WQLR

For the Kalamazoo, Michigan radio station located at 106.5 FM, see WVFM.

WQLR

City	Kalamazoo, Michigan
Broadcast area	(Daytime) (Nighttime)
Branding	Kalamazoo's 1660 The Fan
Frequency	1660 kHz C-QUAM AM stereo
First air date	1998
Format	Sports
Power	10,000 watts (Daytime) 1,000 watts (Nighttime)
Class	B
Facility ID	87325
Former callsigns	WQSN (?-3/26/07)
Affiliations	Fox Sports Radio Michigan IMG Sports Network
Owner	Duey E. Wright (Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Sister stations	WKZO, WNWN, WNWN-FM, WVFM, WZOX
Website	1660thefan.com

WQLR ("Kalamazoo's 1660 The Fan") is an American expanded band AM radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate on 1660 kHz from facilities located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The station had been licensed to Fairfield Broadcasting as WQSN, and was sold to Midwest Communications in 2006. The FCC approved a callsign change on March 26, 2007 to WQLR, the former callsign of WVFM, an existing FM music station owned by Midwest Communications in Kalamazoo.

WQLR Started out as a Clear music Station. Elevator music for some. It was located on the 3rd floor of what was the ISB Building (now the Comerica Building) in downtown Kalamazoo.

Programming

Logo for WQLR when the station was affiliated with ESPN Radio.

WQLR is an affiliate of Fox Sports Radio, carrying the "First Team on Fox" with Steve Czaban, "Fox GameTime Live" with Andrew Siciliano and Krystal Fernandez, "Fox GameTime React" with JT The Brick, and "The Third Shift on Fox" with Ben Maller weekdays. The station carries "The Huge Show" and produces its own local sports-talk show, "The Yard", weekdays 6pm-7pm with Carolyn Binder and Matt Buck. WQLR also carries The Dan Patrick Show from Premiere Radio Networks on weekdays. Prior to September 2008, WQLR was affiliated with ESPN Radio.

In addition to the station's local sports talk and play-by-play, WQLR carries Chicago Cubs radio play-by-play from WGN-AM in Chicago and Detroit Red Wings radio broadcasts from WXYT in Detroit.

Bronco Radio Network

In the fall of 2010, WQLR signed a five-year contract to become the flagship station of Western Michigan University women's basketball.

References

Michiguide.com - WQLR History

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WQLR

Radio-Locator Information on WQLR

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WQLR

Radio stations in the Kalamazoo, Michigan market

By FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.5 89.9 91.7 92.5 93.7 96.5 98.5 100.3 100.9 102.1 103.3 104.1 105.7 106.5 107.7

By AM frequency	590 980 1360 1440 1560 1660

By callsign	W219CA W262AF WAKV WBCT WCXK WIDR WKDS WKFR-FM WKMI WKPR WKZO WMUK WNWN WNWN-FM WOFR WQLR WQXC-FM WRKR WSRW-FM WVFM WVGR WZOX WZUU

Nearby radio markets Battle Creek Benton Harbor–St. Joseph Chicago Ft. Wayne Grand Rapids Lansing South Bend South Central MI See also List of radio stations in Michigan

Sports radio stations in the state of Michigan

Full-Time Sports Stations	WBBL-FM - Grand Rapids WBET - Sturgis WCAR - Livonia WCCW - Traverse City WDFN - Detroit WGHN - Grand Haven WGRY - Roscommon WKAD - Harrietta WLUN - Pinconning WMAX - Holland WMBN - Petoskey WMQU - Grayling WQLR - Kalamazoo WSRJ - Honor/Traverse City WSRT - Gaylord WTKA - Ann Arbor WTRX - Flint WVFN - East Lansing WXYT - Detroit WXYT-FM - Detroit WZAM - Ishpeming/Marquette

Part-Time Sports Stations	WMPL – Hancock/Houghton WPHM – Port Huron WQTX - St. Johns/Lansing WSGW-FM – Carrollton/Saginaw

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Michigan See also ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio Sports Byline USA

Midwest Communications

Indiana	Evansville WABX WIKY-FM WLFW WSTO Terre Haute WBOW WDKE WDWQ WIBQ WMGI WPRS

Michigan	Battle Creek WNWN-FM WTOU Coldwater WTVB Holland WHTC WYVN Kalamazoo WKZO WNWN WQLR WVFM WZOX Lansing WJXQ WLMI WQTX WWDK

Minnesota	Duluth KDAL KDAL-FM KDKE KTCO WDSM WDUL Hibbing KMFG WMFG WMFG-FM WNMT WTBX WUSZ

North Dakota	Fargo KFGO KMJO KOYY KRWK KVOX KVOX-FM

South Dakota	Sioux Falls KELO KELO-FM KELQ KQSF KRRO KTWB KWSN

Tennessee	Knoxville WDKW WIMZ-FM WJXB-FM Nashville WCJK WJXA WNFN

Wisconsin	Appleton WGEE WYDR Green Bay WDKF WIXX WNCY-FM WNFL WTAQ/WTAQ-FM Wausau WDEZ WIFC WOZZ WRIG WSAU WSAU-FM Sheboygan WBFM WHBL WHBZ WXER

Website mwcradio.com

AM Stereo radio stations in the United States

The following 89 stations broadcast in C-QUAM AM stereo.

By callsign	KALV KBPS KCLI KCSR KDIA KDTH KDYA KEYZ KGRN KGVL KJAA KJAN KLLS KLXX KQMS KQWB KRIB KRML KROS KSIB KVMI KVON KWAL KWHW KWOD KWWJ KXEO KYET KYIZ KYVA KZSJ WAQE WATV WAXB WBCO WBFJ WBBT WBLQ WCAZ WCNF WCOR WCTC WDIC WDWS WEUP WFAS WFCN WGFT WGOL WGSV WGTN WGUE WHIY WHWH WIKE WINY WION WIRY WIXE WJIB WKBF WKHB WLNO WLS WLWL WMBD WMCE WMNI WNNC WOAP WPAX WPCC WPCF WPFJ WQLR WQRX WQUN WRDN WRNE WRPQ WRSB WSBM WSLM WSON WTHU WTNI WXYG WYAM WZKY WZZB

By frequency	540 610 620 620 660 700 740 740 770 830 850 860 870 890 890 900 920 920 980 990 1060 1080 1090 1120 1170 1190 1190 1200 1220 1220 1220 1230 1230 1230 1230 1240 1240 1270 1270 1270 1270 1290 1290 1300 1310 1320 1330 1340 1340 1340 1340 1340 1350 1350 1360 1370 1390 1400 1400 1400 1410 1410 1410 1430 1430 1430 1430 1440 1450 1450 1450 1450 1470 1480 1490 1490 1490 1520 1530 1540 1550 1580 1600 1620 1640 1640 1660 1660 1660 1670 1700

Coordinates: 42°14′11″N 85°34′37″W / 42.23639°N 85.57694°W / 42.23639; -85.57694

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