WQIC

WQIC
City Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area Lebanon Valley
Branding Soft Rock 100.1
Frequency 100.1 MHz
First air date February 1948
Format Adult Contemporary
ERP 3,000 watts
HAAT 81 meters
Class A
Facility ID 36878
Former callsigns WLBR-FM
WUFM
Owner Lebanon Broadcasting Co.
Sister stations WLBR
Website wlbrradio.com/wqic

WQIC (100.1 FM "Soft Rock 100.1") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Lebanon, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Lebanon Broadcasting Co. and broadcasts an Adult Contemporary format. The station also broadcasts local high school sporting events, MRN-affiliated NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races and Hershey Bears hockey games.[1]

WQIC shares studios with sister station WLBR (1270 AM).

History

The station signed on for the first time in February, 1948.[2] WQIC began as WLBR-FM. In the 1970s, the call sign changed to WUFM and the format to soft rock. On November 27, 1992, the station changed its call sign to WQIC,[3] rebranded as "Q-100" and changed to a Top-40/Hot AC hybrid format. "Q-100" was an affiliate of Open House Party. In March 1997, the station dropped the "Q-100" branding and returned to an Adult Contemporary format.

References

  1. "Hershey Bears Hockey - Radio". hersheybears.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  2. "About Us". wlbrradio.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  3. "Call Sign History, WQIC". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2016-05-12.

Coordinates: 40°21′36″N 76°27′29″W / 40.360°N 76.458°W / 40.360; -76.458

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