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WQQB
WQQB (96.1 MHz, Q96) is a rhythmic-leaning CHR (Top 40) radio station broadcasting in the Champaign/Urbana, Illinois, radio market. The station is a class A licensed station transmitting from Rantoul, Illinois, at 3,800 watts and is owned by SJ Broadcasting, LLC.
WQQB was granted a broadcast license renewal on February 9, 1996 with that license expiring on December 1, 2012. Q96 uses the slogan "All The Hits" and broadcasts 24 hours a day from studios located
station to Southeastern Communications for $1 million in 1991. On January 10, 1992, WQQB changed its call letters to WKNT and became the area's first Fox affiliate with the then-new branding of "Fox 40". During its time as a Fox station in the 1990s, WKNT broadcast select Southeastern Conference football games via Jefferson Pilot Sports until 2002 when ABC affiliate WBKO started to air those games to go with JP Sports (later Lincoln Financial Sports, now Raycom Sports) SEC basketball broadcasts. Except on Saturday,