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WQXI, "Star 94", is a radio station licensed to the city of Atlanta broadcasting at a frequency of 790 kHz (790 AM). The station has a power of 28,000 watts in the daytime, and 1,000 watts at night. WQXI's signal is non-directional during the daytime, and directional at night to protect WBBM in Chicago on adjacent channel 780 AM, as well as other stations on 790. As of 2009, the station broadcast in the IBiquity HD Radio AM hybrid digital mode during daytime hours. ==History== WQXI first went on the air in 1948 as an all music station, playing pop standards. Their independent status was unique programming as the established stations, WAGA (590 AM, now WDWD), WSB (750 AM), WGST (then at 920 AM, now WGKA; now at 640 AM), and WATL (1380 AM, now WAOK) were all network affiliates. By the 1960s WQXI was Top 40 with the moniker "Quixie in Dixie". Among the stations personalities was Dr. Don Rose in the late 1960s, who went on to near legendary status at KFRC in San Francisco. For a time, it was owned by Esquire Inc. When Atlanta hosted the 1996 Olympic Games, the station simulcast the French radio news channel France Info for several hours a day. During the mid-1990s, WQXI also aired Spanish-language music for several hours a day as "La Pantera" (The Panther). The former WQXI-FM (originally WDJK) became WSTR-FM (94.1 FM), and WQXI-TV and finally, WXIA-TV (11). The station aired a sports radio talk format owned by Lincoln Financial Media. WQXI was the AM radio flagship of the Atlanta Falcons,〔http://www.atlantafalcons.com/radio-and-television/radio-affiliates/〕 and until 2013, WQXI was the flagship station of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets〔http://www.ispsports.com/radio-network-affiliates.cfm?pid=33&type=1&affiliates〕 The station formerly broadcast the syndicated Yahoo! Sports Radio during the overnight hours. For many years, WQXI was hobbled by signal issues. Even with its 28,000-watt daytime signal, it only provides grade B coverage to several of Atlanta's outer suburbs. At night, it is almost unlistenable outside of Atlanta itself. To solve this problem, it was simulcast in HD Radio on WSTR's HD2 subchannel. WQXI's audio was also broadcast on Channel 18 of the Georgia Tech Cable Network. WQXI was the inspiration for the television sitcom ''WKRP in Cincinnati''. Series creator Hugh Wilson dealt with the station when he worked in advertising. WKRP episodes which included dropping turkeys from a helicopter and the "dancing ducks promotion," with ducks dancing on hot plates, were actually done by Jerry Blum at WQXI. Blum leased an 18-wheeler and tossed hundreds of live turkeys from a suburban Atlanta shopping center. On May 20, 2014, Lincoln Financial Media dropped WQXI's local programming and became a full-time affiliate of ESPN Radio. The station's Atlanta Falcons broadcasts were not affected by the change. On December 8, 2014, Entercom announces that it was purchasing Lincoln Financial Group's entire 15-station lineup (including WQXI) in a $106.5 million deal, and will operate the outlets under a LMA deal until the sale is approved by the FCC.〔("Entercom Acquires Lincoln Financial Media" ) from Radio Insight (December 8, 2014)〕 The sale was approved on July 14, 2015. On July 1, 2015, ESPN Radio announced it would end its programming on WQXI and move it to Dickey Broadcasting-owned rivals WFOM and WCNN on August 17. 〔("ESPN Radio On The Move In Atlanta" ) from Radio Insight (July 1, 2015)〕 After that date, WQXI began simulcasting sister WSTR, effectively taking it back to its roots as an all-music station. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WQXI (AM)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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