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| Simulcasts KZYQ Eudora, Arkansas [2] | |
|---|---|
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| Broadcast area |
Cleveland, Mississippi Shelby, Mississippi [3] |
| Frequency | 101.7 MHz |
| Branding | "Star 101" |
| Programming | |
| Format | Urban adult contemporary [4] |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | |
| KZYQ, WBYB, WKXY, WNLA-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | October 10, 1997 [6] |
Former frequencies | 101.9 FM [7] |
| Technical information [8] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 191535 |
| Class | A |
| Power | 2,000 watts |
| HAAT | 81 meters (266 ft) [1] |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°52′49.40″N 90°42′24.40″W / 33.8803889°N 90.7067778°W [1] |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | WZYQ Webstream |
| Website | WZYQ Online |
WZYQ (101.7 FM) is an urban adult contemporary formatted broadcast radio station. [4] The station is licensed to Mound Bayou, Mississippi and serves Cleveland and Shelby in Mississippi. [1] [3] WZYQ is licensed to Fenty L. Fuss and operated by Delta Radio Network. [1] [5]
History
WZYQ signed on at 101.9 MHz, on a separate license, on October 10, 1997.
In June 2006, the station's owner, Jerry D. Russell, suffered a stroke. The station was being operated by another broadcaster, Hodges Broadcasting LLC, under a local marketing agreement but that operator was unable to obtain the financing to purchase the station. With Hodges gone and Russell unable to operate the station himself, WZYQ went off the air for good in early 2007. In a February 2011 letter to the FCC, the owner indicated that he was surrendering the station's broadcast license as well as the licenses for ten sister stations in similar dire circumstances. [9] On May 2, 2011, the station's license was cancelled and the WZYQ call sign assignment was deleted permanently from the FCC database.
In 2015, Fuss won at auction a new construction permit for the Mound Bayou allocation—now moved to 101.7 MHz. The new station took the same call letters as the old one and went on air in July, initially simulcasting WIQQ (102.1 FM). [10]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "WZYQ Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ "Delta Media Kit - KZYQ" (PDF). Delta Radio Network. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ a b "WZYQ-FM 99.5 MHz - Mound Bayou, MS". Theodric Technologies, LLC. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ a b "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/ Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ a b "Delta Radio Network". Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-312. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ "FCCdata.org - powered by REC - WZYQ-FM". REC Networks. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WZYQ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "2011 Russell surrender letter" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission, audio division. February 18, 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ Venta, Lance (July 7, 2015). "Q102 Expands In Western Mississippi". RadioInsight/RadioBB Networks. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
External links
- Star 101 Online
- WZYQ in the FCC FM station database
- WZYQ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database