WKQW-FM
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WKQW-FM is a radio station
broadcasting a Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Oil City, Pennsylvania
, USA, the station is currently owned by Clarion County Broadcasting Corporation.
founder Stephen Olszowka successfully applied for an FM license, giving birth to WKQW-FM. The new station broadcast at 96.3 FM with an effective radiated power of 6,000 watts, and went on the air with an oldies
format, separate from WKQW's adult contemporary format (which would later become talk).
Stephen Olszowka died suddenly on February 14, 2004 at the age of 54. After his death, his
family made arrangements to sell the station to another owner the following year.
Following the takeover by William Hearst in 2005 (along with WKQW AM), WKQW-FM changed its format from Oldies to 80's based adult contemporary at around the same time. Though controlled from its Clarion County base, WKQW is still a very separate operation, maintaining its studio and office presence and its own independent staff at its original location: 222 Seneca Street in downtown Oil City. Oil City native Matthew Exley took over as operations manager in the spring of 2008 and is joined by the area's only full time news director Mark Heim and long time radio personality Sam Gordon.
Radio station
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broadcasting a Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Oil City, Pennsylvania
Oil City, Pennsylvania
Oil City is a city in Venango County, Pennsylvania that is known in the initial exploration and development of the petroleum industry. After the first oil wells were drilled nearby in the 1850s, Oil City became central in the petroleum industry while hosting headquarters for the Pennzoil, Quaker...
, USA, the station is currently owned by Clarion County Broadcasting Corporation.
History
In 1993, WKQW AMWKQW (AM)
WKQW is a radio station broadcasting an Oldies format. It previously had a Classic Country format until August 15th of 2008. Licensed to Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA, the station is currently owned by Clarion County Broadcasting Corporation...
founder Stephen Olszowka successfully applied for an FM license, giving birth to WKQW-FM. The new station broadcast at 96.3 FM with an effective radiated power of 6,000 watts, and went on the air with an oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
format, separate from WKQW's adult contemporary format (which would later become talk).
Stephen Olszowka died suddenly on February 14, 2004 at the age of 54. After his death, his
family made arrangements to sell the station to another owner the following year.
Following the takeover by William Hearst in 2005 (along with WKQW AM), WKQW-FM changed its format from Oldies to 80's based adult contemporary at around the same time. Though controlled from its Clarion County base, WKQW is still a very separate operation, maintaining its studio and office presence and its own independent staff at its original location: 222 Seneca Street in downtown Oil City. Oil City native Matthew Exley took over as operations manager in the spring of 2008 and is joined by the area's only full time news director Mark Heim and long time radio personality Sam Gordon.