WLQY

WLQY
Hollywood,Florida;
Broadcast area	Greater Miami
Frequency	1320kHz
Branding	WLQY 1320 am
Programming
Format	Haitian Creole
Ownership
Owner	Entravision Communications; (Entravision Holdings, LLC);
History
First air date	April1953
Former call signs	WHWD (1953–1954); WGMA (1954–1980); WADY (1980)
Call signmeaning	W-LuQ(ck)Y(previous format)
Technical information
Facility ID	23609
Class	B
Power	5,000watts
Transmitter coordinates	26°1′53.00″N80°16′42.00″W/ 26.0313889°N 80.2783333°W
Links
Website	WLQYradio.com

WLQY(1320kHz) is acommercial AM radio station licensedtoHollywood, Florida,and servingGreater Miami.The station has aHaitian Creolemusic and informationradio formatand is owned byEntravision Holdings, LLC.^[1]Thestudiosand offices are on NE 125th Street inNorth Miami.^[2]

Technical

WLQY broadcasts with 5,000watts,using adirectional antennaat all times. By day it employs a two-tower arrayand at night a four-tower array is used. Thetransmitteris off Sheridan Street in Hollywood.^[3]

History

"The Million Dollar Sound of WGMA" began in the mid-1960s as amiddle of the roadstation. It was adaytimer,required to go off the air at night, and broadcast with only 1,000 watts. Artists includedFrank Sinatra,Nat King Cole,Barbra StreisandandDean Martin.

It later switched tocountry musicas WGMA "The Country Giant." The power was boosted to 5,000 watts around the clock, using a four-tower directional pattern, day and night. SeeHistory of WGMA The Country Giant, 1967-79WGMA was located at the Hollywood Federal building on Washington Street and 441, and the transmitter was at 9881 Sheridan Street.

Singles-only station WADY "The Lady", went on the air on March 1, 1980. On July 1, 1980, the station changed itscall signto the current WLQY.^[4]

WLQY, first known as "Lucky 13", used thesyndicated"Music Of Your Life"adult standardsformat.