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| Broadcast area | Columbia metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1470kHz |
| Branding | "The Point" |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk |
| Affiliations | ABC News Radio Fox News Radio Compass Media Networks Genesis Communications Network Salem Radio Network Townhall News USA Radio Network Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Glory Communications, Inc. and Capital City Radio |
| WFMV,WTQS | |
| History | |
First air date | July 15,1954 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 41333 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 11,000watts day 100 watts night |
| Translator(s) | 100.7 W264DF (Columbia) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | makethepointradio |
WQXL (1470AM "The Point 100.7 FM and 1470 AM") is a commercialradio station inColumbia, South Carolina.[2] The station is owned by Glory Communications and operated by Capital City Media. It airs atalkradio format. Local hosts are heard in morning and afternoondrive times, withnationally syndicated talk shows heard middays, evenings and late nights. They includeDave Ramsey,Dennis Prager,Todd Schnitt,Ben Shapiro,Brian Kilmeade andRed Eye Radio. Most hours begin with Salem Radio news. Operator Keven Cohen hosts both the 7 AM and 4 PM radio shows, with a local host at 9 AM, and Phil Kornblut, whose long-running statewide sports radio program has been owned and operated by WQXL since January 29, 2019 after its previous syndicator shut down in-state operations, is on at 6 PM.
Thetransmitter, located off New State Road inCayce, transmits with 11,000watts during the day and 100 watts at night. Programming issimulcast onFMtranslatorW264DF 100.7MHz in the Columbia area.[3]
On July 15, 1954, the stationsigned on asWOIC, owned by Frank A. Michalak.[4] It was adaytimer powered at 1,000 watts. In 1957, it got a boost to 5,000 watts, under new owners Speidel-Fischer Broadcasting, but it still had tosign-off at sunset. At the time, it aired 90 hours of programming each week for theAfrican-American community.[5]
The station becameWQXL in 1962 after the station was sold to the Belk Broadcasting Company. The WOICcall sign resurfaced that same year on 1320 AM (nowWISW). WQXL originally aired aBig Band format, which eventually gave way to aTop 40 format by the end of the decade. However it was handicapped with a daytime-only signal and was unsuccessful in competing against format rivals 1230WNOK and 1400WCOS, which each had full-time signals. Probably its most notable personality was Mackie "Cactus" Quave who had worked at 560 WIS (nowWVOC) and had a successful kids TV show onNBCNetwork affiliate Channel 10WIS-TV. WQXL switched tocountry music in the summer of 1966, but again was bested by rival 620 WCAY (nowWFMV). In 1973, the station switched toreligious programming and eventually adopted aContemporary Christian format.
WQXL was bought by Metro Communications in 1989.[6] The company shut down the station on August 23, 2006 in preparation to be moved. While the station was off the air, Metro got theFederal Communications Commission to allow an increase in the station's hours of operation to full-time, powered at 138 watts at night. In the meantime, WQXL's former studios and towers that date back to the WOIC era were torn down in early 2007 as the station moved toSpringdale, just outside Columbia.
In June 2007, Metro announced WQXL would be sold. The new owner was Glory Communications Inc., owned by Alex Snipe, Jr. of Columbia. Glory already owned 620WGCV and 95.3WFMV. WQXL resumed operations on August 10, 2007.[7][8][9] Glory Communications received permission from the FCC to boost the station's daytime power to 11,000 watts, with the nighttime power reduced slightly to 100 watts. The station was paired with an FM translator at 95.9 MHz.
On October 19, 2013, popular Columbia radio host Keven Cohen, who had been fired fromClear Channel station 560 WVOC in November 2012, announced that he had leased WQXL and would program it with a talk radio format. In 2016, the translator was switched to 100.7 MHz.
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W264DF | 100.7 FM | Columbia, South Carolina | 138354 | 215 | 0 m (0 ft) | D | 34°2′38″N80°59′51″W / 34.04389°N 80.99750°W /34.04389; -80.99750 | LMS |
33°57′34″N81°02′28″W / 33.95944°N 81.04111°W /33.95944; -81.04111