WQHL-FM (98.1 FM) is a

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– formatted

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licensed to Live Oak,

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, and also serving Lake City. The station is currently owned by Southern Stone Communications as part of a conglomerate with Live Oak–licensed

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station WQHL (1250 AM), Live Oak–licensed

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(106.1 FM), and Five Points–licensed

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(106.5 FM). WQHL is also sister to Lake City–licensed stations,

WDSR (1340 AM) and

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(94.3 FM) under a

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with their owner Newman Media, Inc. The station maintains studios and transmitter facilities on Helvenston Street Southeast in southeastern Live Oak.

History

WQHL-FM went on the air in December 1973. The station would be acquired by Norm Protsman, owner of WNER (1250 AM, now WQHL. In 1988, Protsman would sell the two stations to Day Communications. In 1999, Day died, with the family selling the stations to Southern Media Group. By 2001, WQHL-AM-FM would be owned by Black Crow Media Group. The stations would be sold to their current owner Southern Stone Communications in 2013.

Programming

Weekday programming on the station includes Mornings with Big D and Bubba, Middays with Sherri Farmer and afternoons with Wayne Littrell

References

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