WPQP (93.1 FM, "Pop 92.7-93.1-95.9") is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...

licensed to Clearfield, Pennsylvania. Owned by Seven Mountains Media, it broadcasts a

Top 40 In the music industry, the Top 40 is a list of the 40 currently most popular songs in a particular genre. It is the best-selling or most frequently broadcast popular music. Record charts have traditionally consisted of a total of 40 songs. "To ...

format. The station is also simulcast with

WCCR-FM WCCR-FM (92.7 MHz) is an American radio station licensed to the borough of Clarion, Pennsylvania. WCCR-FM operates with an effective radiated power of 3,000 watts. This station, along with its co-located AM sister WWCH, is owned by Seven Mountai ...

(92.7) in Clarion and WQQP (95.9 FM) in Sykesville.

History

Throughout the 1980s, WQYX was an affiliate of

Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 ''Rick Dees Weekly Top 40'' (sometimes known as ''The Weekly Top 40'') is an internationally syndicated radio program created and hosted by American radio personality Rick Dees. It is currently heard on over 200 radio stations worldwide. It is ...

and Retro Pop Reunion. In October 2016, First Media reached a deal to sell its remaining stations in West Central Pennsylvania to Seven Mountains Media for $4.5 million. At this point, WQYX was broadcasting a

hot adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...

format branded as ''93.1 WQYX''. In August 2017, the station changed its call letters to WPQP, and announced that it would flip to

contemporary hit radio Contemporary hit radio (CHR, also known as contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top ...

as ''Pop 93.1'' on 29 August. On 19 March 2018, sister station WZDB switched from rock to a simulcast of WPQP, changing its call sign to WQQP on 23 March 2018. On 29 June 2023, sister station

became an additional simulcast, expanding WPQP/WQQP's reach to Clarion County.

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* {{coord, 41.068, N, 78.518, W, type:landmark_region:US_source:FCC, display=title PQP Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1981 1981 establishments in Pennsylvania Seven Mountains Media