WQBT known as "94.1 The Beat", is an urban contemporary

Urban contemporary

Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...

 radio station

Radio station

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 targeted towards Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

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. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications

Clear Channel Communications

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Programming

The station had controversial morning hosts Star and Buc Wild -- which replaced Russ Parr

Russ Parr

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 in the morning slot. Parr's show has since returned to WQBT's morning drive time slot.

History

Before the mid-70's, the station was a simulcast of WTOC (AM), and had the callsign of WTOC-FM. Before it was an urban contemporary

Urban contemporary

Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...

 formatted station, it had a long stint as a country music

Country music

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 formatted station. In the late '80s

1980s

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 and early '90s, the callsign WCHY was part of the station's identity as a country station ("WCHY 94.1 Continuous Country"; the station would sometimes refer to itself as "Y-94".), thus the callsign's creation, as at that time it stood for We're Country Hits Y'all. Later, this station was WSCA-FM - "Cat Country 94."

The station's previous callsign, WCHY-FM

WCHY-FM

"WCHY" redirects here. For the Savannah, Georgia radio stations previously known by this call sign, please see WQBT and WTKS WCHY is an Adult Hits radio station located in Madison, Wisconsin...

, is now in Madison, Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

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 at Entercom-owned Adult Hits station, "105-1 Charlie FM - We Play Anything!".

See also

• List of radio stations in Georgia (U.S. state)
• Georgia (U.S. state)
  Georgia (U.S. state)
  Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
  
  
• Lists of radio stations in North and Central America

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