WQHL (1250 AM) is a

News Talk Information Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often featur ...

– formatted

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Live Oak Live oak or evergreen oak is any of a number of oaks in several different sections of the genus ''Quercus'' that share the characteristic of evergreen foliage. These oaks are not more closely related to each other than they are to other oaks. ...

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. The station operates under the branding ''The BIG Talker'' in

simulcast Simulcast (a portmanteau of simultaneous broadcast) is the broadcasting of programmes/programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultane ...

with Lake City–licensed

WDSR WDSR (1340 AM) is a News Talk Information radio station licensed to Lake City, Florida, United States. The station operates under the branding ''The BIG Talker'' in simulcast with Live Oak-licensed WQHL (1250 AM). WDSR is owned by Newman Media, ...

(1340 AM). The station is owned by Southern Stone Communications as part of a conglomerate with Live Oak–licensed

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

station

WQHL-FM WQHL-FM (98.1 FM) is a country– formatted radio station licensed to Live Oak, Florida, United States, and also serving Lake City. The station is currently owned by Southern Stone Communications as part of a conglomerate with Live Oak–licen ...

(98.1 FM), Live Oak–licensed

sports radio Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often- boisterous on-ai ...

station

WJZS WJZS (106.1 FM) is a Fox Sports Radio– affiliated sports– formatted radio station licensed to Live Oak, Florida, United States, and also serving nearby Lake City. The station is owned by Southern Stone Communications as part of a conglome ...

(106.1 FM), and Five Points–licensed

hot adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...

station

WCJX WCJX (106.5 FM) is a hot adult contemporary– formatted radio station licensed to Five Points, Florida, United States, and primarily serving the Lake City and Live Oak area. The station is owned by Southern Stone Communications as part of a ...

(106.5 FM); WQHL is also sister to WDSR and Lake City–licensed

classic hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 1980s ...

station

WNFB WNFB (94.3 FM, "94.3 The Lake") is a classic hits– formatted radio station licensed to Lake City, Florida, United States. The station is owned by Newman Media, Inc. as part of a duopoly with News Talk Information station WDSR (1340 AM). Both ...

(94.3 FM) under a

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with their owner Newman Media, Inc.

History

WQHL went on the air as WNER in 1949. In 1953, the station was purchased by Norm Protsman. He would later purchase

(98.1 FM). In 1988, Protsman sold the two stations to Day Communications. In 2013, the WQHL stations were sold by Black Crow Media Group to Southern Stone Communications.

Programming

WDSR/WQHL currently feature

syndicated programming Broadcast syndication is the practice of leasing the right to broadcasting television shows and radio programs to multiple television stations and radio stations, without going through a broadcast network. It is common in the United States where ...

from

Premiere Networks Premiere Networks (formerly Premiere Radio Networks, shortened as PRN) is an American media company, a wholly owned subsidiary of iHeartMedia, for which it currently serves as its main original radio content distribution and production arm. It ...

, including ''

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show ''The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show'' is an American radio program hosted by former Fox Sports Radio personality Clay Travis and former '' America Now/The Buck Sexton Show'' host Buck Sexton. It is broadcast on over 400 talk radio stations n ...

'' and ''

The Sean Hannity Show ''The Sean Hannity Show'' is a conservative talk radio show hosted by Sean Hannity. The program is broadcast live every weekday, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET. The show is produced in the New York City studios of radio station WOR and is sometimes ...

''. The station also airs news programming from

Fox News Radio Fox News Radio is an American radio network owned by Fox News. It is syndicated to over 500 AM and FM radio stations across the United States. It also supplies programming for three channels on Sirius XM Satellite Radio. History In 2003, ...

Translator

WQHL operates a

FM translator A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater (two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or tran ...

in the local Live Oak area:

References

External links

* QHL News and talk radio stations in the United States Suwannee County, Florida {{Florida-radio-station-stub