WSFQ (96.3 FM, "The Rock 96.3 WSFQ") 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 ...

broadcasting a

classic rock Classic rock is a radio format that developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, it comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the early-1990s, primarily focusing on comm ...

music format. Licensed to

Peshtigo, Wisconsin Peshtigo ( ) is a city in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was at 3,420 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census The city is surrounded by the Peshtigo (town), Wisconsin, Town of Peshtigo. It is part of the Ma ...

, United States, the station is currently owned by Radio Plus Bay Cities, LLC.

History

The station was assigned the call letters WHYB on October 31, 1989. On July 15, 1992, the station changed its call sign to WJMR and then on June 7, 1996, to the current WSFQ. In January 2009, WSFQ changed from

as "Rock 96" to a "best of the '70s and '80s" format as "Hits 96.3." Prior to the classic rock format, WSFQ had played

oldies Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as well as for a radio format playing this music. Since 2 ...

under the "Q96" moniker. The station later evolved into an

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 by adding more current and recent hits into rotation. On January 2, 2020, WSFQ changed their format back to classic rock, branded as "The Rock 96.3 WSFQ".Marinette-Menominee Station Flips to Rock
Upper Midwest Broadcasting - January 2, 2020

References

External links

Official Website
* SFQ Radio stations established in 1996 1996 establishments in Wisconsin Classic rock radio stations in the United States {{Wisconsin-radio-station-stub