WQYK

WQYK (1010 AM, "1010 Sports)" is a radio station in the Tampa, Florida area, owned by CBS Radio. The station broadcasts at 50,000 watts during the day and 5,000 watts at night, directional towards the east and west to protect Jacksonville's WJXL by day, and New York City's WINS, Toronto's CFRB, and Calgary, Alberta's CBR at night. The station was assigned the WQYK call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on January 1, 2006. WQYK broadcasts a sports talk radio format. The station is part of the Tampa/St. Petersburg radio market, according to Arbitron ratings. The station signed on sometime in the early-1960s as WINQ, founded by Rex Rand, the owner of Miami's WINZ. In its early days, WINQ was a Mutual affiliate and carried a middle-of-the-road music format. In 1967, WINQ beacme the first station in Tampa Bay to offer a news-talk format, with network news and other programming from CBS Radio (who would later own this station). The station switched to a country music format...