WZTF (102.9 FM) is a

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broadcasting an

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the

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area. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC. Its studios are located in Florence, and its transmitter is located south of

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History

WSQN was

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before becoming a

soft AC 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, ...

station called "light and easy Sunny 102.9" airing a syndicated format from Broadcast Programming called AC45+. Its later formats included

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 ...

and, under Root Communications, "

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" R & B oldies. As WURV ("The River") it was

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, and it was

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"Rock 102.9" and then classic hits "102.9 the Point" using the letters WWRK. In a deal announced in February 1997, Root Communications Ltd. announced plans to buy eight radio stations owned by Florence-based Atlantic Broadcasting, including WSQN. Qantum Communications Inc. purchased Florence's Root Communications Group LP stations in 2003. On May 15, 2014, Qantum Communications announced that it would sell its 29 stations, including WZTF, to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia), in a transaction connected to Clear Channel's sale of WALK AM- FM in

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via Qantum. The transaction was consummated on September 9, 2014.

References

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* ZTF IHeartMedia radio stations Urban adult contemporary radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1991 1991 establishments in South Carolina {{SouthCarolina-radio-station-stub