WIQO-FM

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Field	Value
name	WIQO-FM
logo	WIQO-FM 2015.png
logo_size	200px
city	Forest, Virginia
country	US
area	Lynchburg metro area
branding	100.9 WIQO
airdate
frequency
format	Talk radio
erp	200 watts
haat	511 m
repeater
class	A
facility_id	73158
coordinates
former_callsigns	WKEY-FM (1965–1977)
owner	Three Daughters Media
sister_stations	WBLT, WGMN, WMNA, WMNA-FM, WVGM
webcast
website
affiliations
network	CBS Radio News
licensing_authority	FCC
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| name = WIQO-FM | logo = WIQO-FM 2015.png | logo_size = 200px | city = Forest, Virginia | country = US | area = Lynchburg metro area | branding = 100.9 WIQO | airdate = | frequency = | format = Talk radio | erp = 200 watts | haat = 511 m | repeater = | class = A | facility_id = 73158 | coordinates = | former_callsigns = WKEY-FM (1965–1977) | owner = Three Daughters Media | sister_stations = WBLT, WGMN, WMNA, WMNA-FM, WVGM | webcast = | website = | affiliations = | network = CBS Radio News | licensing_authority = FCC

WIQO-FM (100.9 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Forest, Virginia, and serving the Lynchburg metropolitan area. It simulcasts a talk radio format with sister station 106.3 WMNA-FM in Gretna, Virginia. They are owned and operated by Three Daughters Media.

The transmitter is on North Business Mountain Road in Forest, Virginia.

Programming

Weekday mornings on WIQO-FM and WMNA-FM begin with a local wake up show hosted by Janet Rose, also shared with co-owned WGMN. The rest of the weekday schedule is nationally syndicated talk programs: The Hugh Hewitt Show, The Tom Sullivan Show, The Lars Larson Show, CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor, Red Eye Radio, This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal and The Markley, Van Camp and Robbins Show.

Weekends feature shows on money, home repair, cars, guns and real estate. Syndicated hosts include Ben Ferguson, Rick Valdes, John Catsimatidis and Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb. Most hours begin with an update from CBS Radio News.

History

The station signed on the air in . It originally had the call sign WKEY-FM and was located in Covington, Virginia. It was the sister station of WKEY 1340 AM and was owned by WKEY, Inc. In the early and mid-1970s, the station played easy listening music and was an affiliate of the ABC FM Network.

In 1977, the station was moved to the more lucrative Lynchburg radio market. It took the call letters WIQO-FM.

References

References

1. "FCC History Card for WIQO-FM".
2. [https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=wiqo&nav=home Radio-Locator.com/WIQO]
3. [https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1977/C%20Section%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201977%20P-6.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1977] page C-218, [[Broadcasting & Cable]]
4. (2010). "Broadcasting Yearbook 2010". ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V..
5. "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". [[Nielsen Audio]]/[[Nielsen Holdings]].
6. "WIQO Facility Record". [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division.

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