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1610 to 1710 AM non-exsistant in Ohio.

WRPO said:
schmave said:
gabigley1 said:
Where is Gene Kirby's Part 15 radio station located in Marysville? Will he shut it down? Union County now has a local voice again
in WUCO/WQTT so it is not needed. He started the Part 15 station when WUCO was sold to St. Gabriel Catholic radio a few years back.

Via Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WQTT

In August of 2011,Gene Kirby,a Marysville resident became operations manager of the station with its studios and offices now located at 113 Main Street in downtown Marysville which now airs local programming segments in addition to the True Oldies sattelite feed. A veteran broadcaster since his beginnings in the 1950s with Armed Forces Radio and later for several stations in the states along New England's Atlantic coastline,in the 1960s at the former WRFD-FM (now WNCI) and today as the owner of Gray Fox Audio Sensations and Commercial Sound, Kirby's commitment to locally owned and operated radio exists once again in Union County. In addition, Kirby also manages WRPO-LP in Russells Point on behalf of its owner,the Village of Russells Point (under the moniker of Gray Fox Broadcasting) which helps aquire funding for the station through local underwriting and donations.

The website's URL and domain is now known as qt1270.com.
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Good to hear. Union County (and indeed any county) needs to have a locally-oriented station. Hopefully WUCO/WQTT will fill the bill this time. It didn't for a long time. I'm looking forward to hearing how it will sound ... I really liked how they were back in the early 90s with oldies and lots of local news and sports.
As for 1620, it might not have to shut down but wouldn't Kirby have to wash his hands of it if he's now at 1270?
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Good morning..1610 is the cities TIS station operating with 10 watts from the city building. 1620 received a lighting hit several months ago and was removed from the air. It "was" located on the Union County fairground and operated for about three years. I am too busy with the new WQTT station now, along with WRPO to re-activate the station. WQTT is building a window studio in "uptown" Marysville, with state-of-the art equipment. We will have a live morning show, local sports (football and basketball p-b-p) local news and weather, local guests and local radio voices. The studio is under construction at 113 So Main St..it's going to look big-time..we have a lot of work to do yet, but it's taking shape. Full time salespeople are already on the street. Gene
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Thanks Gene. Really like what's being done with WQTT and WRPO; I listen frequently when I go between Columbus and St. Marys to see family. Good luck!
 
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