WQYQ (1400 AM) is a
radio station broadcasting an
alternative rock format. Licensed to
St. Joseph, Michigan
St. Joseph, colloquially known as St. Joe, is a city and the county seat of Berrien County, Michigan. It was incorporated as a village in 1834 and as a city in 1891. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,365. It lies on the shore o ...
, it first began broadcasting in 1956 as WSJM. Programming is simulcast on a local translator on 106.1 FM (W291DK).
Through the late 1980s and early 1990s, WSJM was a Full-Service Adult Contemporary radio station, with a mixture of pop and oldies music, local personalities, network and local newscasts, evening talk programming (Bruce Williams and Larry King) and play-by-play sports. For many years, the station's slogan was "The Spirit of the Southwest." Before WSJM's 1984 format change to Full-Service A/C, it had a country music format called "The Best in the Country."
WSJM started simulcasting on 94.9 FM in early 2008. "
The Coast The Coast may refer to:
* ''The Coast'' (newspaper), a weekly newspaper in Halifax, Canada
* The Coast, Newark, New Jersey, a neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey, USA
* "The Coast", a song by Paul Simon from his 1990 album ''The Rhythm of the Saints ...
", which had been on that frequency, then moved to 98.3 FM. The WCSY call letters were moved from 98.3 FM to 103.7 FM as part of this three station swap. The WSJM-FM call sign were temporarily placed on 98.3 FM until all moves were complete. "The Coast" changed call letters a few weeks later from "WCNF" to "WCXT". In August 2014, WSJM switched from a news/talk format (simulcast with
WSJM-FM 94.9, which continued as a news/talk station). The programming was a mix of
Fox Sports Radio
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, regional sports talk, and local and national play-by-play.
Big changes on your Coastal dial
MoodyOnTheMarket.com, 23 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
On July 20, 2020, WSJM switched from sports to alternative rock, exclusively only mentioning the frequency of the FM translator station. The station changed its call sign to WQYQ at the same time.
Previous logo
(WSJM's logo under previous 95.7 translator)
References
Michiguide.com - WSJM History
External links
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Radio stations established in 1956
1956 establishments in Michigan
Modern rock radio stations in the United States
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