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Friday, July 1, 2011

Columbia, SC: What's Old Is New Again

WWNQ 'The River' Reemerges as 'Country Legends'


Following two days of stunting as CHR Q94.3, Double O Radio in Columbia, SC has flipped it's Classic Hits station to country, 'Country Legends 94.3' FM WWNQ.

The station flipped at noon Friday starting with Barbara Mandrell's “I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" and "God Bless The USA” by Lee Greenwood.  The station is launching with a limited-commercial “All-American Weekend."

The station was Classic Country until late November 2008, when it was abruptly dropped for an all-Christmas format.  After that, it  flipped to Classic Hits as "Flashback 94.3."  On July 30, 2010 WWNQ rebranded as "94.3 The River", taking the station off the satellite and programmed locally.

On June 28, 2011 at 3 pm WWNQ began stunting with a ticking clock. On June 29, 2011 at 6 am WWNQ changed their format to CHR branded as "Q94.3".  On June 30 t 6 pm WWNQ resumed stunting with a ticking clock and changed their format to classic country, branded as "Country Legends 94.3" at 12 noon on Friday, July 1, 2011.

According OM/PD Marty Hall  "Country Legends 94.3 is what this station was when the signal was launched in '94. Ever since it was changed 3 years ago by previous management, people have been asking us to bring it back. Business 101 says 'Give the customer what they want' and that's what we are doing.”

Sample Hour 3p July 1st
  • Dolly Parton - Old Flames (Can't Hold A Candle To You)
  • Hank Williams, Jr. - All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)
  • Marty Robbins - Story Of My Life
  • Earl Thomas Conley - Holding Her And Loving You
  • The Kentucky Headhunters - Dumas Walker
  • Dwight Yoakam - Honky Tonk Man
  • Kenny Rogers - You Decorated My Life
  • George Strait - Unwound
  • Billy Swan - I Can Help
  • Mickey Gilley - Don't The Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time
  • Buck Owens And His Buckaroos - I've Got A Tiger By The Tail
  • Merle Haggard - Rainbow Stew
  • Eddie Rabbitt - I Love A Rainy Night
  • The Bellamy Brothers - For All The Wrong Reasons
  • Lacy J. Dalton - 16th Avenue
  • Crystal Gayle - I'll Get Over You

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