WQMA

WQMA
Broadcast areaMississippi Delta
Frequency1520 kHz
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatDefunct (was Oldies)
Ownership
OwnerJason Konarz
History
First air date
December 1, 1969
Call sign meaning
W-QuitMAn (County)
Technical information
Facility ID1219
ClassD
Power250 watts daytime only
Transmitter coordinates
34°15′42″N 90°17′18″W / 34.26167°N 90.28833°W / 34.26167; -90.28833

WQMA (defunct) was a broadcast radio station licensed to Marks, Mississippi. The station was owned by Jason Konarz with an oldies format on 1520 kHz. Its F.C.C. license was cancelled May 31, 2006. WQMA had operated under Special Temporary Authority from the F.C.C., but it was denied August 20, 2010. The station exhausted its appeal options, and its application for license renewal was dismissed by the FCC on May 20, 2015.

WQMA was a daytime-only station, though heard on the internet 24 hours a day. Also heard on Public-access television cable TV channel 7 in Joplin, Missouri. WQMA’s website is no longer functional

Programming

[edit]

WQMA broadcast national programming all weekend long that included:

  • Foundcuts with Dave Newfell
  • Relics and Rarities with Dave The Rave
  • Both of Steve Goddard's programs, Goddard's Gold and The 70s
  • Flashback with Bill St. James
  • SuperGold with Mike Harvey (aired on a six-day delay on Friday nights)

The station also aired three consecutive countdown shows, each from a different decade in succession on Saturday:

Former programming included:

WQMA also broadcast local programming including a "8-Track Thursday" feature with owner Jason Konarz, with music played from 8-track cartridges all afternoon. The "Gospel Train With James Figgs", "Guest DJ Day" where local residents could be a DJ, and previously Delta Academy sports play-by-play. The station broadcast daily features like "All Things Southern" and the "Old Farmers Almanac Radio Report".

In the past, on New Year's Eve, WQMA aired a marathon of Rock, Roll and Remember episodes, interspersed with audio clips of past episodes of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.

[edit]