Radio 4KQ to close down 2022

A 60s, 70s, & 80s, music radio station in Brisbane, Australia was bought by a sports network in 2022 and will soon drop the music and do a sports talk format. The station has been around since 1947.

[@waynemac9869]

Long time listener's sad day for 4kq breakfast radio. Brisbane people are lost.

[@bradleybyrnes9907]

It's bad enough we just lost 2CH in Sydney to the same sport network so I feel for you 4KQ listeners. 4BH will be your best replacement with a very similar play list and great 70's every Sunday night.

[@theamazingDrBob]

I just heard the final broadcast of the radio station today. Truly a legendary station. It's going to be missed by one and all.

[@peterclifford2216]

That sucks why couldn’t they buy a doof doof station, will miss all the 4KQ music a truly family station,

[@gregf1349]

I live at Moree nsw and listen to 4Kq all the time when on tractors and machines and need AM stations to do this 4Kq is the best station to listen to it content was great no other radio stations could even come close won’t be listening to any sports hope it falls over and goes away sad day to hear this has happened

[@SamOldies]

That's 392 km away (4KQ Transmitter to Moree town centre) You must have a good radio!

[@bradleybyrnes9907]

When 4KQ is gone, tune into AM 1116 4BH. Same great play list as 4KQ.

[@ivordavidson8533]

For me, 4KQ has the best music of them all. My radio is playing 4KQ in the background all day and for this Hutchison to believe that listeners are going to stay with 4KQ and listen to sports reports all day, he is deluded. I will start looking for a station that plays the same music and I will miss Jukebox Saturday Night.

[@area51isreal71]

Large mistake. Who needs 24 hour sport coverage? They can babble on about a football game that has been played but what's the point? The score won't change. Thanks for the memories 4KQ. Sunday night "Living in the seventies" will be missed by me along with your easy to listen to breakfast program.

[@karenosullivan84]

We get inundated by sport every day , so sick of it, 4KQ is the team to get u going & put a smile on your dial every day with the best music & funny antics all in one place, they will be very badly missed.

[@area51isreal71]

@@karenosullivan84 Well said Karen.

[@lissette80]

I hope this backfires big time. Who cares about sports.

[@davemail66]

Sadly (like most things now-a-days), it all comes down to money and making money (greed) and lots of it.

[@leftymuller]

Its a sad radio for radio... AM music stations in Australia going the same way AM music station in the US.

[@stilesy00]

Are most US AM music stations sports or talkback stations these days?

[@leftymuller]

@@stilesy00 Sports, Talk, Traffic or Chinese, Spainish.. even the mighty WNBC turned into traffic then sport

[@williamhosking9312]

2GN in Goulburn NSW in Australia is going from AM to FM on friday morning

[@dvidclapperton]

Will a company pay 4KQ's staff and put the output on FM albeit the new station would be called something else. 5KQ or 4KP?

[@dvidclapperton]

@@williamhosking9312 Looks like that's 60's, 70's and 80's. Same thing needs to happen with 4KQ. Become 5KQ or 4JQ e.g.