WQSL (92.3 FM), also known as "The River", is a
variety hits radio station
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licensed to
Jacksonville, North Carolina
Jacksonville is a city in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 72,723, which makes Jacksonville the 14th-largest city in North Carolina. Jacksonville is the county seat and most populous commu ...
. The station simulcasts on
WQZL
WQZL (101.1 FM), also known as "The River", is a radio station licensed to serve Belhaven, North Carolina. It has a format of variety hits as "92.3 & 101.1 The River". The station's antenna is in Washington, but the signal reaches New Bern, ...
101.1 FM Belhaven.
History
WQSL was "Q92" when it was
Top 40
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and then it was a
Hot AC
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In the early 1990s it was "Whistle 92.3". From 1995 to 2000 it was "All Hit 92.3" Then the station switched to
Hip hop.
On April 30, 1997, Cumulus Broadcasting announced its purchase of
WAAV,
WWQQ,
WXQR
WXQR-FM (105.5 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Originally based in Jacksonville, North Carolina, the station is headquartered in New Bern.
History
WXQR-FM is one of the oldest rock stations in America. It was ...
, and WQSL.
WQSL was
rhythmic CHR Rhythmic may refer to:
* Related to rhythm
* Rhythmic contemporary, a radio format
* Rhythmic adult contemporary, a radio format
* Rhythmic gymnastics, a form of gymnastics
* Rhythmic (chart)
The Rhythmic chart (also called Rhythmic Airplay, and ...
and its name was "The Beat of Carolina" until the end of 2006, at which time it changed to
rhythmic adult contemporary
Rhythmic adult contemporary, often abbreviated as rhythmic AC or RAC, is an adult contemporary radio format. The format focuses primarily on rhythmic hits aimed towards an adult audience, often resembling a mixture of the classic hits and hot adul ...
with the name "The Party Station". At the end of 2007, WQSL changed to
urban adult contemporary
Urban adult contemporary, often abbreviated as urban AC or UAC, (also known as adult R&B,) is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. Radio stations using this format usually would not have hip hop music ...
with
The Touch format from
ABC Radio Networks ABC Radio may refer to:
Australia
* History of ABC Radio (Australia), the division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) responsible for:
** ABC Classic, a classical music radio station
** ABC Classic 2, an un-presented streaming-only ...
and the
Rickey Smiley
Broderick Dornell Smiley (born August 10, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, television host, actor, and radio personality, known for his prank phone calls. The calls feature Smiley disguising his voice and carrying on a conversation with th ...
morning show.
On August 29, 2013, at noon, the station flipped to a stunt of 1960s-leaning classic hits as "
Oldies
Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music (broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock) from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as wel ...
92" before flipping to an
adult hits simulcast with WQZL as "92.3/101.1 Jack FM" at noon the following day.
On December 16, 2013, the station changed their format from adult hits to a country simulcast with WQZL, branded as "The Wolf".
In September 2017, Dick Broadcasting announced the purchase of
Alpha Media
Alpha (uppercase , lowercase ; grc, ἄλφα, ''álpha'', or ell, άλφα, álfa) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of one. Alpha is derived from the Phoenician letter aleph , whic ...
stations in three markets — 18 stations and two translators in total, at a purchase price of $19.5 million. The acquisition of WQSL by Dick Broadcasting was consummated on December 20, 2017.
On July 6, 2018, WQSL changed their format from country to variety hits, branded as "92.3 & 101.1 The River".
WQSL/WQZL Flip to Variety Hits
Radioinsight - July 6, 2018
Previous logo
WQSL's logo under its previous "Jack FM" format was the same as the one being used by the Canadian radio station CJET-FM
CJET-FM (101.1 Hertz, MHz, ''CityNews Ottawa'') is a Commercial radio, commercial radio station city of license, licensed to Smiths Falls, Ontario, and serving the National Capital Region (Canada), National Capital Region including Ottawa. It is ...
.
References
External links
NextMedia website
*
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Adult hits radio stations in the United States
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