WQXL
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| City | Columbia, South Carolina |
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| Broadcast area | Columbia metropolitan area |
| Branding | "The Point" |
| Frequency | 1470 kHz |
| Translator(s) | W264DF 100.7 MHz |
| First air date | July 15, 1954 |
| Format | Talk |
| Power | 11,000 watts daytime 100 watts nighttime 214 watts (translator) |
| Class | D |
| Affiliations |
Westwood One Network Premiere Networks ABC Radio News South Carolina Radio News Network |
| Owner | Glory Communications, Inc. |
| Sister stations | WFMV, WGCV, WTQS |
| Website | http://makethepointradio.com/ |
WQXL (1470 kHz "The Point 100.7 FM and 1470 AM") is a commercial AM radio station in Columbia, South Carolina. The station is owned by Glory Communications and operated by Capital City Media. It airs a talk radio format. Local hosts are heard in morning and afternoon drive times, with nationally syndicated talk shows heard middays, evenings and late nights. They include Dave Ramsey, Laura Ingraham, Todd Schnitt, Michael Savage, Doug Stephan and Red Eye Radio. Most hours begin with ABC Radio News, with local and state news supplied by the South Carolina Radio News Network.
The transmitter, located off New State Road in Cayce, is powered at 11,000 watts during the day and 100 watts at night. Programming is simulcast on FM translator W264DF 100.7 MHz in the Columbia area. In the Orangeburg area, programming is heard on AM 1490, WTQS in Cameron.
On July 15, 1954, the station signed on as WOIC, owned by Frank A. Michalak. It was a daytimer powered at 1,000 watts. In 1957, it got a boost to 5,000 watts, under new owners Speidel-Fischer Broadcasting, but it still had to sign-off at sunset. At the time, it aired 90 hours of programming each week for the African-American community.
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