WFMQ

WFMQ (560 AM) is a non-commercial educational, religious-formatted radio station broadcasting throughout New York City that is licensed to Queens, New York, broadcasting at 1,000 watts, under a special temporary authority (STA). The station is owned and operated by Family Radio, a Christian radio ministry based in Nashville, Tennessee and serves a satellite to WFME.

As WQNY
As the radio station market was growing at a rate like never before, various business would gain interest in setting up a station of their very own. The city of Queens in New York was looking to launch their own radio station, and on February 6, 1947, WQNY would be launched. Initially, the station would carry classical music but soon it transitioned into a full-service format carrying the NBC radio network. This made New York one of the few markets to have two affiliates of the same network. On July 6, 1954, the station would gain an FM simulcast known as WQNY-FM (now WQUI). In 1968, the station would drop its full-service format in favor of a Top 40 format.

In 1971, the recently created Viacom would acquire both WQNY and WQNY-FM, making them the company's first radio assets. In 1978, the station would flip again this time a talk radio format branded "Talkradio 56". In 1980, Sonderling Broadcasting (owner of WWRL and WKHK) would be purchased by Viacom. However, due to rules at the time which limited a broadcasting company to only owning 1 AM and 1 FM in a market, Viacom would sell WQNY and WQNY-FM to Bonneville International.

During Bonneville's acquisition of the station, it would flip its format once again to a multicultural station in 1987. Later on, songs from outside the US would begin to flip up the station's timeslot from 1989 to 1992.

Comedy Central Radio in New York
On December 31, 1992 at 8;00 pm, WQNY would sign off for the very last time. The station would return the next day on January 1, 1993 at 11:25 am as WCNY-AM or "Comedy Central Radio 560". Serving as an east coast flagship affiliate of the newly launched Comedy Central Radio network, an offshoot of the Comedy Central TV channel, jointing owned by Comedy Parents (Viacom and Warner Bros.) and Bonneville International, who owned the station. The station now aired shows from Comedy Central (edited to fit radio standards), talk shows and always as parodies of popular songs.

Despite having a strong ratings start, Comedy Central Radio and its affiliates were struggling in the ratings, and Bonneville and Viacom would start selling all Comedy Central Radio O&Os by 1996. The east coast flagship station wouldn't be sold to any company until 1997, when it was sold to Family Radio, the owners of WFME-FM (now WXBK). This was also the same year that Viacom sold off its radio division to Chancellor and the year Comedy Central Radio ceased operations.

Family Radio
On October 10, 1997, the same day that Comedy Central Radio closed, WCNY-AM would flip to become a simulcast of WFME-FM, and it would change its call-letters to WFME-AM. This effectively ended WFME days as a independently ran station. When WFME-FM was sold to Cumulus Media, WFME-AM would split from its simulcast from that station and would join the Family Radio network. When Family Radio acquired WQEW from Disney/ABC, the WFME-AM call-letters would move to WQEW, while WFME-AM would adopt the new call-letters, WFMQ. From their, WFMQ would switch to become a simulcast of WFME.