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WQOP
WQOP (1460 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Jacksonville, Florida. The station is owned by Relevant Radio, Inc., and broadcasts a Catholic radio format.
Frank J. Reynolds established WMBR in Tampa in 1927; it was licensed by the Department of Commerce to the Premier Electric Company in January. First broadcasting for an hour a week, By June of that year, it was broadcasting on 1190 kHz with 100 watts. Studios were on Franklin Street and in the Floridan Hotel; the transmitter was on the roof of the hotel.
The original frequency of 1190 kHz changed to 1210 kHz when the Federal Radio Commission (FRC) enacted General Order 40 on November 11, 1928. WMBR was moved again to 1370 kHz in 1929 as part of frequency changes for a series of Florida stations, including the other Tampa station, WDAE, which went full-time for the first time.
In September 1933, Reynolds applied to the FRC to move the station from Tampa to Jacksonville; it approved the shift in October. The move took place that December. Reynolds sold WMBR to the Florida Broadcasting Company in 1934; it moved to 1400 kHz with NARBA in 1941 and then to 1460 kHz, using 5,000 watts in 1948.
In the 1960s, WMBR aired a Top 40 format and was known as "The Jacksonville Tiger". This gave Jacksonville a third station in the format, behind the higher-rated WAPE and WPDQ. DJs heard included Dick Blanchard, Brad "The Bad" Bradford, and Mike Davenport.
WMBR and WPDQ switched frequencies (and licenses) in 1975, with WPDQ relocating from 600 kHz and WMBR relocating to the lower frequency.
In the late 1980s, WFYV was affiliated with Z Rock, a now-defunct network that aired a heavy metal music format.[citation needed]
From 1991 to 1997, WQOP operated with the callsign WFYV and was a news station, broadcasting CNN Headline News programming. Prior to that, it simulcast WFYV-FM ("Rock 105").[citation needed] In 1996, this station was one of six stations in the Paxson Communications Jacksonville station group.
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WQOP
WQOP (1460 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Jacksonville, Florida. The station is owned by Relevant Radio, Inc., and broadcasts a Catholic radio format.
Frank J. Reynolds established WMBR in Tampa in 1927; it was licensed by the Department of Commerce to the Premier Electric Company in January. First broadcasting for an hour a week, By June of that year, it was broadcasting on 1190 kHz with 100 watts. Studios were on Franklin Street and in the Floridan Hotel; the transmitter was on the roof of the hotel.
The original frequency of 1190 kHz changed to 1210 kHz when the Federal Radio Commission (FRC) enacted General Order 40 on November 11, 1928. WMBR was moved again to 1370 kHz in 1929 as part of frequency changes for a series of Florida stations, including the other Tampa station, WDAE, which went full-time for the first time.
In September 1933, Reynolds applied to the FRC to move the station from Tampa to Jacksonville; it approved the shift in October. The move took place that December. Reynolds sold WMBR to the Florida Broadcasting Company in 1934; it moved to 1400 kHz with NARBA in 1941 and then to 1460 kHz, using 5,000 watts in 1948.
In the 1960s, WMBR aired a Top 40 format and was known as "The Jacksonville Tiger". This gave Jacksonville a third station in the format, behind the higher-rated WAPE and WPDQ. DJs heard included Dick Blanchard, Brad "The Bad" Bradford, and Mike Davenport.
WMBR and WPDQ switched frequencies (and licenses) in 1975, with WPDQ relocating from 600 kHz and WMBR relocating to the lower frequency.
In the late 1980s, WFYV was affiliated with Z Rock, a now-defunct network that aired a heavy metal music format.[citation needed]
From 1991 to 1997, WQOP operated with the callsign WFYV and was a news station, broadcasting CNN Headline News programming. Prior to that, it simulcast WFYV-FM ("Rock 105").[citation needed] In 1996, this station was one of six stations in the Paxson Communications Jacksonville station group.