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{{Infobox radio station
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WXQW
| name = WXQW
| image = File:WXQW 660News-Information logo.png
| logo = File:WXQW 660News-Information logo.png
| city = [[Fairhope, Alabama]]
| city = [[Fairhope, Alabama]]
| area = [[Mobile metropolitan area]]
| area = [[Mobile metropolitan area]]
| branding = 660 News/Information
| branding = 660 News/Information
| slogan =
| frequency = 660 [[Hertz|kHz]]
| frequency = 660 [[Hertz|kHz]]
| repeater = 104.1 [[WDLT-FM|WDLT-HD3]] ([[Saraland, Alabama|Saraland]])
| airdate = [[1964 in radio|1964]] (as WMOO)
| airdate = {{start date and age|1964}} (as WMOO)
| format = [[Talk radio|Talk]]
| format = [[Talk radio|News/talk]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| power = 10,000 [[watt]]s day<br/>19 watts night
| class = D
| power = 10,000 [[watt]]s ([[Daytime (astronomy)|day]])<br/>850 watts ([[night]])
| class = B
| facility_id = 2541
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| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|30|35|51|N|87|52|57|W|type:landmark_region:US-AL|display=inline}}}}
| facility_id = 2541
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| callsign_meaning =
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| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|30|35|51|N|87|52|57|W|type:landmark_region:US-AL|display=inline}}}}
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| former_callsigns = WMOE (1964)<ref name="bc64"/><br>WMOO (1964–1988)<br>WLIT (1988)<br>WBLX (1988–1996)<br>WHOZ (1996–1998)<br>WDLT (1998–2007)<br>WWFF (2007)<ref name="fcc1"/>
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| callsign_meaning =
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| former_frequencies = 1550 kHz (1964–1988)
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| former_callsigns = WMOE (1964)<ref name="bc64"/><br>WMOO (1964-1988)<br>WLIT (1988)<br>WBLX (1988-1996)<br>WHOZ (1996-1998)<br>WDLT (1998-2007)<br>WWFF (2007)<ref name="fcc1"/>
| affiliations = [[CBS News Radio]]<BR>[[Fox News Radio]]<BR>[[Westwood One]]
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| former_frequencies = 1550 kHz (1964-1988)
| affiliations = [[Westwood One (current)|Westwood One]]
| owner = [[Cumulus Media]]
| owner = [[Cumulus Media]]
| licensee = Cumulus Licensing LLC
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| sister_stations = [[WABD]], [[WBLX-FM]], [[WDLT-FM]], [[WGOK]]
| licensee = Cumulus Licensing LLC
| webcast = [https://player.listenlive.co/48461 Listen Live]
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| sister_stations = [[WABD]], [[WBLX-FM]], [[WDLT-FM]], [[WGOK]]
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| website = [http://www.660wxqw.com 660wxqw.com]
| webcast =
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
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| website = [http://www.660wxqw.com 660wxqw.com]
}}
}}


'''WXQW''' (660 [[Hertz|kHz]]) is an [[AM broadcasting|AM]] [[Talk radio|talk]] [[radio station]] licensed to [[Fairhope, Alabama]] and serving the [[Mobile metropolitan area]]. The station is owned by [[Cumulus Media]] and the [[broadcast license]] is held by Cumulus Licensing LLC. By day, it broadcasts at 10,000 [[Watt|watts]], covering parts of [[Alabama]], [[Mississippi]] and the [[Florida Panhandle]]. But at night, it reduces power to 850 watts to avoid interfering with other stations on [[660 AM|660 kHz]], a [[Clear-channel station|clear-channel frequency]]. WXQW studios are on Dauphin Avenue in Midtown Mobile, and its [[transmitter]] is in [[Daphne, Alabama]].
'''WXQW''' (660 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[Talk radio|news/talk]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Fairhope, Alabama]], and serving the [[Mobile metropolitan area]]. The station is owned by [[Cumulus Media]] and the [[broadcast license]] is held by Cumulus Licensing LLC. The [[radio studio]]s and offices are on Dauphin Street in Midtown Mobile.

By day, WXQW broadcasts at 10,000 [[watt]]s [[omnidirectional antenna|non-directional]], covering parts of [[Alabama]], [[Mississippi]] and the [[Florida Panhandle]]. But at night, it reduces power to 19 watts to avoid interfering with other stations on [[660 AM|660 kHz]], a [[Clear-channel station|clear-channel frequency]]. WXQW's [[transmitter]] is on Pollard Road at Newman Road in [[Daphne, Alabama]].<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/info/WXQW-AM?loc=30.43699%2C-87.20928&locn=Pensacola%2C%20Florida Radio-Locator.com/WXQW]</ref>


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On January 20, 2016 WXQW was granted an [[FCC]] [[construction permit]] to decrease the night power to 180 watts.<ref>[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101702477&formid=301&fac_num=2541 Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station - Federal Communications Commission]</ref> On January 4, 2017 WXQW filed an application for a construction permit to decrease night power to 19 watts. The application was accepted for filing on January 20, 2017.<ref>[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101748172&formid=301&fac_num=2541 Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station - Federal Communications Commission]</ref>
==Programming==
==Programming==
WXQW airs mostly [[Broadcast syndication|nationally syndicated]] talk shows from [[Westwood One (current)|Westwood One]], a [[subsidiary]] of Cumulus Media. They include [[Phil Valentine]], Chris Plante, [[Mark Levin]], [[John Batchelor]] and [[Red Eye Radio]]. Mornings begin with two Westwood One news shows, [[America in The Morning]] and [[First Light (radio)|First Light]], followed by the syndicated Good Day program with [[Doug Stephan]]. National news is heard at the beginning of each hour from [[Westwood One News]].
WXQW airs mostly [[radio syndication|nationally syndicated]] [[conservative talk]] shows from [[Westwood One]], a [[subsidiary]] of Cumulus Media. They include [[Dan Bongino]], [[Chris Plante]], [[Ben Shapiro]], [[Mark Levin]], [[Michael J. Knowles]] and "[[Red Eye Radio]]." Mornings begin with two Westwood One news shows, "[[America in The Morning]]" and "[[First Light (radio)|First Light]]." From [[Fox News Talk]], [[Brian Kilmeade]] is heard in middays. National news is heard at the beginning of each hour from [[CBS News Radio]].


The station began as a [[country & western]] outlet in 1964, later broadcasting [[contemporary Christian music]], [[children's radio]], [[urban contemporary gospel]], [[all-news radio]] from [[CNN Headline News]], [[blues music]], and syndicated talk formats in its nearly 50 years on the air.<ref name="bc64"/><ref name="almp2"/><ref name="bb650213"/><ref name="mr961005"/>
The station began as a [[country & western]] outlet in 1964, later broadcasting [[contemporary Christian music]], [[children's radio]], [[urban contemporary gospel]], [[all-news radio]] from [[CNN Headline News]], [[blues music]], and syndicated talk formats in its nearly 50 years on the air.<ref name="bc64"/><ref name="almp2"/><ref name="bb650213"/><ref name="mr961005"/>
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==History==
==History==
===Launch===
===Launch===
In the early 1960s, Springhill Broadcasting, Inc., applied to the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) for a new [[AM radio]] station to be licensed to broadcast with 50,000 [[watt]]s of power on 1550 [[hertz|kHz]] as a [[daytimer|daylight-only]] station serving the community of [[Mobile, Alabama]].<ref name="bc64"/> The FCC granted the company a [[construction permit]] to build this new station and assigned [[call sign|call letters]] "WMOE" while construction was under way. Springhill Broadcasting was initially led by Marvin Burton as president and Samuel R. David as both vice president and general manager.<ref name="bc64"/>
In the early 1960s, Springhill Broadcasting, Inc., applied to the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) for a new [[AM radio]] station in Mobile which would be powered at 50,000 [[watt]]s. It would broadcast on 1550 kHz as a [[daytimer|daylight-only]] station, required to go off the air at sunset.<ref name="bc64"/> The FCC granted the company a [[construction permit]] to build this new station and assigned [[call sign|call letters]] "WMOE" while construction was under way. Springhill Broadcasting was initially led by Marvin Burton as president and Samuel R. David as both vice president and general manager.<ref name="bc64"/>


Assigned new call sign "WMOO", the station began licensed broadcast operations in 1964 with a [[country & western]] music format.<ref name="fcc1"/><ref name="bb650213"/><ref name="bc65"/> By 1969, Samuel R. David would take over as president of license holder Springhill Broadcasting.<ref name="bc70"/> Under his leadership, Springhill Broadcasting reached a deal to sell WMOO to Trio Broadcasters, Inc. (George Beasley, president) which was consummated on December 17, 1969.<ref name="bc79"/> The new owners flipped the format from country to [[contemporary Christian music]] and maintained it through the 1970s and into the 1980s.<ref name="bc79"/>
Assigned new call sign "WMOO", the station began licensed broadcast operations in 1964 with a [[country & western]] music format.<ref name="fcc1"/><ref name="bb650213"/><ref name="bc65"/> By 1969, Samuel R. David would take over as president of license holder Springhill Broadcasting.<ref name="bc70"/> Under his leadership, Springhill Broadcasting reached a deal to sell WMOO to Trio Broadcasters, Inc. (George Beasley, president) which was consummated on December 17, 1969.<ref name="bc79"/> The new owners flipped the format from country to [[contemporary Christian music]] and maintained it through the 1970s and into the 1980s.<ref name="bc79"/>
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===Move to 660 kHz===
===Move to 660 kHz===
[[File:WMOO-AM Christian Radio logo.jpg|thumb|right|Early WMOO branding]]
[[File:WMOO-AM Christian Radio logo.jpg|thumb|right|Early WMOO branding]]
In March 1981, Trio Broadcasters, Inc., applied to the FCC to make extensive changes to their [[broadcast license]] for WMOO.<ref name="fcc309an"/> The ccmpany applied to change the [[community of license]] from Mobile to Fairhope, Alabama, to convert from [[daytimer]] status to a 24-hour operation with reduced daytime power plus nighttime service at 1,000 watts, to change broadcast frequency from 1550 kHz to 660 kHz, and to move the reconfigured antenna system to a new location just outside Daphne, Alabama. The FCC accepted the filing on May 15, 1981, and finally granted a construction permit for these changes on September 26, 1984. This permit was scheduled to expire one year later, on September 2, 1985.<ref name="fcc309an"/> After a long series of modifications and extensions, the station completed construction and applied for a [[broadcast license|license to cover]] these changes in August 1988.<ref name="fcc919ag"/><ref name="fcc314af"/><ref name="fcc112ag"/><ref name="fcc318af"/><ref name="fcc610ad"/><ref name="fcc817ae"/> The FCC granted this request and the station began licensed operation on the new frequency from the new location with the new operating hours and power levels on November 10, 1988.<ref name="fcc817ae"/> As part of these changes, the station requested a new call sign from the FCC and was assigned "WLIT" on January 24, 1988. That change proved short-lived as the station became "WBLX" on July 4, 1988.<ref name="fcc1"/>
In March 1981, Trio Broadcasters, Inc., applied to the FCC to make extensive changes to their [[broadcast license]] for WMOO.<ref name="fcc309an"/> The company applied to change the [[community of license]] from Mobile to Fairhope, Alabama, to convert from [[daytimer]] status to a 24-hour operation with reduced daytime power plus nighttime service at 1,000 watts, to change broadcast frequency from 1550&nbsp;kHz to 660&nbsp;kHz, and to move the reconfigured antenna system to a new location just outside Daphne, Alabama. The FCC accepted the filing on May 15, 1981, and finally granted a construction permit for these changes on September 26, 1984. This permit was scheduled to expire one year later, on September 2, 1985.<ref name="fcc309an"/> After a long series of modifications and extensions, the station completed construction and applied for a [[broadcast license|license to cover]] these changes in August 1988.<ref name="fcc919ag"/><ref name="fcc314af"/><ref name="fcc112ag"/><ref name="fcc318af"/><ref name="fcc610ad"/><ref name="fcc817ae"/> The FCC granted this request and the station began licensed operation on the new frequency from the new location with the new operating hours and power levels on November 10, 1988.<ref name="fcc817ae"/> As part of these changes, the station requested a new call sign from the FCC and was assigned "WLIT" on January 24, 1988. That change proved short-lived as the station became "WBLX" on July 4, 1988.<ref name="fcc1"/>


The new WBLX was sold shortly after it was completed. Trio Broadcasters, Inc., reached a deal to sell the station to Central Life Broadcasting of Alabama, Inc., in September 1988. The FCC approved the sale on November 2, 1988, and the transaction was formally consummated on May 11, 1989.<ref name="fcc823ab"/>
The new WBLX was sold shortly after it was completed. Trio Broadcasters, Inc., reached a deal to sell the station to Central Life Broadcasting of Alabama, Inc., in September 1988. The FCC approved the sale on November 2, 1988, and the transaction was formally consummated on May 11, 1989.<ref name="fcc823ab"/>
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On January 21, 1998, the FCC assigned this station the "WDLT" call sign.<ref name="fcc1"/> [[Cumulus Media]] agreed to purchase WDLT from April Broadcasting, Inc., in November 1999. After a legal challenge to the sale was dismissed, the FCC approved the sale on November 30, 1999, and the transaction was formally consummated the same day.<ref name="fcc17aak"/>
On January 21, 1998, the FCC assigned this station the "WDLT" call sign.<ref name="fcc1"/> [[Cumulus Media]] agreed to purchase WDLT from April Broadcasting, Inc., in November 1999. After a legal challenge to the sale was dismissed, the FCC approved the sale on November 30, 1999, and the transaction was formally consummated the same day.<ref name="fcc17aak"/>


Nine years later, the station was briefly assigned "WWFF" on September 21, 2007, before switching to the current "WXQW" on December 31, 2007.<ref name="fcc1"/> This WXQW call sign was most recently assigned to a [[sister station]] (now [[WHRP]], 94.1 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) in the [[Huntsville, Alabama]], market.
Nine years later, the station was briefly assigned the call letters "WWFF" on September 21, 2007, before switching to the current "WXQW" on December 31, 2007.<ref name="fcc1"/> This WXQW call sign was most recently assigned to a [[sister station]] (now [[WHRP]], 94.1 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) in the [[Huntsville, Alabama]], market.


On October 12, 2015, WXQW changed its format from black gospel (simulcasting [[WGOK]] 900 AM in Mobile) to news/talk.
On October 12, 2015, WXQW changed its format from [[urban gospel]] (simulcasting [[WGOK]] 900 AM in Mobile) to [[conservative talk]].

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On January 20, 2016 WXQW was granted an [[FCC]] [[construction permit]] to decrease the night power to 180 watts.<ref>[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101702477&formid=301&fac_num=2541 Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station - Federal Communications Commission]</ref> On January 4, 2017 WXQW filed an application for a construction permit to decrease night power to 19 watts. The application was accepted for filing on January 20, 2017.<ref>[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101748172&formid=301&fac_num=2541 Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station - Federal Communications Commission]</ref>


==References==
==References==
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<ref name="almp2">{{cite web |publisher=Alabama Broadcast Media Page |title=AM Technical Profile: WXQW |url=http://www.almediapage.info/profiles/wxqw-am.html |accessdate=September 3, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="almp2">{{cite web |publisher=Alabama Broadcast Media Page |title=AM Technical Profile: WXQW |url=http://www.almediapage.info/profiles/wxqw-am.html |access-date=September 3, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="bc64">{{cite book |title=1964 Broadcasting Yearbook |chapter=Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S. |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc |location=Washington, DC |url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Broadcasting-1964-Yearbook-Page-Range-Guide.htm |year=1964 |page=B-6 |accessdate=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="bc64">{{cite book |title=1964 Broadcasting Yearbook |chapter=Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S. |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc |location=Washington, DC |url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Broadcasting-1964-Yearbook-Page-Range-Guide.htm |year=1964 |page=B-6 |access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="bc65">{{cite book |title=1965 Broadcasting Yearbook |chapter=Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S. |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc |location=Washington, DC |url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Broadcasting-1965-Yearbook-Page-Range-Guide.htm |year=1965 |page=B-6 |accessdate=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="bc65">{{cite book |title=1965 Broadcasting Yearbook |chapter=Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S. |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc |location=Washington, DC |url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Broadcasting-1965-Yearbook-Page-Range-Guide.htm |year=1965 |page=B-6 |access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="bc70">{{cite book |title=1970 Broadcasting Yearbook |chapter=Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S. |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc |location=Washington, DC |url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Broadcasting-1970-Yearbook-Page-Range-Guide.htm |year=1970 |page=B-7 |accessdate=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="bc70">{{cite book |title=1970 Broadcasting Yearbook |chapter=Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S. |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc |location=Washington, DC |url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Broadcasting-1970-Yearbook-Page-Range-Guide.htm |year=1970 |page=B-7 |access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="bc79">{{cite book |title=1979 Broadcasting Yearbook |chapter=The Facilities of Radio |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc |location=Washington, DC |url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Broadcasting-1979-Yearbook-Page-Range-Guide.htm |year=1979 |page=C-6 |accessdate=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="bc79">{{cite book |title=1979 Broadcasting Yearbook |chapter=The Facilities of Radio |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc |location=Washington, DC |url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Broadcasting-1979-Yearbook-Page-Range-Guide.htm |year=1979 |page=C-6 |access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=2541&Callsign=WXQW |title=Call Sign History |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |accessdate=September 3, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=2541&Callsign=WXQW |title=Call Sign History |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |access-date=September 3, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc309an">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BP-19810309AN) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=28495 |date=September 26, 1984 |accessdate=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc309an">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BP-19810309AN) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=28495 |date=September 26, 1984 |access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc919ag">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BMP-19850919AG) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=81965 |date=January 17, 1986 |accessdate=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc919ag">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BMP-19850919AG) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=81965 |date=January 17, 1986 |access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc314af">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BMP-19860314AF) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=86552 |date=June 13, 1986 |accessdate=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc314af">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BMP-19860314AF) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=86552 |date=June 13, 1986 |access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc112ag">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BMP-19861112AG) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=94537 |date=October 6, 1987 |accessdate=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc112ag">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BMP-19861112AG) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=94537 |date=October 6, 1987 |access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc318af">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BMP-19880318AF) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=110430 |date=April 11, 1988 |accessdate=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc318af">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BMP-19880318AF) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=110430 |date=April 11, 1988 |access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc610ad">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BMP-19880610AD) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=113827 |date=July 18, 1988 |accessdate=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc610ad">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BMP-19880610AD) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=113827 |date=July 18, 1988 |access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc817ae">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BL-19880817AE) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=117166 |date=November 10, 1988 |accessdate=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc817ae">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BL-19880817AE) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=117166 |date=November 10, 1988 |access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc823ab">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19880923EB) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=118341 |date=May 11, 1989 |accessdate=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc823ab">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19880923EB) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=118341 |date=May 11, 1989 |access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc424eb">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19900424EB) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=147653 |date=October 31, 1990 |accessdate=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc424eb">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19900424EB) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=147653 |date=October 31, 1990 |access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc17aak">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19991117AAK) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=421817 |date=November 30, 1999 |accessdate=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc17aak">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19991117AAK) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=421817 |date=November 30, 1999 |access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="bb650213">{{cite news |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |title=Country Music |page=48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mSgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48&dq=WMOO+Mobile&hl=en&ei=g5RjTqWmBMvDsQKqh72fCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAjge#v=onepage&q=WMOO%20Mobile&f=false |date=February 13, 1965 |accessdate=September 4, 2011 |quote=After many delays, including even a change in call letters, WMOO, Mutual Broadcasting System affiliate, went on the air here recently to give Mobile its first high-power radio station. The 50,000-watt daytimer plays all country music.}}</ref>
<ref name="bb650213">{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |title=Country Music |page=48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mSgEAAAAMBAJ&q=WMOO+Mobile&pg=PA48 |date=February 13, 1965 |access-date=September 4, 2011 |quote=After many delays, including even a change in call letters, WMOO, Mutual Broadcasting System affiliate, went on the air here recently to give Mobile its first high-power radio station. The 50,000-watt daytimer plays all country music.}}</ref>
<ref name="mr961005">{{cite news |first=Mike |last=Brantley |work=[[Mobile Register]] |title='Radio AAHS' plays for children; WHOZ-AM becomes first station in area to feature a format aimed at young listeners |page=1 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MBRB&p_theme=mbrb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_text_search-0=Radio%20AND%20AAHS%20AND%20plays%20AND%20for%20AND%20children&s_dispstring=%22Radio%20AAHS'%20plays%20for%20children%22%20AND%20date(7/1/1996%20to%2012/1/1996)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=7/1/1996%20to%2012/1/1996)&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no |date=October 5, 1996 |accessdate=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="mr961005">{{cite news |first=Mike |last=Brantley |work=[[Mobile Register]] |title='Radio AAHS' plays for children; WHOZ-AM becomes first station in area to feature a format aimed at young listeners |page=1 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MBRB&p_theme=mbrb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_text_search-0=Radio%20AND%20AAHS%20AND%20plays%20AND%20for%20AND%20children&s_dispstring=%22Radio%20AAHS'%20plays%20for%20children%22%20AND%20date(7/1/1996%20to%2012/1/1996)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=7/1/1996%20to%2012/1/1996)&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no |date=October 5, 1996 |access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="nyt981001">{{cite news |work=[[The New York Times]] |title=ABC Radio Loses Contract Lawsuit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/01/business/the-media-business-abc-radio-loses-contract-lawsuit.html |date=October 1, 1998 |accessdate=September 3, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="nyt981001">{{cite news |work=[[The New York Times]] |title=ABC Radio Loses Contract Lawsuit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/01/business/the-media-business-abc-radio-loses-contract-lawsuit.html |date=October 1, 1998 |access-date=September 3, 2011}}</ref>
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.660wxqw.com WXQW official website]
*[http://www.660wxqw.com WXQW official website]
*{{AM station data|WXQW}}
{{AM station data|2541|WXQW}}
*{{FCC History Cards|2541|WXQW}}
*{{FCC letter|letterid=65238|hcards=yes|callsign=WXQW}}


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WXQW
Broadcast areaMobile metropolitan area
Frequency660 kHz
Branding660 News/Information
Programming
FormatNews/talk
AffiliationsCBS News Radio
Fox News Radio
Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
WABD, WBLX-FM, WDLT-FM, WGOK
History
First air date
1964; 60 years ago (1964) (as WMOO)
Former call signs
WMOE (1964)[1]
WMOO (1964–1988)
WLIT (1988)
WBLX (1988–1996)
WHOZ (1996–1998)
WDLT (1998–2007)
WWFF (2007)[2]
Former frequencies
1550 kHz (1964–1988)
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID2541
ClassD
Power10,000 watts day
19 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
30°35′51″N 87°52′57″W / 30.59750°N 87.88250°W / 30.59750; -87.88250
Repeater(s)104.1 WDLT-HD3 (Saraland)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Website660wxqw.com

WXQW (660 AM) is a news/talk radio station licensed to Fairhope, Alabama, and serving the Mobile metropolitan area. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and the broadcast license is held by Cumulus Licensing LLC. The radio studios and offices are on Dauphin Street in Midtown Mobile.

By day, WXQW broadcasts at 10,000 watts non-directional, covering parts of Alabama, Mississippi and the Florida Panhandle. But at night, it reduces power to 19 watts to avoid interfering with other stations on 660 kHz, a clear-channel frequency. WXQW's transmitter is on Pollard Road at Newman Road in Daphne, Alabama.[4]

Programming

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WXQW airs mostly nationally syndicated conservative talk shows from Westwood One, a subsidiary of Cumulus Media. They include Dan Bongino, Chris Plante, Ben Shapiro, Mark Levin, Michael J. Knowles and "Red Eye Radio." Mornings begin with two Westwood One news shows, "America in The Morning" and "First Light." From Fox News Talk, Brian Kilmeade is heard in middays. National news is heard at the beginning of each hour from CBS News Radio.

The station began as a country & western outlet in 1964, later broadcasting contemporary Christian music, children's radio, urban contemporary gospel, all-news radio from CNN Headline News, blues music, and syndicated talk formats in its nearly 50 years on the air.[1][5][6][7]

History

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Launch

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In the early 1960s, Springhill Broadcasting, Inc., applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a new AM radio station in Mobile which would be powered at 50,000 watts. It would broadcast on 1550 kHz as a daylight-only station, required to go off the air at sunset.[1] The FCC granted the company a construction permit to build this new station and assigned call letters "WMOE" while construction was under way. Springhill Broadcasting was initially led by Marvin Burton as president and Samuel R. David as both vice president and general manager.[1]

Assigned new call sign "WMOO", the station began licensed broadcast operations in 1964 with a country & western music format.[2][6][8] By 1969, Samuel R. David would take over as president of license holder Springhill Broadcasting.[9] Under his leadership, Springhill Broadcasting reached a deal to sell WMOO to Trio Broadcasters, Inc. (George Beasley, president) which was consummated on December 17, 1969.[10] The new owners flipped the format from country to contemporary Christian music and maintained it through the 1970s and into the 1980s.[10]

Move to 660 kHz

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Early WMOO branding

In March 1981, Trio Broadcasters, Inc., applied to the FCC to make extensive changes to their broadcast license for WMOO.[11] The company applied to change the community of license from Mobile to Fairhope, Alabama, to convert from daytimer status to a 24-hour operation with reduced daytime power plus nighttime service at 1,000 watts, to change broadcast frequency from 1550 kHz to 660 kHz, and to move the reconfigured antenna system to a new location just outside Daphne, Alabama. The FCC accepted the filing on May 15, 1981, and finally granted a construction permit for these changes on September 26, 1984. This permit was scheduled to expire one year later, on September 2, 1985.[11] After a long series of modifications and extensions, the station completed construction and applied for a license to cover these changes in August 1988.[12][13][14][15][16][17] The FCC granted this request and the station began licensed operation on the new frequency from the new location with the new operating hours and power levels on November 10, 1988.[17] As part of these changes, the station requested a new call sign from the FCC and was assigned "WLIT" on January 24, 1988. That change proved short-lived as the station became "WBLX" on July 4, 1988.[2]

The new WBLX was sold shortly after it was completed. Trio Broadcasters, Inc., reached a deal to sell the station to Central Life Broadcasting of Alabama, Inc., in September 1988. The FCC approved the sale on November 2, 1988, and the transaction was formally consummated on May 11, 1989.[18]

1990s

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Less than a year later, in April 1990, a deal was reached to sell WBLX to April Broadcasting, Inc. The FCC approved the sale on July 23, 1990, and the transaction was formally consummated on October 31, 1990.[19]

On October 4, 1996, the station's call sign was changed to "WHOZ" when the station flipped to children's radio as an affiliate of Radio AAHS. The new format made its formal debut with a promotion at Bayfest on October 5, 1996.[7] WHOZ became the first radio station in the Mobile metropolitan area to air a radio format designed for children.[7] Unable to compete with Radio Disney, the entire Radio AAHS network discontinued programming in January 1998.[20]

Cumulus era

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On January 21, 1998, the FCC assigned this station the "WDLT" call sign.[2] Cumulus Media agreed to purchase WDLT from April Broadcasting, Inc., in November 1999. After a legal challenge to the sale was dismissed, the FCC approved the sale on November 30, 1999, and the transaction was formally consummated the same day.[21]

Nine years later, the station was briefly assigned the call letters "WWFF" on September 21, 2007, before switching to the current "WXQW" on December 31, 2007.[2] This WXQW call sign was most recently assigned to a sister station (now WHRP, 94.1 FM) in the Huntsville, Alabama, market.

On October 12, 2015, WXQW changed its format from urban gospel (simulcasting WGOK 900 AM in Mobile) to conservative talk.

On January 20, 2016 WXQW was granted an FCC construction permit to decrease the night power to 180 watts.[22] On January 4, 2017 WXQW filed an application for a construction permit to decrease night power to 19 watts. The application was accepted for filing on January 20, 2017.[23]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S.". 1964 Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1964. p. B-6. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WXQW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WXQW
  5. ^ "AM Technical Profile: WXQW". Alabama Broadcast Media Page. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Country Music". Billboard. February 13, 1965. p. 48. Retrieved September 4, 2011. After many delays, including even a change in call letters, WMOO, Mutual Broadcasting System affiliate, went on the air here recently to give Mobile its first high-power radio station. The 50,000-watt daytimer plays all country music.
  7. ^ a b c Brantley, Mike (October 5, 1996). "'Radio AAHS' plays for children; WHOZ-AM becomes first station in area to feature a format aimed at young listeners". Mobile Register. p. 1. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  8. ^ "Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S.". 1965 Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1965. p. B-6. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  9. ^ "Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S.". 1970 Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1970. p. B-7. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  10. ^ a b "The Facilities of Radio". 1979 Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-6. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  11. ^ a b "Application Search Details (BP-19810309AN)". FCC Media Bureau. September 26, 1984. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  12. ^ "Application Search Details (BMP-19850919AG)". FCC Media Bureau. January 17, 1986. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  13. ^ "Application Search Details (BMP-19860314AF)". FCC Media Bureau. June 13, 1986. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  14. ^ "Application Search Details (BMP-19861112AG)". FCC Media Bureau. October 6, 1987. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  15. ^ "Application Search Details (BMP-19880318AF)". FCC Media Bureau. April 11, 1988. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  16. ^ "Application Search Details (BMP-19880610AD)". FCC Media Bureau. July 18, 1988. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  17. ^ a b "Application Search Details (BL-19880817AE)". FCC Media Bureau. November 10, 1988. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  18. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-19880923EB)". FCC Media Bureau. May 11, 1989. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  19. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-19900424EB)". FCC Media Bureau. October 31, 1990. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  20. ^ "ABC Radio Loses Contract Lawsuit". The New York Times. October 1, 1998. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
  21. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-19991117AAK)". FCC Media Bureau. November 30, 1999. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  22. ^ Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station - Federal Communications Commission
  23. ^ Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station - Federal Communications Commission
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