WKQC
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| City | Charlotte, North Carolina |
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| Broadcast area | Charlotte/Metrolina |
| Branding | K104.7 |
| Slogan | More Music, Better Variety Non-Stop Christmas Music (Nov.-Dec.) |
| Frequency | 104.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | May 22, 1960 (as WYFM) |
| Format |
Adult Contemporary Christmas music (Nov.-Dec.) |
| ERP | 96,000 watts (directional with beam tilt) |
| HAAT | 369 meters |
| Class | C0 |
| Facility ID | 20338 |
| Callsign meaning |
W K104.7 (branding) Queen City (nickname for Charlotte) |
| Former callsigns | WYFM (1960-1973) WEZC (1973-1989) WMXC (1989-1994)) WSSS (1994-2003) |
| Owner |
Beasley Broadcast Group (Beasley Media Group, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WBAV, WBCN, WNKS, WPEG, WSOC-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | k1047.com |
WKQC (104.7 FM, "K104.7") is a Beasley Broadcasting Group-owned adult contemporary radio station in Charlotte, North Carolina. WKQC's studios are located on South Boulevard in Charlotte, while their transmitter site is in East Charlotte. WKQC broadcasts in the HD Radio format. WKQC-HD2 airs a "70s hits" format, while WKQC-HD3 is a simulcast of sister station WBCN.
The station receives exceptional co-channel interference from WNOK in Columbia, just 75 miles south of Charlotte. The Chester and Lancaster, South Carolina areas are affected the most with interference from both stations.
WKQC signed on in 1960 as WYFM with a beautiful music format. By 1973, after EZ Communications bought the station, WYFM became WEZC (known by the moniker "EZ-104") and had a 100,000-watt signal. In September 1978, rival WBT-FM changed to rock and became WBCY, leaving WEZC as the city's only beautiful music station. In December 1982, even though the area had two other soft adult contemporary FM stations—WLVV and WZXI—WEZC changed to soft adult contemporary as well. The switch generated so many protests that WZXI moved to fill the gap.
During the 1980s, WEZC gradually evolved from soft adult contemporary to mainstream adult contemporary. The station's most famous personality was controversial morning host Chuck Boozer.
In March 1989, WEZC completed its transition with a name and call letter change to WMXC, "Mix 104.7", and the WEZC call letters were picked up by the former WRLX at 102.9. The station originally wanted the calls WMIX, but at the last minute found out those calls were already being used by a pair of stations in Mount Vernon, Illinois, WMIX AM and WMIX-FM. Furthermore, in a somewhat controversial move, for a time it referred to itself on-air as WMIX, with an announcer whispering its true calls hurriedly during hourly legal IDs; however, the use of WMIX as a brand was short-lived, as the owners of the WMIX stations in Mount Vernon, Withers Broadcasting, registered the "WMIX" branding as a registered trademark. WMXC would gain a sister station in 1992, when Cox Broadcasting sold WSOC-FM to EZ.
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