WQXY

WQXY
City Hazard, Kentucky
Branding Good Time Oldies
Frequency 1560 kHz
First air date 1988 (as WYZQ)
Format Defunct (formerly Oldies)
Power 1,000 watts day
500 watts critical hours
Class D
Facility ID 5466
Transmitter coordinates 37°16′27.00″N 83°11′29.00″W / 37.2741667°N 83.1913889°W / 37.2741667; -83.1913889
Former callsigns WYZQ (1987-1990)
Affiliations Jones Radio Network
Owner Black Gold Broadcasting

WQXY (1560 AM) was a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. Licensed to Hazard, Kentucky, USA, the station was owned by Black Gold Broadcasting and featured programming from CNN Radio and Jones Radio Network.[1]

History

The station went on the air as WYZQ on March 5, 1987. On October 10, 1990, the station changed its call sign to WQXY.[2]

On September 30, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) informed WQXY's owners that it intended to cancel the station's license due to WQXY having been silent since August 1, 2014. In response, Black Gold Broadcasting surrendered the license to the FCC on October 7, 2015.

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