area branding q fm 96 slogan ohio s best rock frequency 96.3 mhz first air date february 14 1977 as wlvq april 1 1959 as wtvn fm format classic rock erp 18 000 watts haat 229 meters class b facility id 11277 transmitter coordinates 39 58 16.00 n 83 1 40.00 w 39.9711111 n 83.0277778 w 39.9711111 ; 83.0277778 former callsigns wtvn fm 1974 1977 wbuk 1966 1974 wtvn fm 1959 1966 owner saga communications inc. franklin communications inc. sister stations wnnd wnnp wsny wvmx webcast listen live or listen live website qfm96 wlvq 96.3 fm branded q fm 96 is a commercial classic rock radio station licensed to columbus ohio . owned by saga communications inc. through its franklin communications subsidiary the station serves the columbus metro area . the wlvq studios are located on the northeast side of columbus the station transmitter is located downtown columbus on the twin rivers drive tower . contents 1 history 2 current programming 3 references 4 external links history edit the 96.3 mhz frequency was first occupied by wlwf a station owned by the crosley broadcasting corporation along with sister station wlwc now wcmh tv ; wlwf broadcast from 1949 1953 . 1 wlvq itself began on april 1 1959 as wtvn fm owned by taft broadcasting company along with sister stations wtvn am and wtvn tv now wsyx . 2 in 1966 wtvn fm changed its callsign to wbuk and format to adult contemporary . the station again switched formats and started playing beautiful music easy listening in 1969 . the station reverted to the wtvn fm call sign in 1974 but continued to play beautiful music . the station adopted the wlvq call sign on february 14 1977 . the first song played was new kid in town by the eagles . for many years the station s mascot was the q kangaroo a creature selected by a listener in a contest . q fm 96 was an early champion of and outlet for columbus s vibrant rock music community and was particularly notable for its hometown album project a series of compilation lps featuring local artists which debuted shortly after the station signed on . another fondly remembered feature in the 1980s was the sunday morning show psychedelic sunday showcasing 1960s era rock much of it relatively obscure and hosted by british dj russell carey . there has been lots of great programming in q fm 96 s long rich history . wtvn am still exists but is owned by clear channel communications and no longer affiliated with wlvq . wlvq was owned and operated by various owners taft great american jacor and citicasters for a number of years until a 1998 sale to infinity broadcasting now cbs radio . in october 2006 cbs announced an agreement to sell the station to wilks broadcast group llc . in november 2006 wilks broadcast group llc took over wlvq via a local marketing agreement let go om pd dave cooper and midday host dave man in december and chris thomas was promoted to program director and midday host . on may 2 2009 chris thomas left and megan slater became the program director and midday host . on april 27 2010 megan slater left and joe show pasternak was promoted to program director and sue leighton was brought in from former hot ac wbns fm mix 97.1 for middays . in december 2011 sue leighton took over as program director so joe show could concentrate on his afternoon drive on air duties . todd mongo bradley was promoted to program director in february 2014 . sue leighton is still middays and now promotion director . on november 4 2015 saga communications announced it had agreed to purchase wlvq from wilks broadcast group . saga owns and operates columbus stations wsny wvmx wnnd and wnnp through its franklin communications inc. subsidiary . the purchase by saga was consummated on february 3 2016 at a price of 13 million . current programming edit currently wlvq q fm 96 airs the torg & elliott morning show ; scott torgerson and jerry elliott . other on air personalities include todd mongo bradley kristie kemper sue leighton joe show and andrew wright . long time morning host mark daddy wags wagner is retired . jerry elliott and kristie kemper joined the morning show in 1990 torg and mongo joined the show in 2013 . jerry was a stand up comedian kristie came from the morning show at wazu dayton oh and torg former afternoon drive personality on sports wbns fm 97.1 the fan . current morning show producer todd mongo bradley is also the program director at qfm96 and operations manager for wilks broadcasting columbus cluster . references edit http www.americanradiohistory.com archive bc yb idx 50s ocr yb 1953 yb 1953 bc yb for ocr page 0232.pdf http www.americanradiohistory.com archive bc yb idx 60s ocr yb 1965 yb 1965 bc yb for ocr page 0282.pdf external links edit qfm96 query the fcc s fm station database for wlvq radio locator information on wlvq query nielsen audio s fm station database for wlvq v t e radio stations in the columbus ohio market by fm frequency 88.1 88.7 89.7 90.5 91.5 92.3 93.3 94.7 95.5 96.3 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 98.9 99.7 100.3 101.1 101.7 102.1 102.1 102.5 103.1 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.9 105.7 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9 by am frequency 610 820 880 920 1230 1270 1320 1430 1460 1550 1580 digital radio 89.7 1 89.7 2 92.3 1 92.3 2 93.3 1 93.3 2 93.3 3 94.7 1 97.1 1 97.1 2 97.9 1 97.9 2 98.9 1 by callsign w252ay wbmo wbns wbns fm wcbe wckx wclt wclt fm wcol fm wcrs lp wcrx lp wcvo wdlr whkc wjkr wjyd wkcd wloh wlvq wmni wnci wnko wnnd wnnp wobn wodc wosa wosb fm wosu fm wqtt wrfd wrkz wsny wtoh wtvn wufm wvko wvko fm wvmx wvsg wwcd wxmg wxzx wyts wzcb defunct wsln 98.7 fm 1 1 now internet only 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 classic rock radio stations in the state of ohio by frequency 88.9 89.1 92.1 92.5 93.3 94.5 95.1 96.3 98.5 98.7 100.9 102.3 102.9 104.7 104.9 106.3 107.5 107.5 107.7 by callsign wbik wbno fm wbuk wege wfxj fm wfxn fm wlvq wmwx wncd wncx wofx fm wtue wvxg wxkr wxxf wyfm wyns wyro wzzz by city bryan cincinnati cleveland columbus dayton galion mansfield lima loudonville mcarthur jackson north kingsville ashtabula miamitown cincinnati mount gilead ottawa lima pleasant city portsmouth port clinton toledo waynesville youngstown youngstown sharon pennsylvania see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in ohio see also active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock v t e saga communications inc. radio stations w261cv kafe kazr kbai kdxy kegi kgmi kism kicd kicd fm kioa k260am kjbx kmit kmrr kmyr kpsz kpug krnt kstz kuql wafx waqy wbae wbco wclz wcnr wcvq wdbr wfea wgan wgin whai whbg whcu whmp whmq whnp whqg wina wiii winq wise wixy wjmr fm wjoi wjyi wkbk wkfn wklh wkne wkvt wkvt fm wlfz wlrw wlvq wlzx wmgx wmll wmqr wnax wnax fm wnnd wnnp wnor wnrg fm wnyy woxl fm wpor wpvq wqel wqmz wqny wqpo wqql wree wrnd wrnd fm wrsi wrsy wsig wsni wsny wsva wtax wvax wvmx wvvr wwre wwwv wymg wynz wyse wyxl wyxy w221ck wzan wzbk wzid wzzp radio networks illinois radio network michigan farm radio network michigan radio network minnesota farm radio network minnesota news network television stations kavu tv abc koam tv cbs kfjx fox 1 kvct fox 1 kxts ld cbs kmol ld nbc kvtx lp tmd kunu lp uni 1saga communications operates these stations owned by surtsey media . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wlvq & oldid 740395902 categories radio stations in columbus ohioradio stations established in 1959classic rock radio stations in the united statestaft broadcasting 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 deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 20 september 2016 at 20 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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