WQCK
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| City | Philipsburg, Pennsylvania |
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| Broadcast area | State College, Pennsylvania |
| Branding | QWiK Rock 105.9 |
| Slogan | Lion Country's Rock Station |
| Frequency | 105.9 MHz |
| First air date | 1989 (as WPHB-FM) |
| Format | Active Rock |
| ERP | 710 watts |
| HAAT | 290 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 43880 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°47′34.00″N 78°10′29.00″W / 40.7927778°N 78.1747222°W |
| Former callsigns | WPHB-FM (1989-1996) WUBZ-FM (1996-2006) WJOW (2006-2009) |
| Owner | Magnum Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1059qwikrock.com |
WQCK (105.9 FM) is an active rock radio station broadcasting in State College, Pennsylvania. It is known as QWIK Rock. The station, owned by Magnum Broadcasting of State College, was founded by brothers C. Dean & Sheldon Sharpless, doing business as Moshannon Valley Broadcasting. Its current incarnation was formed after WQWK abandoned its Active Rock format for talk radio in 2008. WQCK's tower is located in Sandy Ridge, south of Philipsburg.
This station was originally known as WPHB-FM, first signing on the air in 1989 from the studios of its co-owned AM station with the same call letters. Both stations simulcast a classic country music format for approximately half of the broadcast day, with break-aways during the daytime hours for WPHB (AM)'s more Christian-based programming.
The Sharpless family sold both stations in 1996 to local residents Cliff and Laura Mack, who changed the format of the FM station to modern rock. The station also adopted the new call letters WUBZ-FM and the "105.9 The Buzz" moniker. In 1999 they moved their tower to provide a city-grade signal in State College. WPHB and WUBZ were then sold a few years later to Magnum Broadcasting, which moved WUBZ's studios to State College. WPHB, which was more of a local station serving Philipsburg and the Moshannon Valley almost exclusively, stayed in Philipsburg, where it remains today.
In 2006 WUBZ-FM changed their call letters to WJOW and switched to a HOT country format branded as "Joe FM". Magnum Broadcasting's previously titled "106.9 The Surge" station, which broadcast to Renovo and Lock Haven, changed in February 2007, to simulcast Joe FM as well. Another change is that Joe-FM has started to mix in more Southern and classic rock hits with the country music to differentiate themselves from their main competitor in the State College area, Froggy 101. 105.9/106.9 Joe FM "Rock N' Country" was their motto.
On September 3, 2009 WJOW changed their format to active rock, branded as "QWiK Rock 105.9" under the WQCK call letters. The line-up featured Todd and Troy Craig in the Morning(Troy was the former PD form the defunct 103.1 QWK Rock), 6am - 10am, Drew Shannon 10am - 3pm, AJ 3pm - 7pm, Andy Robb 7pm - Midnight and Glennie B 12am - 6am
After leaving the marketplace when being shut down at 103.1 FM by Forever Broadcasting, Active Rock on a station known as Qwik Rock returned to the airwaves on September 3, 2009 at 5 pm on a frequency owned by Magnum Broadcasting Inc. The station seeks to recreate the sound of the original WQWK from years gone by and it even features some of the names and voices from QWK 103.1. The station broadcasts on 105.9 FM and 106.9 FM. The newly named Qwik Rock took the place of The Rock/Country Hybrid Joe Fm.
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