WCOY is a 100,000-
watt
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country radio station based in
Quincy, Illinois
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, broadcasting on
99.5 FM
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History
WTAD-FM went on the air in 1948, four years after having filed for its construction permit on 44.1 MHz
[FCC History Cards for WTAD-FM](_blank)
/ref>—before FM was relocated to 88–108 MHz. It was owned by Lee Enterprises
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as a sister to WTAD
WTAD 930 AM is a radio station broadcasting a news talk format. Licensed to Quincy, Illinois, the station is owned by STARadio Corporation.
WTAD carries a variety of local programming, as well as nationally syndicated shows such as Laura Ingra ...
930 AM. When Lee-owned KHQA-TV
KHQA-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Hannibal, Missouri, United States, serving the Quincy, Illinois–Hannibal, Missouri–Keokuk, Iowa market as an affiliate of CBS and ABC. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Gro ...
signed on in 1953, it did so from WTAD-FM's tower, standing above the surrounding flat terrain.
When New York's WBAI
WBAI (99.5 FM) is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station licensed to New York, New York. Its programming is a mixture of political news, talk and opinion from a left-leaning, liberal or progressive viewpoint, and eclectic music. ...
—also on 99.5—was sabotaged and fell off air in 1967, it borrowed a crystal from WTAD-FM in order to resume operation. WTAD-FM became WQCY on December 30, 1974.
Lee exited the Hannibal-Quincy market in 1986, selling KHQA-TV to Benedek Broadcasting
Benedek Broadcasting was a television broadcasting company, who owned and operated 22 network-affiliated television stations throughout the United States, all affiliated with major television networks, serving mainly small and medium-size markets. ...
and WTAD-WQCY radio for $1.1 million to Noble Broadcast Corporation, which operated as Eastern Broadcasting. The group was purchased three years later (later known as Tele-Media Broadcasting).[https://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/filing.ashx?filingid=1061655 Citadel Communications Corp (Form: 424B4, Received: 07/01/1998 13:23:18], ]Nasdaq
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, July 7, 1998. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
In 1997, Tele-Media was purchased by Citadel
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See also
*List of media outlets in Quincy, Illinois This is a list of media services in Quincy, Illinois/Hannibal, Missouri/Keokuk, Iowa Arbitron market.
Television
Received radio stations FM stations
AM stations
Weatherband
Periodicals
* '' Arts/Quincy'' – distributed a ...
References
External links
Official website
FCC History Cards for WCOY
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Radio stations established in 1948
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