WQAL (104.1 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, featuring a hot adult contemporary format known as "Q104" .
Storer Broadcasting would then change WJW-FM's callsign to WCJW;[6] and debuted a country music format dubbed as "The Countrypolitan sound of Cleveland," both on January 15, 1968.
[10] WQAL's format throughout the 1970s and 1980s was beautiful music as "Easy 104 WQAL" with some of Cleveland radio's best-known personalities, including "Tall" Ted Hallaman, James "Jay Lynn" Threatt, Ed Fisher, Al James, Frank Micale, and David Mark; Kevin Coan did news reports and co-hosted early mornings with Larry Morrow;[11] Chris "Daniels" Eicher hosted middays, while Margo Johnson hosted evenings.
Industry veteran Dave Ervin was hired as WQAL's program director in late 1990, and changed the station's format in February 1991 to hot adult contemporary, branded as "Cleveland's Q104".
On July 13, 1999, Chancellor Media merged with Capstar Broadcasting – which owned WKNR (1220 AM) – to form AMFM Inc., at that time the nation's largest radio-station owner with 465 stations.
Current WQAL program director Dave Popovich held like duties at WDOK from 1999 to 2000 – and also worked at then-"Lite Rock 106½" WLTF, whose studios were at One Radio Lane in the late 1980s.
[16][17] WQAL personalities include Bill Ryan and Alyssa Rose mornings, Jenny Lyte middays, Kelly McMann afternoons, and Chase Daniels evenings.