WQNC

WQNC (92.7 FM) is a Mainstream Urban radio station in Charlotte, North Carolina that is owned and operated by Radio One. The station's studios are located in South Charlotte near the Carowinds, and the transmitter site is in Charlotte's Newell South neighborhood.

History

The station signed on as WCCJ in 1995 with a commercial-free free-form rock format. Due to low advertising rates, in 1995, the station changed to smooth jazz, and would flip again to rhythmic oldies in 1999.

On April 2, 2001, WCCJ flipped to mainstream urban as Hot 92.7, with new call letters WCHH, taking on Urban/Hip hop station WPEG. It did well in the ratings at first, knocking WPEG down to 6th place in the market, but later declined, so it was flipped to Urban AC on January 21, 2004 as "Q92.7", along with a call letter change to WQNC. WQNC took over Tom Joyner's show from longer standing Urban AC rival WBAV-FM soon after that. WBAV subsequently answered back by signing on as an affiliate for a new syndicated show hosted by Joyner's rival, Steve Harvey.