area canton akron metro areas branding rock 106.9 slogan it just rocks frequency 106.9 mhz also on hd radio first air date march 1 1961 format active rock hd2 news talk whlo simulcast erp 27 500 watts haat 103 meters class b facility id 8550 transmitter coordinates 40 49 22.00 n 81 25 40.00 w 40.8227778 n 81.4277778 w 40.8227778 ; 81.4277778 callsign meaning rqk resembles rock former callsigns wcno 1961 67 wnyn fm 1967 71 whlq 1971 79 woos fm 1979 85 wrqk 1985 89 affiliations iheartradio premiere networks premium choice united stations radio networks owner iheartmedia inc. capstar tx llc sister stations warf whlo whof wkdd webcast listen live website wrqk.com wrqk fm 106.9 fm branded rock 106.9 is a commercial active rock radio station licensed to canton ohio serving both the canton and akron metro areas . owned by iheartmedia inc. the station serves as the local affiliate for sixx sense with nikki sixx and the house of hair with dee snider . the wrqk fm studios are located in north canton while the station transmitter resides in canton . in addition to a standard analog transmission wrqk fm broadcasts over two hd radio channels and is available online via iheartradio . contents 1 history 2 current programming 3 references 4 external links history edit wrqk fm began broadcasting as wcno on march 1 1961 . 1 the new station was owned by the greer group also owner of wand canton ; the two stations became wnyn and wnyn fm in 1967 . both stations were purchased in 1965 by don keyes who had made his mark as a national programmer for legendary station owner gordon mclendon . in 1971 he sold the fm station to susquehanna radio corporation the owners of whlo am akron and it became whlq . susquehanna sold the station in 1978 to the owners of winw who applied to change the fm call letters to whof for the hall of fame city of canton but were rebuffed by the owners of wtof another local fm station . coincidentally wrqk fm now has a new clear channel sister station using the whof call letters . 106.9 adopted an automated top 40 format and became woos fm on june 1 1979 . woos fm changed its call sign to wrqk on august 3 1985 taking on an album oriented rock music format . for a while the station called itself goodrock 107 an apparent play on the name of the goodyear tire and rubber company in nearby akron . it formally changed from wrqk to wrqk fm on february 14 1989 when am station winw changed its call sign to wrqk . the am station changed back to winw six months later but the fm call sign has remained wrqk fm . in 1995 the station was sold by jim embrescia s canton akron radio inc. to sabre communications . then in 1997 sabrecomm sold to connoisseur . connoisseur sold their entire radio group to cumulus . then on august 8 2006 it was announced that wrqk fm would be sold to clear channel communications pairing wrqk fm with former partner whlo as well as warf wkdd and whof . clear channel took over operations of wrqk fm on january 15 2007 pending fcc approval of its purchase of the station from cumulus . in march 2007 wrqk fm changed its branding from rock 107 to rock 106.9 . it also changed its slogan from canton s rock station to it just rocks in an effort to also serve the akron market . current programming edit wrqk fm personality and former maxwell show sidekick dan stansbury hosts the morning drive program . 2 local dj captain tony mcginty is heard in afternoon drive 3 and other music programming is provided via the premium choice network . wrqk fm also airs sixx sense with nikki sixx weekday evenings via premiere networks ; and the house of hair with dee snider on weekends via united stations radio networks . the hd2 digital subchannel simulcasts the news talk format of sister station whlo akron . 4 5 6 references edit http www.americanradiohistory.com archive bc yb idx 60s ocr yb 1965 yb 1965 bc yb for ocr page 0280.pdf stansbury on wrqk wrqk.com captain tony on wrqk wrqk.com sixx sense stations sixx sense.com house of hair stations house of hair online.com whlo on wrqk hd 2 hd radio.com external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wrqk radio locator information on wrqk query nielsen audio s fm station database for wrqk v t e radio stations in the canton ohio market by am frequency 960 990 1060 1310 1450 1480 1520 1540 by fm frequency 88.7 89.3 90.1 90.9 90.9 91.1 91.5 92.5 94.1 95.3 95.9 99.9 101.7 104.5 106.9 by callsign wbtc wcws fm wdjq wdpn whbc whbc fm whof wilb winw wjdd wjee wjer wklm wkrj wkrw wkvx wnpq wofn wqkt wrmu fm wrqk fm wtig wtuz defunct wcer 900 am 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 active rock radio stations in the state of ohio by frequency 99.7 100.7 102.7 104.7 106.9 by callsign webn wiot wmms wrqk fm wrkz by city canton akron cincinnati cleveland columbus toledo 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 iheartmedia corporate officers bob pittman chairman ceo board of directors lowry mays irving azoff b. j. red mccombs j. c. watts john h. williams radio stations list of radio stations owned by iheartmedia radio networks fox sports radio premiere networks premium choice total traffic and weather network miscellaneous clear channel outdoor clear channel uk iheartradio list of programming syndicated by iheartmedia mediabase radio computing services retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wrqk fm & oldid 722264943 categories hd radio stations1961 establishments in ohioactive rock radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 1961radio stations in ohioiheartmedia radio stations 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 26 may 2016 at 23 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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