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| Broadcast area | Louisville, Kentucky |
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| Frequency | 95.7MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 95.7 QMF |
| Programming | |
| Format | Mainstream rock |
| Subchannels | HD2:Active rock "The Fox" |
| Affiliations | Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WTFX-FM,WAMZ,WNRW,WSDF,WKRD,WHAS,WKJK | |
| History | |
First air date | April 1974; 51 years ago (1974-04) |
Former call signs | WQHI (1974–1981) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 50763 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 28,500 watts |
| HAAT | 196 meters (643 feet) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°08′16.00″N85°56′05.00″W / 38.1377778°N 85.9347222°W /38.1377778; -85.9347222 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) |
| Website | wqmf.iheart.com foxrocks.iheart.com (HD2) |
WQMF (95.7FM) is amainstream rock radio station inLouisville, Kentucky. The station is licensed by theFederal Communications Commission (FCC) to the nearby city ofJeffersonville, Indiana, and broadcasts with aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 28.5 kW. The station's studios are in the Louisville enclave ofWatterson Park and its transmitter site is nearElizabeth, Indiana, west of theOhio River. The station is owned byiHeartMedia.
95.7 signed on as WQHI in April 1974 asHI 95, an automated Top 40 station usingTM's "Stereo Rock" format. The first song played when HI 95 signed on was "Oh My My" byRingo Starr.
In January 1981, WQHI was sold to the Wood family owners of Secret Communications and the people behindWEBN, so the station was changed to aAOR format as96 FM WQMF. Within a short period of time, QMF was successful in topplingWLRS as the top Album Rock station in the market under Program Director Tom Owens.[citation needed] Many current well-known Louisville radio personalities appeared on the station. The early years consisted of Ron Clay andTerry Meiners onThe Show With No Name. They used this morning show name after departing the morning show at WLRS where their "Morning Sickness" name had been trademarked by WLRS. After Meiners departed, Clay continued his morning run at QMF with Mason Dixon and later Alan Sells. Clay left WQMF in early 1986 for KZAP in Sacramento, CA. Until his return less than a year later. Clay continued his run withUncle Ron's Asylum until his death in 1991. QMF then hired LRS 102's alum Rocky Knight to launchThe Rocky & Troy Morning Show. Karen Bach-Markins, Duke Meyer, and Future Bob were also on QMF as well.
Their former mascot of WQMF was Wacky T. Weasel, who had the same snickering laugh that Muttley Mutt had on some legendary Hanna-Barbera shows such asWacky Races,Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines,Yogi's Treasure Hunt,Fender Bender 500, &Yo Yogi!.
In the mid-1990s, WQMF switched to aclassic rock format.
On May 11, 2016, WQMF shifted their format fromclassic rock tomainstream rock and WQMF-HD2 picked up the "Fox"active rock format from sister station WTFX-FM, which flipped tourban.[2]