDothan, Alabama , area. [cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WQLS |title=WQLS Facility Record |work=United StatesFederal Communications Commission , audio division ]The station was assigned the WQLS call letters by the
Federal Communications Commission onJuly 9 , 1993.cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=63946&Callsign=WQLS |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database]Ownership
In March 2000, Jimmy Jarrell of
Auburn, Alabama , reached an agreement to purchase news/talk formatted WQLS from Woods Communication Group Inc. ofDothan, Alabama (Carl Blackmon, secretary/treasurer) for a reported sale price of $12,000. [cite news |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing Hands - 4/10/2000 |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27841744_ITM |date=2000-04-10] The deal gained FCC approval on2000-05-02 and the transfer was consummated on2000-06-20 . [cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-20000314ABC) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=494008 |date=2000-06-30]In May 2002, Styles Broadcasting Inc. (Kim Styles, CEO) reached an agreement to purchase
country music formattedWJRL-FM andgospel music formatted WQLS from Jimmy Jarrell for a reported sale price of $750,000. [cite news |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing Hands - 5/20/2002 |date=2002-05-20 |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA218119.html?q=WJRL] The deal gained FCC approval on2002-06-24 and the transfer was consummated on2002-08-01 . [cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-20020506AAE) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=601697 |date=2002-08-01]In Deceember 2006, Horizon Broadcasting Company reached an agreement to purchase WQLS from Magic Broadcasting, LLC., for a reported $125,000. [cite web |work=
Radio & Records |title=Transactions for Dec. 1, 2006 |url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRWebSite/SearchStoryPage.aspx?ContentID=qwUfzX6FmB0%3d&Version=0&Search=Huntsville |date=2006-12-01 |accessdate=2007-12-30 |quote=Magic Broadcasting, LLC's WQLS-AM/Ozark, AL to Horizon Broadcasting Co. $125,000.] The deal gained FCC approval on2007-01-16 and the transfer was consummated on2007-04-24 . [cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-20061128ABK) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1152767 |date=2007-04-24]References
External links
* [http://wqls1210am.com/ WQLS official website]
*AMQ|WQLS
*AML|WQLS
*AMARB|WQLS
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