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	WDJQ
City of license	Alliance, Ohio
Broadcast area	Canton, Ohio
Branding	Q92
Slogan	"Today's Hit Music"
Frequency	92.5 MHz
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
ERP	50,000 watts
Facility ID	14914
Transmitter coordinates	40°47′24.00″N 81°6′26.00″W / 40.79°N 81.10722°W
Callsign meaning	(husband and wife) Don and Josephine Peterson; or: (son and daughter) Don Jr. and Jill Peterson
Former callsigns	WZKL (3/13/92-3/07/08); WDJQ (1/01/80-3/13/92); WFAH-FM (1947-1/01/80)
Owner	D.A. Peterson, Inc.
Sister stations	WDPN
Webcast	Listen Live!
Website	http://www.q92radio.com/

WDJQ (92.5 FM, "Q92") is a radio station in Alliance, Ohio, operating with a Top 40 (CHR) format. It serves the Canton, Ohio radio market. WDJQ is owned by the family company of Don Peterson, the former publisher of the Alliance Review newspaper, and is co-owned with AM station WDPN.

[edit] History

The station originally signed on as WFAH-FM in 1947. One of the oldest established FM stations in the entire region, it served as the FM complement to WFAH-AM, now known as WDPN. Both stations were founded by Arthur Hoiles, with the callsign being a tribute to his father, Frank Austin Hoiles (FAH). WFAH-FM switched to a Top 40 (CHR) format as WDJQ on January 1, 1980; the calls selected because the names of the station owners began with the letters D and J (Don and Josephine (Hoiles) Peterson) as did their children (Don Jr. and Jill). The "Q" rhymed with the dial position 92, hence the "Q92" moniker.

In the late 80's, the station was involved in a ratings controversy where Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based WLTJ sued Arbitron claiming that listeners to 92.5 were credited to WDJQ incorrectly due to overlap in the markets as defined by Arbitron.^[3]

WDJQ became WZKL on March 13, 1992. Under the WZKL call letters, the station played oldies as "Kool 92", then a hot adult contemporary format as "Z-92.5 - Today's Music For All People" in 2000. It once again became Top 40 (CHR) as "Q92" in 2002, although there was no "Q" in the station's call letters. Previous attempts to reclaim the WDJQ call letters were unsuccessful, but on February 29, 2008, it was announced that the radio station had successfully obtained the WDJQ call sign, which took effect March 7, 2008.^[4]^[5]

[edit] References

^ "Top 40 Panel". Nielsen BDS. http://www.bdsonline.com/stations/top40_mainstream.html.
^ "Radio Info article". http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,93914.0.html. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
^ "WLTJ SUES ARBITRON FOR RATINGS INACCURACIES'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 13, 1992. pp. B2. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PG&p_theme=pg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADEA4228984D2C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM.
^ Fybush, Scott (2008-03-03). "This Week's Bloodbath: Citadel". NorthEast Radio Watch. http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2008/080303/nerw.html.
^ "Q92 to return to call letters W-D-J-Q". Alliance Review. March 7, 2008. http://www.the-review.com/news/article/3427641. Retrieved 2008-10-29.

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[0] "Top 40 Panel". Nielsen BDS. http://www.bdsonline.com/stations/top40_mainstream.html.

[1] "Radio Info article". http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,93914.0.html. Retrieved 2008-03-02.

[2] "WLTJ SUES ARBITRON FOR RATINGS INACCURACIES'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 13, 1992. pp. B2. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PG&p_theme=pg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADEA4228984D2C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM.

[nerw43-3] Fybush, Scott (2008-03-03). "This Week's Bloodbath: Citadel". NorthEast Radio Watch. http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2008/080303/nerw.html.

[4] "Q92 to return to call letters W-D-J-Q". Alliance Review. March 7, 2008. http://www.the-review.com/news/article/3427641. Retrieved 2008-10-29.

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