WQOR

WQOR

City	Olyphant, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
Branding	JMJ 750 AM
Slogan	Catholic Radio for the Diocese of Scranton
Frequency	750 kHz
First air date	1984
Format	Religious (Catholic)
Power	1,600 Watts daytime only
Class	D
Transmitter coordinates	41°28′34″N 75°29′41″W / 41.47611°N 75.49472°W / 41.47611; -75.49472Coordinates: 41°28′34″N 75°29′41″W / 41.47611°N 75.49472°W / 41.47611; -75.49472
Callsign meaning	Queen Of the Rosary
Former callsigns	WRGE, WWAX, WMXH, WAAT
Owner	J.M.J. Radio Inc.
Website	www.jmj750.com

WQOR is a Catholic radio station broadcasting from Olyphant, Pennsylvania, serving the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area. WQOR is located at 750 on the AM dial and covers much of northeastern Pennsylvania, including Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. Referred to as JMJ 750 AM, WQOR is owned and operated by J.M.J. Radio Inc. The station began broadcasting Catholic programming on June 17, 2003 under the previous owner Holy Family Communications. WQOR broadcasts at 1.6 kilowatts during the daytime.

The station's call letters are an acronym for Queen of the Rosary, to whom this station is dedicated.^[1]

Because it shares the same frequency as "clear channel" station WSB-AM in Atlanta, Georgia; WQOR broadcasts only during the Daytime hours.

History

WQOR began its broadcast history as WRGE in 1984.

In 1987, after three years as WRGE, WWAX began its six-year run. James Emmel a former voice at WGBI took the reins of WWAX "Live 75". Broadcasting a bizarre combination of favorites, WWAX had its home on Lackawanna Ave. in Olyphant, PA.^[2]

In 1993, Carmen Nordone (C.V. Nordone Broadcasting) purchased 750 and WMXH took over with the fitting slogan "Our Music Is All Mixed Up". WMXH proudly operated under a nearly unidentifiable format which included Broadway Musicals, Classic Country, Big Band, Polka's, 50's & 60's sock hop, and Religious Favorites.

Five years later in 1998, WMXH was purchased by Kevin Fennessy's Fennessy Broadcasting Stations Corporation to become WAAT, initially a leased-time and ethnic station. In 2001 Fennessy would change format with the addition of Dr. Laura Schlessinger and Sinatra in the mornings.^[3] It would seem that Fennessy elected to revive the WAAT callsign as a nod to his early days in broadcasting at WAAT in Trenton, NJ.^[4]

WQOR was inaugurated on June 17, 2003. The third station acquired by Buffalo-based Holy Family Communications, WQOR joined The Station of the Cross. Named for "The Queen of the Rosary", WQOR began broadcasting Catholic programming provided primarily by EWTN. On April 1, 2008 Holy Family Communications sold WQOR to J.M.J. Radio, a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA based non-profit broadcaster.^[5]

On December 1, 2010, the Federal Communications Commission issued a Notice of Apparent Liability against J.M.J. Radio, Inc., in the amount of $10,000 for failing to maintain a management and staff presence at the site of WQOR's main studio.^[6]

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External links

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Radio stations in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre market

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NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

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Religious radio stations in the state of Pennsylvania

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See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Pennsylvania See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

Daytime-Only radio stations in Pennsylvania

Stations	WAMO - Wilkinsburg WANB - Waynesburg WCHE - West Chester WECZ - Punxsutawney WEDO - McKeesport WFKJ - Cashtown WFYL - King of Prussia WGPA - Bethlehem WHYF - Shiremanstown WIEZ - Lewistown WIOO - Carlisle WJSM - Martinsburg WKFB - Jeannette WKQW - Oil City WLSH - Lansford WMCE - North East WNAP - Norristown WNWR - Philadelphia WPHE - Phoenixville WQOR - Olyphant WQTW - Latrobe WVPO - Stroudsburg WWDB - Philadelphia WWNL - Pittsburgh WWSM - Annville-Cleona WZSK - Everett

Defunct	WASP - Brownsville WKZV - Washington

See also: Clear channel radio stations and Why AM Radio Stations Must Reduce Power, Change Operations, or Cease Operations at Night

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