WIOQ
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| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Philadelphia (Delaware Valley) |
| Branding | Q102 |
| Slogan | Philly's #1 Hit Music Station! All The Hits! |
| Frequency | 102.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | February 10, 1942 (as W53PH) |
| Format | Analog/HD1: Top 40 (CHR) HD2: Pride Radio (dance hits for the LGBT community) |
| ERP | 27,000 watts |
| HAAT | 204 meters (669 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 20348 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°02′37.00″N 75°14′32.00″W / 40.0436111°N 75.2422222°W (NAD27) |
| Callsign meaning |
IOQ looks like 102 Q resembles 2 in Cursive Writing |
| Former callsigns | W53PH (1942 – 1943) WFIL-FM (1943 – 1971) |
| Former frequencies | 45.3 MHz (1942 – 1945) 94.3 MHz 99.9 MHz |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia (AMFM Radio Licenses, L.L.C.) |
| Sister stations | WDAS, WDAS-FM, WISX, WRFF, WUSL |
| Webcast | Live |
| Website | q102.iheart.com |
WIOQ (102.1 MHz, "Q102") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by iHeartMedia and broadcasts a Top 40 (CHR) format. The transmitter is located in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia at (40°02′37.0″N 75°14′31.0″W / 40.043611°N 75.241944°W) and its studios and offices are located in Bala Cynwyd.
WIOQ broadcasts in HD, with its HD1 channel airing the analog Top 40 signal and the HD2 channel carrying iHeart's Pride Radio national format with some local programming as well.
On February 10, 1942, the station signed on for the first time with the call sign W53PH. It broadcast at 45.3 MHz on the original FM band, which covered 42 to 50 MHz. The station was owned by the WFIL Broadcasting Company and mostly simulcast its AM sister station 560 WFIL. On November 1, 1943, the station was assigned the WFIL-FM call sign. After the FCC created the current FM band on June 27, 1945, the station moved to 94.3 MHz, then 99.9 MHz, before finally moving to 102.1 MHz.
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