Broadcast area | Columbia metropolitan area |
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Frequency | 1470 kHz |
Branding | "The Point" |
Programming | |
Format | Talk |
Affiliations | ABC News Radio Fox News Radio Compass Media Networks Genesis Communications Network Salem Radio Network Townhall News USA Radio Network Westwood One |
Ownership | |
Owner | Glory Communications, Inc. and Capital City Radio |
WFMV, WTQS | |
History | |
First air date | July 15, 1954 |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 41333 |
Class | D |
Power | 11,000 watts day 100 watts night |
Translator(s) | 100.7 W264DF (Columbia) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | makethepointradio |
WQXL (1470 AM "The Point 100.7 FM and 1470 AM") is a commercial radio station in Columbia, South Carolina.[2] The station is owned by Glory Communications and operated by Capital City Media. It airs a talk radio format. Local hosts are heard in morning and afternoon drive times, with nationally syndicated talk shows heard middays, evenings and late nights. They include Dave Ramsey, Dennis Prager, Todd Schnitt, Ben Shapiro, Brian Kilmeade and Red Eye Radio. Most hours begin with Salem Radio news. Operator Keven Cohen hosts both the 7 AM and 4 PM radio shows, with a local host at 9 AM, and Phil Kornblut, whose long-running statewide sports radio program has been owned and operated by WQXL since January 29, 2019 after its previous syndicator shut down in-state operations, is on at 6 PM.
The transmitter, located off New State Road in Cayce, transmits with 11,000 watts during the day and 100 watts at night. Programming is simulcast on FM translator W264DF 100.7 MHz in the Columbia area.[3]