What is "wqud"

WQUD (105.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to Erie, Illinois, whose format is a hybrid of oldies and classic country.

The station is located at 910 Albany Road, Erie, and has a broadcast area covering eastern Iowa (including the Quad Cities) and northwestern Illinois.

The station was granted its license in August 2015, and went on the air shortly thereafter playing automated music with no live on-air talent or commercials. The station finally went "live" on January 7, 2016, with general manager Aaron Dail the first on-air disc jockey. The station was expected to have an initial playlist of more than 2,000 songs. More on-air talent and affiliation with Fox News Radio were expected in the coming weeks.

WQUD's main competitor was expected to be WYEC, an oldies station based in Kewanee, Illinois with studios in Bettendorf, Iowa, although WYEC's focus is on pop, rock and soul music of the 1960s through 1980s. Additionally, another station in the Quad Cities market, KMXG, has programming blocks of music from past decades on the weekends (1980s and 1990s on Saturdays, 1970s on Sundays).