Times Shamrock flipped Scranton/Wilkes-Barre market Hot AC “92.1 QFM” WQFM Nanticoke/100.1 WQFN Forest City PA to Classic Hits “92 Mix-FM” this morning.
Overseen by consultant Gary Berkowitz, the station is featuring a lineup including ‘Rick Gary’ Shockley in mornings, WINK-FM Fort Myers morning host Logan in middays, WWEG Hagerstown MD and longtime WRQX Washington DC morning host Jack Diamond in afternoons, and former WPRO-FM Providence morning host Giovanni at night.
The station is positioning as “The Best Variety of the 70s, 80s & 90s” with what Berkowitz is calling a “Classic Top 40” presentation.
The first hour of the new “92 Mix-FM” featured:
- Chicago – Beginnings
- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – I Hate Myself For Loving You
- Lady A – Need You Now
- Sublime – Santeria
- Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
- Tears For Fears – Shout
- Alanis Morrissette – You Oughta Know
- Prince – I Would Die 4 You
- Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
- Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes – (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Refugee
- Amy Grant – Baby Baby
- Bon Jovi – Runaway
- Heart – Never
WQFM’s Hot AC format had a 1.5 share in the July 2024 Nielsen Audio ratings. The new format goes up against GEOS Communications’ Classic Hits “Gem 99 & 100” WGMF, which had a 2.6 share last month.