WQNU

WQNU

City	Lyndon, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Louisville, Kentucky
Branding	New Country Q103.1
Frequency	103.1 MHz
Format	Country
ERP	23,000 watts
HAAT	169 meters
Class	C2
Facility ID	20332
Transmitter coordinates	38°19′28.20″N 85°33′0.10″W / 38.3245000°N 85.5500278°W / 38.3245000; -85.5500278
Callsign meaning	Q103.1 New CoUntry
Former callsigns	WSTM (?-1978) WNUU (1978-1980) WRKA (1980-2008)
Owner	Summit Media LLC (SM-WQNU, LLC)
Sister stations	WRKA, WSFR, WVEZ
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	newcountryq1031.com

WQNU (103.1 FM, "New Country Q103.1") is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Lyndon, Kentucky, USA, the station serves the Louisville, Kentucky, area. The station is currently owned by Summit Media LLC.^[1] The station's studios are located at Chestnut Centre in Downtown Louisville and the transmitter site is in Worthington Hills, Kentucky.

History

The station, formerly known as WSTM (for St. Matthews, its former city of license),^[2] was assigned the call letters WNUU on August 28, 1978. On New Year's Day, 1980, the station changed its callsign to WRKA. For much of the 1980s, the station had an adult contemporary music format and at one time featured Glenn Beck as their morning drive host. In 1989, the station adopted an oldies format.

On July 18, 2008, at 2:30 pm, after playing The Beatles' Hello, Goodbye and a message from the station's program director going into a commercial break, the station aired a clip show of moments of the station themed to American Pie by Don McLean that ended on the lyric The day the music died., followed by one last jingle. After about a minute of static (through which the ending of Beginnings by Chicago could be faintly heard), the station introduced their "new" format as News/Talk 103.1 WRKA complete with fake reports before having a fake "Breaking Fox News Alert" report of radio antennas in Kentucky being hacked leading into the introduction of New Country Q103.1 at 3 pm, launching with Kid Rock's All Summer Long. The same day, they changed callsigns to the current WQNU.^[3] The former WRKA callsign is now used on a sister station in the Louisville market.

On July 20, 2012, Cox Radio, Inc. announced the sale of WQNU and 22 other stations to Summit Media LLC for $66.25 million. The sale was consummated on May 3, 2013.^[4]^[5]

Notable alumni

Glenn Beck

previous logo

References

↑ "WQNU Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
↑ "WQNU Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/59007/cox-puts-clusters-up-for-sale/
↑ https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/80882/cox-sells-stations-in-six-markets-to-two-groups/

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WQNU

Radio-Locator information on WQNU

Radio stations in the Louisville, Kentucky market

By AM frequency	620 680 790 840 900 940 970 1040 1080 1220 1240 1270 1350 1450 1550 1570 1600

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.3 90.5 91.9 92.7 93.1 93.9 94.7 95.3 95.7 96.5 97.5 98.9 99.7 100.5 101.3 101.7 102.3 103.1 103.5 103.9 104.3 105.1 105.3 105.7 105.9 106.9 107.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequencies	162.450 162.475 162.5 162.550

By callsign	KIH43 KIH43A KZZ64 WAKY WAKY-FM WAMZ WAYI WAYK WCND WDJX WFBR-LP WFHS-LP WFIA WFIA-FM WFPK WFPL WGHL WGTK WGZB-FM WHAS WHBE WHBE-FM WJIE-FM WKJK WKRD WLCL WLCR WLGX WLLV WLOU WLRS WLUE WMJM WMPI WNAS WNRW WOCC WQMF WQNU WRKA WSFR WSLM WTFX-FM WUOL-FM WVEZ WVKY WXGO WXMA WXVW WZ2523

Defunct	WXBH-LP/92.7

Nearby radio markets Bloomington-Columbus Bowling Green Cincinnati Evansville Indianapolis Lexington–Fayette Owensboro See also List of radio stations in Kentucky List of radio stations in Indiana

Country radio stations in the state of Kentucky

Stations	WAIN-FM – Columbia WAMZ – Louisville WANY – Albany WANY-FM – Albany WBIO – Philpot WBKR – Owensboro WBRT – Bardstown WBUL – Lexington WBVR – Auburn WCBL – Benton WCCK – Calvert City WCPM – Cumberland WCYN-FM – Cynthiana WCYO – Irvine WDGG – Ashland WDHR – Pikeville WEKG – Jackson WEZJ-FM – Williamsburg WFKN – Franklin WFKY – Frankfort WFLE – Flemingsburg WFLE-FM – Flemingsburg WFMW – Madisonville WFTG – London WGGC – Bowling Green WGKY – Wickliffe WGOH – Grayson WGRK-FM – Greensburg WHBN – Harrodsburg WHHT - Cave City WHSX – Edmonton WIKI – Carrollton WJKY – Jamestown WJRS – Jamestown WKCA – Salt Lick WKDO – Liberty WKDO-FM – Liberty WKDP-FM – Corbin WKDQ – Henderson WKDZ – Cadiz WKKS – Vanceburg WKLB – Manchester WKMO – Lebanon Junction WKVN – Morganfield WKWY – Tompkinsville WKYA – Greenville WKYQ – Paducah WKYR – Burkesville WLKS-FM – West Liberty WLLE – Mayfield WLOC – Munfordville WLSI – Pikeville WLSK – Lebanon WLVK – Fort Knox WLXO – Stamping Ground WLXX – Lexington WLYE – Glasgow WMDJ – Allen WMJL – Marion WMKZ – Monticello WMMG – Brandenburg WMMG-FM – Brandenburg WMSK-FM – Sturgis WNES – Central City WNKR – Williamstown WQNU – Lyndon WRKA – Louisville WRLV-FM – Salyersville WRUS – Russellville WRVK – Mount Vernon WSEK – Burnside WSEK-FM - Burnside WSGS – Hazard WSIP – Paintsville WSKV – Stanton WTKY – Tompkinsville WTKY-FM – Tompkinsville WUCO – Morganfield WULF – Hardinsburg WVKY – Shelbyville WVLC – Mannsville WVLE – Scottsville WVVR – Hopkinsville WWAG – Mckee WWEL – London WWKY – Providence WXAM – Buffalo WXBC – Hardinsburg WYGY – Fort Thomas WXMZ – Hartford WZAQ – Louisa

Defunct:	WFUL – Fulton

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Kentucky

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