WEQX Hits The Big 3-5!
• We want to take this opportunity to acknowledge a very special radio milestone — today, Nov. 14, 2019 marks the 35th anniversary of Northshire Communications’ heritage Alternative 102.7 WEQX/Manchester, VT-Albany, NY!
‘EQX launched on this date in 1984, and the staff has been celebrating this anniversary with a daily music feature called 35 Years of EQX in 35 Days. This all culminates today with continued musical exploration, staff stories and on-air recorded messages from past EQX luminaries celebrating their time at the station, while also paying homage to WEQX’s Founder and patron saint, the late Brooks Brown.
EQX PD/morning personality Jeff Morad (yup, that’s him)explains how the whole 35 Years of EQX In 35 Days concept and execution, came together, commenting, “You know us radio programmers — we just can’t do a feature unless there’s some cheesy tie-in. So, just a few days before we were 35 days out to the station’s anniversary, I asked Jason Keller (afternoons/production/imaging), and Luke Gelheiser (MD/nights), to put together a daily feature where we played an entire 24 hours worth of music from each year leading back to 1984. So as to not neglect the new music on the station, we wound up creating a daily benchmark where hosts from mornings through nights have been picking their favorite songs, playing them, and giving a backstory as to how those tracks have shaped the history of the station. It’s been a ton of fun on our part and for the listeners as we’ve been playing so much influential music from 1984 to today.”
Now, at the age of 35, EQX proudly remains independently owned, and at 50,000 watts is the strongest commercial FM in southern Vermont, with its signal also broadcasting throughout Upstate New York, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Thanks for listening!
