WHRQ
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WHRQ is a new radio station
with a FCC issued construction permit for Sandusky, Ohio
, USA airing catholic programming. The station serves the Sandusky and Port Clinton areas. The station began as a construction permit in start up phase in 2009 by Port Clinton Knights of Columbus Home Association. The new licensee is Our Lady of Guadelupe Radio Inc (dba:Annunciation Radio).
Annunciation Radio began as a weekly Sunday afternoon program on Toledo's daytime talk station, the former WTOD (now CSN International-owned WWYC) 1560 AM, which later moved to Cumulus-owned WLQR
1470 AM in Toledo, up until the time WNOC
made its initial sign-on during the Feast of the Assumption on the weekend of August 14 and 15 of 2010. WHRQ is a sister station of WNOC 89.7 FM in Bowling Green, and serving the metropolitan Toledo area.
Upon its initial sign-on (which took place at 3:30pm on Monday April 25, 2011), WHRQ became the third Catholic station within the Toledo Diocese
to begin broadcasting. WHRQ currently operates initially as a simulcast of WNOC,but local programming for the Port Clinton/Sandusky and northcoast areas are in the planning stages.
Both WHRQ and WNOC air programming from EWTN Global Catholic Radio.
WJTA
88.9 FM licensed to Glandorf and transmitting from Leipsic is owned by a separate entity that serves Findlay, Ottawa, Lima,Napoleon, Defiance and Paulding which compliments both the WNOC and WHRQ signals. Since all three stations carry nearly all of the EWTN radio schedule, EWTN programming is easily accessed on a car radio along the I-75
, Ohio State Route 15 and U.S. Route 6
corridors in northwestern and north central Ohio by all three stations in their respective areas and frequencies.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
with a FCC issued construction permit for Sandusky, Ohio
Sandusky, Ohio
Sandusky is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Erie County. It is located in northern Ohio and is situated on the shores of Lake Erie, almost exactly half-way between Toledo to the west and Cleveland to the east....
, USA airing catholic programming. The station serves the Sandusky and Port Clinton areas. The station began as a construction permit in start up phase in 2009 by Port Clinton Knights of Columbus Home Association. The new licensee is Our Lady of Guadelupe Radio Inc (dba:Annunciation Radio).
Annunciation Radio began as a weekly Sunday afternoon program on Toledo's daytime talk station, the former WTOD (now CSN International-owned WWYC) 1560 AM, which later moved to Cumulus-owned WLQR
WLQR
WLQR is a sports/talk radio station on 1470 kHz in Toledo, Ohio. It is the Toledo affiliate of ESPN Radio and is owned by Cumulus Media. Since June 2009 the station has been simulcast on 106.5 MHz as WLQR-FM, calling itself "106-5 The Ticket"....
1470 AM in Toledo, up until the time WNOC
WNOC
WNOC is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve the community of Bowling Green, Ohio and serving the Toledo and Bowling Green areas with Catholic programming within the northern portion of the Toledo diocese...
made its initial sign-on during the Feast of the Assumption on the weekend of August 14 and 15 of 2010. WHRQ is a sister station of WNOC 89.7 FM in Bowling Green, and serving the metropolitan Toledo area.
Upon its initial sign-on (which took place at 3:30pm on Monday April 25, 2011), WHRQ became the third Catholic station within the Toledo Diocese
Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo is a Roman Catholic diocese covering nineteen counties in Ohio. It was established April 15, 1910. Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral is the mother church of the diocese.-Bishops:...
to begin broadcasting. WHRQ currently operates initially as a simulcast of WNOC,but local programming for the Port Clinton/Sandusky and northcoast areas are in the planning stages.
Both WHRQ and WNOC air programming from EWTN Global Catholic Radio.
WJTA
WJTA
WJTA "Holy Family Radio" is a non-commercial FM broadcasting station licensed to Glandorf, Ohio with studio and transmitter located near Leipsic in rural Putnam County. WJTA transmits at 88.9 mHz on the FM band...
88.9 FM licensed to Glandorf and transmitting from Leipsic is owned by a separate entity that serves Findlay, Ottawa, Lima,Napoleon, Defiance and Paulding which compliments both the WNOC and WHRQ signals. Since all three stations carry nearly all of the EWTN radio schedule, EWTN programming is easily accessed on a car radio along the I-75
Interstate 75
Interstate 75 is a major north–south Interstate Highway in the Great Lakes and Southeastern regions of the United States. It travels from State Road 826 and State Road 924 in Hialeah, Florida to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, at the Ontario, Canada, border...
, Ohio State Route 15 and U.S. Route 6
U.S. Route 6
U.S. Route 6 , also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, a name that honors an American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system, running east-northeast from Bishop, California to Provincetown, Massachusetts. Until 1964, it continued south from Bishop to...
corridors in northwestern and north central Ohio by all three stations in their respective areas and frequencies.
See also
- WJTAWJTAWJTA "Holy Family Radio" is a non-commercial FM broadcasting station licensed to Glandorf, Ohio with studio and transmitter located near Leipsic in rural Putnam County. WJTA transmits at 88.9 mHz on the FM band...
: EWTN affiliate in GlandorfGlandorf, OhioGlandorf is a village in Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The population was 919 at the 2000 census.- History :Glandorf was founded by Johann Wilhelm Horstmann and six other men from Glandorf, Germany in 1834. They embarked on the ship Columbus on September 7, 1833 in Amsterdam, landed November...
/LeipsicLeipsic, OhioLeipsic is a village in Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,236 at the 2000 census.-History:Leipsic was platted in 1857....
owned by Holy Family Communications. - WFGPWFGPWFGP is a planned radio station with a FCC issued construction permit for Greene, Maine, USA. The station is currently owned by Andy Valley Knights of Columbus Home.-See also:* WHRQ: Knights of Columbus station in Sandusky, Ohio...
: K of C-owned station in Greene, Maine - WTBPWTBPWTBP is a planned radio station with a FCC issued construction permit for Bath, Maine, USA. The station is currently owned by Knights of Columbus.-See also:* WFGP: Knights of Columbus station in Greene, Maine* WHRQ: KOC station in Sandusky, Ohio...
: K of C-owned station in Bath, Maine - WRROWRROWRRO is a planned non-commecial FM broadcasting station which is licensed to Edon, Ohio and is presently existing as a construction permit held by Club 1915 Inc based in Bryan,Ohio...
: A construction permit joint venture of K of C Council 1915 in Bryan, Ohio and Redeemer Radio of Fort Wayne (WLYVWLYVWLYV, "Reedemer Radio," is an AM radio station located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The station operates on the AM radio frequency of 1450 kHz and airs Catholic programming for the Northeast/East Central Indiana region. It was purchased by Fort Wayne Catholic Radio Inc. in 2005.WLYV has a rich...
) in Edon,Ohio.