KCGQ-FM (99.3
FM) is a
radio station broadcasting an
active rock
Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock stations play a balance of new hard rock songs with valued classic rock favorites, normally with an emphasis on the harder edge o ...
format. Licensed to
Gordonville, Missouri
Gordoville is a village in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, Cape Giradeau County, Missouri, United States. The population was 625 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Cape Girardeau–Jackso ...
, United States, the station is currently owned by Max Media and licensed to MRR License LLC and features programming from
ABC Radio and
Premiere Radio Networks.
History
The station was started in 1978 by Rainbow Broadcasting, owners of
KJAS 1170 located in
Jackson, Missouri
Jackson is a city in and the county seat of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. It is a principal city of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO- IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of Jackson was 15,481 at the 2020 census ...
. The original
call letters were KJAQ-FM, "Q99". The station was sold to Al Sikes in the early 1980s. Target Media, owned by Tom Stine and Mark Rollings, purchased the stations in 1986 and moved the station from a 3-bedroom house in Gordonville to new studios in
Cape Girardeau. Target Media sold KJAS AM 1170 in 1988. Target Media then sold Q99 to Zimmer Broadcasting in 1997. Zimmer sold the station—along with all of its other southeast Missouri (Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, and Poplar Bluff), and southern Illinois (Marion and Carbondale) properties (17 stations:
WCIL,
WCIL-FM
WCIL-FM (101.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format. Licensed to Carbondale, Illinois, the station serves the Marion-Carbondale area. The station is currently owned by Max Media.
History
WCIL (AM) signed on the ...
,
WJPF
WJPF (1340 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Herrin, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Marion-Carbondale area. The station is currently owned by Max Media, licensed to MRR License LLC, ...
,
WOOZ-FM
WOOZ-FM (99.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Harrisburg, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Marion-Carbondale (IL) area. The station is currently owned by Max Media and licensed to MRR Licens ...
,
WUEZ
WUEZ (95.1 FM, "Magic 95.1") is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Carterville, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Marion-Carbondale (IL) area. The station is currently owned by Max Media and licensed t ...
,
WXLT
WXLT (103.5 FM, "ESPN Southern Illinois") is a radio station licensed to serve Christopher, Illinois, United States. The station is owned by Max Media and licensed to MRR License LLC. It airs a sports format.
History
WXLT was first assigned th ...
, KCGQ-FM,
KEZS-FM
KEZS-FM (102.9 MHz, "K103") is a country music-formatted radio station broadcasting from Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The station plays songs by pop country artists like Thomas Rhett, Kane Brown, and Florida Georgia Line. It is a 100,000-watt station ...
,
KGIR,
KGKS,
KJEZ
KJEZ (99.5 FM) is a radio station airing a classic rock format licensed to Poplar Bluff, Missouri. The station is owned by Max Media
Max Media is a company that owns radio stations throughout the United States. It is based in Virginia Beach, Vi ...
,
KKLR-FM,
KLSC,
KMAL,
KSIM,
KWOC, and
KZIM) -- to
Max Media
Max Media is a company that owns radio stations throughout the United States. It is based in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
History
Max Media was founded in 2001. Prior to this, some of the company's management had run the TVX Broadcast Group from 1979 ...
, LLC. The sales occurred in December 2003, for a reported price of $43 million.
References
External links
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CGQ
Active rock radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1978
Max Media radio stations
1978 establishments in Missouri
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