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| Broadcast area | Cornwall, Ontario andGreater Montreal |
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| Frequency | 94.7MHz |
| Branding | K-Love |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary Christian |
| Affiliations | K-Love |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
| WMWA | |
| History | |
First air date | April 15,1997 (as WYUL) |
Former call signs | WXEB (1992, CP) WEEP (1992–1993, CP) WYUL (1993–2021) |
Call sign meaning | Quebec K-Love Radio |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 69847 |
| Class | C2 |
| ERP | 11,000watts |
| HAAT | 180 metres (590 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°46′56″N74°13′09″W / 44.78222°N 74.21917°W /44.78222; -74.21917 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | klove.com |
WQLR (94.7FM) is anon-commercialreligiousradio stationlicensed toChateaugay, New York. It is owned by theEducational Media Foundation and it airs EMF's nationalK-LoveContemporary Christianformat. The station is aborder blaster, targetingGreater Montreal and theSeaway River Valley.
WQLR has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 11,000watts. Itstransmitter is on Old Hill Road inEllenburg, New York, approximately 120 km (75 mi) southwest ofMontreal.[2] Its city-grade signal reaches the southwestern portion ofGreater Montreal, while itsClass C2 signal covers most of the largely English-speaking western neighborhoods of Montreal. In the eastern part of Montreal, where French predominates, the signal receives strong interference from co-channelCHEY-FM,Rouge FM's signal based inTrois-Rivières.
The station was built by theMartz Communications Group, and signed on as in 1997 (a nod to its listeners in Montreal; YUL is the IATA code forMontréal–Trudeau International Airport). The station was originally a simulcast of CHR/Top 40-formattedWYSX inOgdensburg until August 2002, when the station segued to its own "94.7 Hits FM" branding and format. WYUL became Montreal's firstEnglish-language contemporary hit radio station since1991, whenCHTX ("990 Hits") left theTop 40 format. Under Martz ownership, WYUL'ssister stations wereWVNV andWICY, both licensed toMalone.
As a U.S.-based station licensed by theFederal Communications Commission, WYUL was exempt fromCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission regulations regardingCanadian content and the language of broadcast. To that end, and because of the signal's penetration into the Montreal area, WYUL's slogan was "Montreal's Hottest Music". Though it primarily broadcast in English, this allowed the station to acceptFrench-language advertising, which is not permitted on Canadian-licensed English-language stations. It also targetedCornwall, Ontario. Because WYUL was not a Canadian station,BBM Canada did not measure WYUL's audience.[3]
On June 28, 2021, Martz announced that it would sell WYUL and co-owned WVNV to theEducational Media Foundation (EMF), which runs two nationalChristian radio music services,K-Love andAir1. This would give EMF its first entry into the Montreal radio market albeit on an American radio signal.[4][5] The last song played on "94.7 Hits FM" was "In The End" byLinkin Park on September 30, 2021.[6] The station went silent at midnight, followed by K-Love programming starting the next day. The station changed its call letters to WQLR on October 5, 2021.[2] With this move,CJFM andFrench-languageCKOI remain as the last twocontemporary hit radio stations that are able to be received inChateaugay, New York.
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