WQMG
Encyclopedia
WQMG is an Urban Adult Contemporary
station licensed to Greensboro, North Carolina
and serves the Piedmont Triad
region, which also includes High Point
and Winston-Salem
. The Entercom outlet broadcasts at 97.1 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW.
). Two years after its founding as an FM station, its owners constructed WFMY-TV
, the first television station in Greensboro and the second in North Carolina.
By 1950, the station was moved to its current 97.1 MHz, but the station was taken off the air in the early 1950s as the company devoted more of its resources to television
. The station returned to air under new ownership by the mid 1950s with the call letters WQMG, which stood for "Quality Music for Greensboro." In the early 1970s, WQMG aired an adult contemporary format known as "Stereo Island."
WQMG was very successful in the 1970s and 1980s as an Urban Contemporary
outlet, but by 1996 they would move to their current format, after becoming the sister station to WJMH
. Following the format change of competitor WMKS, WQMG is now the sole Adult R&B station in the market. WQMG is the Triad's syndicated home of the Tom Joyner
Morning Show.
Urban Adult Contemporary
Urban adult contemporary is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. Radio stations using this format usually would not have rap music on their playlists. The format was designed by Barry Mayo when he, Lee S. Simonson and Bill Pearson organized Broadcast...
station licensed to Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S...
and serves the Piedmont Triad
Piedmont Triad
The Piedmont Triad, or Triad, is a north-central region of the U.S. state of North Carolina that consists of the area within and surrounding the three major cities of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point. This close group or "triad" of cities lies in the Piedmont geographical region of the...
region, which also includes High Point
High Point, North Carolina
High Point is a city located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina. As of 2010 the city had a total population of 104,371, according to the US Census Bureau. High Point is currently the eighth-largest municipality in North Carolina....
and Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Winston-Salem is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina, with a 2010 population of 229,617. Winston-Salem is the county seat and largest city of Forsyth County and the fourth-largest city in the state. Winston-Salem is the second largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region and is home to...
. The Entercom outlet broadcasts at 97.1 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW.
History
The earliest roots of this station date to 1947 and a station with the call letters WFMY on 97.3 MHz, owned by the Greensboro News Company, publishers of the Greensboro Daily News and Daily Record (now merged as the Greensboro News & RecordGreensboro News & Record
The News & Record is the largest newspaper serving Guilford County and the surrounding region. It is based in Greensboro, NC, and produces local sections for Greensboro and Rockingham County, NC. As of April, 2011, it had an average weekday circulation of 60,993 and an average Sunday circulation...
). Two years after its founding as an FM station, its owners constructed WFMY-TV
WFMY-TV
WFMY-TV is a television station in Greensboro, North Carolina. Owned by the Gannett Company, WFMYis the CBS affiliate for the Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem area...
, the first television station in Greensboro and the second in North Carolina.
By 1950, the station was moved to its current 97.1 MHz, but the station was taken off the air in the early 1950s as the company devoted more of its resources to television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
. The station returned to air under new ownership by the mid 1950s with the call letters WQMG, which stood for "Quality Music for Greensboro." In the early 1970s, WQMG aired an adult contemporary format known as "Stereo Island."
WQMG was very successful in the 1970s and 1980s as 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...
outlet, but by 1996 they would move to their current format, after becoming the sister station to WJMH
WJMH
WJMH is an Entercom-owned mainstream urban FM radio station serving the Piedmont Triad region. It broadcasts at 102.1 MHz with 100,000 watts of power and is licensed to serve Reidsville, North Carolina.-Early history :...
. Following the format change of competitor WMKS, WQMG is now the sole Adult R&B station in the market. WQMG is the Triad's syndicated home of the Tom Joyner
Tom Joyner
Thomas "Tom" Joyner is an American radio host, host of the nationally syndicated The Tom Joyner Morning Show, and also founder of REACH Media Inc., the Tom Joyner Foundation, and BlackAmericaWeb.com.-Early life:...
Morning Show.