area greater cleveland limited branding fm 94.9 wqmx slogan your station your country frequency 94.9 mhz first air date 1960 format country erp 16 000 watts haat 268 meters class b facility id 43872 transmitter coordinates 41 04 58.00 n 81 38 0.00 w 41.0827778 n 81.6333333 w 41.0827778 ; 81.6333333 callsign meaning w q mix former format former callsigns wdbn 1960 88 owner rubber city radio group inc. rubber city radio group inc. sister stations wakr wnwv wone fm webcast listen live website wqmx.com wqmx 94.9 fm branded fm 94.9 wqmx is a commercial country radio station licensed to medina ohio . owned by rubber city radio group inc. the station primarily serves the akron metro area but also reaches parts of greater cleveland . the wqmx studios are located in akron while the station transmitter resides in the neighboring suburb of copley township . contents 1 history 2 current programming 3 references 4 external links history edit wqmx began as wdbn in 1960 under license to barberton ohio ; 1 the station first aired a beautiful music format . branded as the quiet island wdbn was one of the early adopters of the beautiful music format that minimized announcements and included no vocal music . jim schulke one of the early beautiful music format programmers developed much of his programming philosophies at the station . wdbn was also an early adopter of fm stereo broadcasting in fm stereo by november 1961 . when the fcc limited stations in the area to a maximum erp of 50 kw wdbn was grandfathered and allowed to maintain its 118 kw signal . as a result the station blanketed the cleveland market and could be heard throughout northeast ohio and was frequently heard as far away as flint michigan although its signal in the city of cleveland was spotty due to the terrain between cleveland and medina . by 1967 the station had changed its city of license to medina ohio . 2 with the popularity of beautiful music in the 1960s wdbn became very successful . soon other stations in the market flipped to beautiful music including wqal wdok wksw waez and wbea . wqal soon began to dominate and wdbn lost market share despite utilizing some of the area s legendary broadcasters including jeff baxter walt henrich david mark tom field gary short and jim field . henrich mark and jim field were eventually heard on wksw . walt henrich was also heard on wdok while david mark was popular on all of the aforementioned stations except waez . eventually the audience for beautiful music became older and less desirable and the format was changed to adult contemporary in august 1988 . the station was sold to gordon thomas communications inc. headed by thom mandel on june 2 1988 . it changed its callsign to wqmx on august 15 1988 and became mix 94.9 ; radio personality bill miller was heard during this time . 3 it switched to a country format on april 5 1993 . gordon thomas communications changed its name to rubber city radio group on december 6 1993 the same day that it purchased wakr and wone fm . under rubber city s direction the station has targeted the akron broadcast market as akron s own country though it is still heard in much of the cleveland area . current programming edit nearly all programming is local scott wynn and sue wilson host the weekday morning show while various other local personalities host music shifts throughout the week . 4 references edit http www.americanradiohistory.com archive bc yb idx 60s ocr yb 1966 yb 1966 bc yb for ocr page 0297.pdf http www.americanradiohistory.com archive bc yb idx 60s ocr yb 1967 yb 1967 bc yb for ocr page 0316.pdf http www.airchexx.com other archives bill miller on mix 95 wqmx akron august 20 1988 332 scoped http wqmx.com index.php wqmx personalities personalities external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wqmx radio locator information on wqmx query nielsen audio s fm station database for wqmx cleveland broadcast radio archives wdbn timeline v t e radio stations in the akron ohio market by am frequency 640 1150 1350 1590 by fm frequency 88.1 88.9 89.7 91.3 94.9 97.5 98.1 100.1 by callsign wakr waps warf wcue whlo wkdd wksu wnir wone fm wqmx wstb wzip online black squirrel radio defunct 1520 wjmp ohio radio markets akron canton cincinnati cleveland columbus dayton lima marietta toledo youngstown warren other ohio radio regions ashtabula ironton mid ohio sandusky southern ohio wheeling steubenville see also list of radio stations in ohio v t e country music radio stations in the state of ohio by frequency 770 790 910 1090 1130 1320 1320 1340 1500 1540 1560 1590 92.1 92.3 93.1 94.1 94.3 94.3 94.5 94.9 95.3 96.1 97.5 97.7 98.3 99.1 99.5 99.9 99.9 100.3 100.5 100.5 100.9 100.9 101.3 101.5 101.5 102.1 103.1 103.7 103.7 104.5 104.5 104.7 104.9 105.1 105.1 105.5 105.7 106.1 107.1 107.5 107.7 107.7 by callsign wais wbbg wbco wbgi fm wbzi wcho fm wcjo wcky fm wcli fm wclt fm wcol fm wedi wfgf wgar fm whko whth wimt wize wkfi wkfm wkkj wkko wkky wklm wkna wkxa fm wloh wlzz wmjk wmrn fm wnco fm wnnf wnto wnus wobl wpfb wpfx fm wqkt wqmx wqxk wrac wseo wsrw wtgr wtns wtuz wube fm wwkc wxbw wxiz wybl wydb wzom wzvl by city ashland ashtabula bellaire belpre buchtel bucyrus caldwell chillicothe cincinnati wnnf cincinnati wube fm cleveland clyde sandusky columbus coshocton dayton defiance eaton englewood dayton enon dayton findlay fostoria gallipolis geneva heath hillsboro huron sandusky jackson lancaster lima lima logan luckey toledo marion medina akron middletown millersburg montpelier nelsonville newark niles oberlin pemberville toledo philo racine salem springfield toledo uhrichsville union city waverly washington court house west union wilmington wooster xenia see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in ohio retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wqmx & oldid 664866476 categories radio stations in akron ohiocountry radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 19601960 establishments in ohio navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 31 may 2015 at 14 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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