WSFQ (96.3 FM, "The Rock 96.3 WSFQ") is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

broadcasting a

classic rock Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, primar ...

music format. Licensed to

Peshtigo, Wisconsin Peshtigo ( ) is a city in Marinette County, Wisconsin, Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,420 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census The city is surrounded by the Peshtigo (town), Wisconsin, Town of Peshtigo ...

, United States, the station is currently owned by Radio Plus Bay Cities, LLC.

History

The station was assigned the call letters WHYB on October 31, 1989. On July 15, 1992, the station changed its call sign to WJMR and then on June 7, 1996, to the current WSFQ. In January 2009, WSFQ changed from

as "Rock 96" to a "best of the '70s and '80s" format as "Hits 96.3." Prior to the classic rock format, WSFQ had played

oldies Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music (broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock) from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as we ...

under the "Q96" moniker. The station later evolved into an

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, quie ...

format by adding more current and recent hits into rotation. On January 2, 2020, WSFQ changed their format back to classic rock, branded as "The Rock 96.3 WSFQ".Marinette-Menominee Station Flips to Rock
Upper Midwest Broadcasting - January 2, 2020

References

External links

Official Website
* SFQ Radio stations established in 1996 1996 establishments in Wisconsin Classic rock radio stations in the United States {{Wisconsin-radio-station-stub