WQMG
| Broadcast area | Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 97.1 MHz |
| Branding | 97.1 WQMG (or sometimes 97.1 QMG) |
| Programming | |
| Format | Urban Adult Contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Entercom |
| WJMH, WPAW, WSMW | |
| History | |
First air date | 1947 (as WFMY at 97.3) |
Former call signs | WFMY (1947-1950s) |
Former frequencies | 97.3 MHz (1947-1950) |
Call sign meaning | Quality Music for Greensboro |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 47078 |
| Class | C0 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 327 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°56′42″N 79°51′45″W / 35.94500°N 79.86250°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wqmg.com |
WQMG is an Urban Adult Contemporary station licensed to Greensboro, North Carolina and serves the Piedmont Triad region, which also includes High Point and Winston-Salem. The Entercom outlet broadcasts at 97.1 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW. Owned by Entercom, the station's studios are located near the Piedmont Triad International Airport, and a transmitter site is in unicorporated south Guilford County.
History
The earliest roots of this station date to 1947 and a station with the call letters WFMY on 97.3 MHz, owned by the Greensboro News Company, publishers of the Greensboro Daily News and Daily Record (now merged as the Greensboro News & Record). Two years after its founding as an FM station, its owners constructed WFMY-TV, the first television station in Greensboro and the second in North Carolina.
By 1950, the station was moved to its current 97.1 MHz, but the station was taken off the air in the early 1950s as the company devoted more of its resources to television. The station returned to air under new ownership by the mid-1950s with the call letters WQMG, which stood for "Quality Music for Greensboro." In the early 1970s, WQMG aired an adult contemporary format known as "Stereo Island."
WQMG was very successful in the 1970s and 1980s as an Urban Contemporary outlet, but by 1996 they would move to their current format, after becoming the sister station to WJMH. Following the format change of competitor WMKS, WQMG is now the sole Adult R&B station in the market. WQMG is the Triad's syndicated home of the Tom Joyner Morning Show.
External links
- 97.1 WQMG, Smooth R&B...Classic Soul
- Facility details for Facility ID WQMG ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database