WQKI-FM

WQKI-FM
City Orangeburg, South Carolina
Broadcast area Orangeburg, South Carolina
Branding Old Skool 102.9
Slogan The best Old Skool R&B from the 70's 80's & 90's!
Frequency 102.9 MHz
First air date December 8, 1987 (as WIGL)
Format Urban Oldies
ERP 3,100 watts
HAAT 139.4 meters
Class A
Facility ID 6484
Transmitter coordinates 33°26′35.00″N 80°48′16.00″W / 33.4430556°N 80.8044444°W / 33.4430556; -80.8044444
Former callsigns WIGL (1987-2003)
Owner Community Broadcasters, LLC

WQKI-FM (102.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Urban Oldies format. Licensed to Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA, the station is currently owned by Community Broadcasters, LLC.[1]

History

The station went on the air as WIGL on December 8, 1987. On November 7, 2003, the station changed its call sign to the current WQKI.[2]

WQKI planned a move to 95.7 FM in Batesburg-Leesville; the owner was Willis Broadcasting from Tennessee before the station was later purchased by Miller Communications, Inc.[3]

Miller Communications sold WQKI-FM, eleven other South Carolina radio stations, and several translators to Community Broadcasters, LLC for $2.5 million, in a transaction that was consummated on January 7, 2016.

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