WTZQ
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WTZQ
| logo = File:WTZQ FM95.3-AM1600 logo.png
| city = Hendersonville, North Carolina
| area =
| branding = WTZQ FM 95.3 AM 1600
| frequency = 1600 kHz
| translator = {{Radio Relay|95.3|W237EE|Hendersonville}}
| airdate = 1963 (as WHVL)
| format = Oldies/Adult standards
| power = 5,000 watts day
30 watts night
| class = D
| facility_id = 68831
| coordinates = {{Coord|35|18|53.00|N|82|25|58.00|W|region:US_type:city}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = WHVL (1963–1987)
| affiliations = North Carolina News Network, ABC Radio
| owner = Paige Posey and Mark Warwick
| licensee = Flat Rock Multimedia, LLC
| sister_stations =
| webcast = [http://listen.streamon.fm/wtzq Listen Live]
| website = [http://wtzq.com wtzq.com]
| licensing_authority = FCC
}}
WTZQ (1600 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an oldies/adult standards format. Licensed to Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States, the station is currently owned by Paige Posey and Mark Warwick, through licensee Flat Rock Multimedia, LLC,{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WTZQ |title=WTZQ Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }} and features local programming and music 24 hours a day.
History
WHVL signed on in 1963. From 1977 to 1987 the station broadcast a Top 40 format. In 1987, WHVL changed call letters to WTZQ and began playing "Solid Gold". In summer 1988, the format changed to "Simply Beautiful".
In 1990, Mystle and Jim Butler, who had owned the station since 1986, sold WTZQ to United Broadcasting Enterprises, Inc. Glenn W. Wilcox, Sr. sold WTZQ to J. Ardell Sink in 1997. Houston Broadcasting Corp. bought WTZQ in 2002.{{cite news|url=https://www.wtzq.com/history |title=AM 1600 History|newspaper=WTZQ Am 1600 - 95.3 Fm|publisher=wtzq.com|accessdate=2024-09-27}} For years WTZQ and WISE aired the same programming,{{cite web|url=http://www.fybush.com/site-030612.html|title=Tower site of the week: Asheville and Western North Carolina|publisher=fybush.com|accessdate=2010-03-23}} Stardust adult standards from ABC Radio, which was discontinued in 2010. WTZQ continued airing the music even after WISE changed to sports talk.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} Sink's Mark Media, Inc., owner of WKYK and WTOE, bought the station in 2008. Mark Warwick, who began work in 1995 at WISE, became general manager of WTZQ. With the purchase came a community service commitment.{{cite news|url=http://www.wkyk.com/news_archives/2008-06_wkyk.shtml|title=WTZQ Now Part of Mark Media|date=2008-06-03|accessdate=2010-03-23}}
Early in 2010, the Stardust format, which had become Timeless, was discontinued. WTZQ is no longer affiliated with a satellite music service, choosing instead to program their own oldies / adult standards / nostalgia format.{{cite web|url=http://www.wtzq.com/about-us/on-air.html|publisher=wtzq.com|title=On-Air|accessdate=2010-04-08}}{{cite web|url=http://musicofyourlife.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=98|title=Music of Your Life - New Schedule!!|accessdate=2010-04-08}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{AM station data|68831|WTZQ}}
- {{FCC-LMS-Facility|156057|W237EE}}
- {{FXL|W237EE}}
- [https://www.wtzq.com/history WTZQ history]
{{Asheville Radio}}
Category:1963 establishments in North Carolina
{{NorthCarolina-radio-station-stub}}