WQKX (94.1
FM, "94KX") is a commercial
FM radio station licensed to serve
Sunbury, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation and broadcasts a
Top 40 (CHR) format. Its broadcast tower is located near
Trevorton.
History
The
Federal Communications Commission
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granted Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation a construction permit for the station on September 14, 1945 with the WKOK-FM call sign. Originally assigned to 100.3 MHz, the FCC reassigned the station to 99.3 MHz on November 11, 1945, followed by another reassignment to 94.1 MHz on June 27, 1947.
The station signed on for the first time in 1948.
The FCC granted the station its first license on February 17, 1949.
Until 1975, the station simulcast the programming of
WKOK (AM).
In 1978, the call sign was changed to WQKX.
Signal Note
WQKX is short-spaced to
WIP-FM ''Sports Radio 94 WIP'' (licensed to serve
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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) as they both operate on the same channel and the distance between the stations' transmitters is as determined by FCC rules. The minimum distance between two
Class B stations operating on the same channel according to current
FCC rules is .
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Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States