WQEL

Coordinates: 40°45′49.00″N 82°56′0.00″W / 40.7636111°N 82.9333333°W / 40.7636111; -82.9333333

WQEL

City	Bucyrus, Ohio
Broadcast area	Mid-Ohio
Branding	Q92.7
Slogan	North Central Ohio's Greatest Hits
Frequency	92.7 MHz
First air date	1964 (as WBCO-FM)
Format	Classic Hits
ERP	3,000 watts
HAAT	93 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	7112
Transmitter coordinates	40°45′49.00″N 82°56′0.00″W / 40.7636111°N 82.9333333°W / 40.7636111; -82.9333333
Former callsigns	WBCO-FM (1964-1978) WBCQ (1978-1987)
Affiliations	Dial Global Ohio State IMG Sports Network
Owner	Franklin Communications
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wqel.com

WQEL (92.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Hits format. Licensed to Bucyrus, Ohio, USA, the station serves the Mid-Ohio area. The station is currently owned by Franklin Communications and features programming from Westwood One.^[1]^[2]

History

92.7 FM went on the air in 1964 as WBCO-FM, the sister station to WBCO. WBCO was founded in 1962 by Thomas P. & J. LaVonne Moore and Orville J. Sather as Brokensword Broadcasting Co. When the Moores and Sathers bought out the investors, it became Sa-Mor Stations. Full ownership was assumed by Tom and LaVonne following Orville's death. The stations were sold to Mike and Donna Laipply in 1991. In 1996, both stations were sold to the Ohio Radio Group, based in Ashland Ohio, who also owned stations WQIO and WMVO in Mount Vernon, Ohio, WNCO & WNCO-FM in Ashland, Ohio, WMAN-FM in Fredericktown, Ohio, WFXN-FM in Galion, Ohio and WXXF in Loudonville, Ohio. They would later add local WYNT in Upper Sandusky, Ohio to the group making it the largest radio ownership company in Ohio. In 2001, Ohio Radio Group was purchased by Clear Channel Communications, which had to sell two stations—WBCO and WQEL—that were purchased by Scantland Broadcasting, then current Saga Communications.

The station was assigned call sign WBCQ on October 26, 1978. On August 16, 1987, the station changed its call sign to the current WQEL.^[3]

References

↑ "WQEL Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WQEL Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "WQEL Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WQEL

Radio-Locator information on WQEL

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WQEL

Radio stations in the Ashland-Mansfield-Mt. Vernon, Ohio region

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