 It is owned by Times-Shamrock Communications of Scranton.WQFM is the oldest radio station in northeast Pennsylvania, founded as WBAX on April 29, 1922 by John H. Stenger Jr. WQFM is also the fifth-oldest station in Pennsylvania and tied for being the 60th-oldest station in the U.S. WQFM has been on the air continuously for over 94 years.It originally broadcast on a frequency of 833 kHz, the common local broadcast frequency used in 1922.