WRQK
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| City | Canton, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area | Canton-Akron metro areas |
| Branding | Rock 106.9 |
| Slogan | It Just Rocks! |
| Frequency | 106.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | March 1, 1961 |
| Format |
Active rock HD2: News/talk (WHLO simulcast) |
| ERP | 27,500 watts |
| HAAT | 103 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 8550 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°49′22.00″N 81°25′40.00″W / 40.8227778°N 81.4277778°W |
| Callsign meaning | RQK resembles "Rock" |
| Former callsigns | WCNO (1961–67) WNYN-FM (1967–71) WHLQ (1971–79) WOOS-FM (1979–85) WRQK (1985–89) |
| Affiliations |
iHeartRadio Premiere Networks Premium Choice United Stations Radio Networks |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC) |
| Sister stations | WARF, WHLO, WHOF, WKDD |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wrqk |
WRQK-FM (106.9 FM) – branded Rock 106.9 – is a commercial active rock radio station licensed to Canton, Ohio, serving both the Canton and Akron metro areas. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., the station serves as the local affiliate for Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx, and The House of Hair with Dee Snider. The WRQK-FM studios are located in North Canton, while the station transmitter resides in Canton. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WRQK-FM broadcasts over two HD Radio channels, and is available online via iHeartRadio.
WRQK-FM began broadcasting as WCNO on March 1, 1961. The new station was owned by the Greer Group, also owner of WAND/Canton; the two stations became WNYN and WNYN-FM in 1967. Both stations were purchased in 1965 by Don Keyes, who had made his mark as a national programmer for legendary station owner Gordon McLendon. In 1971, he sold the FM station to Susquehanna Radio Corporation, the owners of WHLO (AM) Akron, and it became WHLQ.
Susquehanna sold the station in 1978 to the owners of WINW, who applied to change the FM call letters to WHOF (for the "Hall of Fame" city of Canton) but were rebuffed by the owners of WTOF, another local FM station. (Coincidentally, WRQK-FM now has a new Clear Channel sister station using the WHOF call letters.) 106.9 adopted an automated Top 40 format and became WOOS-FM on June 1, 1979.
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