WQHK-FM
{{short description|Radio station in Huntertown, Indiana}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WQHK-FM
| logo = File:WQHK K105FM logo.png
| city = Huntertown, Indiana | country = US
| area = Fort Wayne, Indiana
| branding = K105
| airdate = {{start date and age|1966|11|8}}
| frequency = 105.1 MHz
| former_frequencies = 92.7 MHz (1966–1993)
| format = Country music
| erp = 5.7 kW
| haat = {{convert|210|meters}}
| former_callsigns = WADM-FM (1966–1984)
WMCZ (July–August 1984)
WQTZ (1984–1993)
| class = B1
| facility_id = 29859
| licensing_authority = FCC
| owner = Federated Media
| licensee = Pathfinder Communications Corporation
| sister_stations = WBYR, WFWI, WKJG, WMEE, WOWO (AM)
| webcast = [http://v5.player.abacast.com/v5.1/player/index.php?uid=6276 Listen Live]
| website = [http://www.k105fm.com/ http://www.k105fm.com/]
}}
WQHK-FM is an FM radio station located in Huntertown, Indiana, United States, and broadcasting to the Fort Wayne area. The station operates on the FM radio frequency of 105.1 MHz.
History
Today's WQHK-FM went on the air from Decatur, Indiana, as WADM-FM 92.7{{Cite web|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=79630 |title= History Cards for WQHK-FM|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}} (Guide to reading History Cards) on November 8, 1966. It was owned by Airon, Incorporated, alongside WADM (1540 AM).{{cite news|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1968/1968-BC-YB.pdf#page=204|page=B-56|title=WADM-FM|date=1968|work=Broadcasting Yearbook|accessdate=September 6, 2021}} The WADM stations were purchased outright by WFYC, Inc., owner of the WFYC stations in Alma, Michigan, in 1978.{{r|hc}}
Midwest Communications Company, owned by Richard Sommerville and his son, acquired the pair in 1984; Richard's brother David owned 35 percent of the seller, and other family members were involved in radio holdings in Michigan.{{cite news|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1984/BC-1984-02-06.pdf|accessdate=September 6, 2021|date=February 6, 1984|title=Changing Hands|work=Broadcasting|pages=163–164}} The call letters were first changed to WMCZ, but a federal judge ordered a change after WMEE (97.3 FM) sued on the similarity of the two call signs' sounds; until it could change to WQTZ, the Decatur station was ordered to include "not to be confused with WMEE FM 97" in all of its station identifications.{{cite news|first=Brian|last=Smith|title=Radio station responds to order by requesting new call letters|date=August 31, 1984|work=The News-Sentinel}} One of the key developments in the trial was that the WMCZ station manager, when asked to cite WMEE's slogan, gave WMCZ's instead, bolstering the judge's finding of a likelihood of confusion.{{r|request}} It was the first call sign similarity dispute to be mediated by a federal judge; the responsibility for these disputes had rested with the Federal Communications Commission until the start of 1984.{{r|request}}
To coincide with a height increase on the tower and expanded coverage area, a new format was chosen to replace the two stations' adult contemporary programming on FM, and WQTZ flipped to oldies on December 1, 1985.{{cite news|first=Tom|last=Zaenger|title=Old is new format at Decatur's WQTZ|date=April 22, 1986|work=The News-Sentinel}} In 1991, the station was approved for an upgrade to 25,000 watts on 105.1 MHz, which required WQTX, then on 105.1 from Roanoke, to move to 94.1; the move also opened up the 92.7 allocation in Berne now used by WZBD.{{cite news|page=6F|first=Kevin|last=Kilbane|work=The News-Sentinel|title=Stations dial up frequency changes|date=April 19, 1991}}
WQTZ and WADM were acquired by Julia A. Moore of Lebanon, Ohio, in 1992.{{cite news|title=Despite pledges, networks under gun|date=December 16, 1992|page=1F|first=Kevin|last=Kilbane|work=The News-Sentinel}} Moore signed an agreement with Federated Media, owner of WMEE and WQHK (1380 AM), to co-own and manage the FM outlet. Though a simulcast of the classic country AM was originally slated, management felt that the market could support another country station. The format flip and frequency change took effect together on June 29, 1993, when WQHK-FM 105.1 debuted.{{cite news|title=New radio station to hit airwaves with country flair|date=June 28, 1993|page=7F|first=Kevin|last=Kilbane|work=The News-Sentinel}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.k105fm.com/ K105 FM]
- {{FM station data|29859|WQHK-FM}}
{{Fort Wayne Radio}}
{{Country Radio Stations in Indiana}}
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Category:Country radio stations in the United States