WQMF (95.7 FM) is a

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radio station in

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. The station is licensed by the

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(FCC) to the nearby city of

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, and broadcasts with an

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(ERP) of 28.5 kW. The station's studios are in the Louisville enclave of Watterson Park and its transmitter site is near

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, west of the

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. The station is owned by

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Station history

95.7 signed on as WQHI in April 1974 as ''HI 95'', an automated Top 40 station using TM's "Stereo Rock" format. The first song played when HI 95 signed on was "Oh My My" by

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. In January 1981, WQHI was sold to the Wood family owners of Secret Communications and the people behind WEBN, so the station was changed to a AOR format as ''96 FM WQMF''. Within a short period of time, QMF was successful in toppling WLRS as the top Album Rock station in the market under Program Director Tom Owens. Many current well-known Louisville radio personalities appeared on the station. The early years consisted of Ron Clay and

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on ''The Show With No Name''. They used this morning show name after departing the morning show at WLRS where their "Morning Sickness" name had been trademarked by WLRS. After Meiners departed, Clay continued his morning run at QMF with Mason Dixon and later Alan Sells. Clay left WQMF in early 1986 for KZAP in Sacramento, CA. Until his return less than a year later. Clay continued his run with ''Uncle Ron's Asylum'' until his death in 1991. QMF then hired LRS 102's alum Rocky Knight to launch ''The Rocky & Troy Morning Show''. Karen Bach-Markins, Duke Meyer, and Future Bob were also on QMF as well. Their former mascot of WQMF was Wacky T. Weasel, who had the same snickering laugh that Muttley Mutt had on some legendary Hanna-Barbera shows such as ''Wacky Races'', ''Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines'', ''Yogi's Treasure Hunt'', ''Fender Bender 500'', & ''Yo Yogi!''. In the mid-1990s, WQMF switched to a

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format.

HD programming

On May 11, 2016, WQMF shifted their format from

and WQMF-HD2 picked up the "Fox"

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format from sister station WTFX-FM, which flipped to urban. * HD1 is a digital simulcast of the traditional analog broadcast of WQMF. * HD3 is a digital simulcast of sister station WTFX-FM, an

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format. HD Radio Guide for Louisville, Kentucky

References

External links

WQMF's official website
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