wqal from 1959 to 1970 see wisx . wqal city cleveland ohio broadcast area greater cleveland northeast ohio branding the new q 104 slogan plays the hits frequency 104.1 mhz also on hd radio first air date april 1948 format hot ac hd2 new chr erp 12 000 watts haat 293 meters class b facility id 72889 transmitter coordinates 41 20 28.00 n 81 44 24.00 w 41.3411111 n 81.7400000 w 41.3411111 ; 81.7400000 callsign meaning quality former callsigns wjw fm 1948 65 wcjw 1965 71 owner cbs radio cbs radio stations inc. sister stations wdok wkrk fm wncx webcast listen live website q 104 wqal 104.1 fm branded q104 is a commercial hot adult contemporary radio station licensed to cleveland ohio . owned by cbs radio the station serves greater cleveland and much of surrounding northeast ohio . the wqal studios are located at the halle building in downtown cleveland while the station transmitter resides in the cleveland suburb of north royalton . besides a standard analog transmission wqal broadcasts over two hd radio channels 1 and is available online . contents 1 history 1.1 early years 1.2 wqal callsign 2 current programming 3 references 4 external links history edit early years edit wqal began in april 1948 as wjw fm as the fm sister station to wjw 850 am . 2 the new fm station went on the air just as the cleveland indians began their world championship season . wjw was the flagship of a six station ohio network that carried the games in 1947 and 1948 . however the full games were often carried on wjw fm since the am outlet did not have available air time due to its abc network commitments . as a result cleveland became an fm hot bed and more fm radio sets sold in cleveland than in any other market in the country in 1948 . 3 storer broadcasting sold off wjw fm sometime in the mid 1960s . following the sale the station changed its callsign to wcjw . wqal callsign edit wcjw changed its callsign to wqal on may 12 1971 after 106.1 fm in philadelphia gave it up . 4 the wqal calls also had an unrelated history on an early am radio station in mattoon illinois which signed on in 1921 and shut down one year later . the meaning for the cleveland call letters quality music or quality listening was carried over from the philadelphia station . wqal s format throughout the 70s and 80s was beautiful music as easy 104 wqal with some of cleveland radio s best known personalities including tall ted hallaman james jay lynn threatt ed fisher al james frank micale and david mark . kevin coan did news reports and co hosted early mornings with larry morrow . 5 chris daniels eicher hosted middays while margo johnson hosted evenings . this was until the decline of the format lead to a shift toward an adult contemporary approach similar to wdok in 1990 as soft hits 104 . after that brief approach failed the station then moved to a hot ac approach as the new q104 in early 1991 . the name soon changed to cleveland s q104 before eventually becoming just q104 . although their playlist has evolved over the years wqal has maintained their hot ac format to this day . through most of the 1990s after the switch to q104 the station had a solid line up with larry morrow and sally spitz on morning drive johnny williams on middays dan deely on afternoon drive jon russell on evenings and jay lynn and the midnight express on overnights . weekends have included rick allen now at wone fm bill ryan kelly cannon and chuck costanzo among other on air hosts . popular shows back then have included friday night 80 s saturday night fever featuring disco songs from the 70 s and early 80 s and syndicated countdown shows hosted by casey kasem and rick dees . the shows and personalities would eventually leave wqal but the station has managed to maintain a roster of local personalities and syndicated programming to continue serving the greater cleveland listening area . long locally owned by win communications inc. wqal was sold off to chancellor media in january 1999 joining wdok wjmo wrmr wzak and wzjm under the chancellor media umbrella via simultaneous buyouts for 275 million . 6 it was at the time the largest radio station sale in cleveland broadcasting history . on july 13 1999 chancellor media merged with capstar broadcasting who owned wknr 1220 am to form amfm inc. at that time the nation s largest radio station owner with 465 stations . when amfm inc. merged with clear channel communications in august 2000 clear channel was forced to sell off wqal along with the other cleveland amfm properties to comply with market ownership restrictions . wzjm wdok and wqal were sold to infinity broadcasting which is today cbs radio . wqal moved to new studios at one radio lane paired with wdok in december 2001 . ironically current wqal program director dave popovich held like duties at wdok from 1999 to 2000 and also worked at then lite rock 106 wltf whose studios were at one radio lane in the late 1980s . in recent years wqal has been playing more top 40 music in order to attract some of the younger 18 to 25 year old audience . on november 13 2012 wqal moved from its longtime studio home at one radio lane off east saint clair avenue in downtown cleveland to the halle building on euclid avenue also downtown . sister station wdok joined wqal in the move ; as a result all four cleveland cbs radio stations are now located in the same building . 7 current programming edit wqal personalities jeff kurkjian ally tanner glenn the funny song man anderson and rebecca rose host the q morning show weekday mornings . 8 other wqal personalities include average joe krausse middays kelly mcmann afternoons and big dave eubanks evenings . 9 the hd2 digital subchannel airs a new chr format under the brand the new music channel . 10 11 the hd2 channel plays new music releases and invites listeners to give feedback on the q104 website on whether they would like to see the tracks added to the regular q104 playlist . references edit http hdradio.com station guides widget.php id 70 hd radio guide for cleveland 1 dead link encyclopedia of cleveland history radio . ech.cwru.edu . 2007 12 17 . retrieved 2013 04 10 . http www.americanradiohistory.com archive bc bc 1971 1971 05 24 bc.pdf morrow larry 2010 . this is larry morrow . cleveland ohio gray & co. isbn 9781598510690 . company news ; chancellor media to buy six cleveland radio stations . the new york times . august 13 1998 . new 102 is moving tomorrow kory remembers one radio lane cleveland s new 102 . new102.cbslocal.com . 2012 11 12 . retrieved 2013 04 10 . jeff kurkjian q 104 . com twitter alytannerradio . twitter.com . retrieved 2013 04 22 . station guide cleveland oh . hdradio.com . hd radio . 2015 . retrieved september 28 2015 . contacts q104 cleveland . q104.cbslocal.com . retrieved 2014 08 18 . external links edit q 104 query the fcc s fm station database for wqal radio locator information on wqal query nielsen audio s fm station database for wqal cleveland broadcast radio archives wqal timeline v t e radio stations in the cleveland ohio market by fm frequency 87.7 88.3 88.3 88.7 89.3 90.3 91.1 91.5 92.3 93.1 95.5 96.5 98.5 99.1 99.5 100.7 102.1 103.3 104.1 104.9 105.7 106.5 107.3 107.9 by am frequency 850 930 1000 1040 1100 1220 1260 1300 1320 1330 1380 1420 1460 1490 1540 1560 defunct by wx frequency 162.55 by callsign khb59 w256bt wabq waks watj defunct wbwc wccd wccr wclv wcpn wcrf fm wcsb wdlw wdok wenz weol were wfhm fm wgar fm whk whkw whlk whwn wint wjcu wjmo wjtb wkhr wknr wkrk fm wlfm lp wmji wmms wncx wnwv wobl wqal wruw fm wtam wwgk wzak online owow radio 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 radio stations in southwestern ontario clear channel stations with extended nighttime coverage . v t e adult contemporary radio stations in the state of ohio stations wbnv barnesville wchi chillicothe wcpz sandusky wcsm celina wdok cleveland wfro fremont sandusky wgtz eaton dayton whiz fm zanesville whof north canton akron canton wjer dover new philadelphia wkki celina wktn kenton wmoa marietta wmvr sidney wmxy youngstown wndh napoleon wnto racine wnwv elyria cleveland wptw piqua wqal cleveland wqio mount vernon wreo ashtabula wrrm cincinnati wrvf toledo wsny columbus wtns fm coshocton wvno mansfield wvnu greenfield wwjm new lexington wynt caledonia wyvk middleport see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in ohio v t e cbs radio a subsidiary of cbs corporation am radio stations kcbs kdka kfnq khtk kikk kilt kmox knx krak krld kxnt kxst kyw kzdg waok wbbm wbz wcbs wcco wfan wins wjfk wjz wpht wqam wscr wtic wwj wxyt fm radio stations kalv fm kamp fm kcbs fm kdka fm kegy kezk fm kezn kfrc fm kfrg khmx kilt fm kits kjaq kjkk kkhh kllc klol kluc fm kluv kmle kmnb 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