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WKQX · 101.1 FM · Chicago, IL

Q101 countdowns

Chicago's alternative

RockLists holds 21 countdowns from Q101: 18 year-end countdowns covering 1992–2010 and three all-time, decade and special countdowns, totaling 3,635 chart positions. The station’s first year-end number one on record is “Under the Bridge” by Red Hot Chili Peppers (1992); its most recent is “Odd One” by Sick Puppies (2010).

21countdowns
3,635chart positions
1992–2010year-end lists
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Year-end countdowns

1992 Top 101 Songs of 1992 101 songs 1993 Top 101 Songs of 1993 101 songs 1994 Top 101 Songs of 1994 101 songs 1995 Top 101 Songs of 1995 101 songs 1996 Top 101 Songs of 1996 101 songs 1997 Top 101 Songs of 1997 101 songs 1998 Top 101 Songs of 1998 101 songs 1999 Top 101 Songs of 1999 101 songs 2000 Top 101 Songs of 2000 101 songs 2001 Top 101 Songs of 2001 101 songs 2002 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101 songs 2003 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101 songs 2004 Top 101 Songs of 2004 101 songs 2005 Top 101 Songs of 2005 101 songs 2006 Top 101 Songs of 2006 101 songs 2007 Top 101 Songs of 2007 101 songs 2009 Top 101 Songs of 2009 101 songs 2010 Top 101 Songs of 2010 101 songs

Countdown series

All-time countdowns

Every Q101 year-end number one

YearNumber one songCountdown
1992 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1992
1993 Plush Stone Temple Pilots Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993
1994 Closer Nine Inch Nails Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994
1995 Tomorrow Silverchair Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995
1996 Machinehead Bush Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996
1997 Fly Sugar Ray Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997
1998 Intergalactic Beastie Boys Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998
1999 My Own Worst Enemy Lit Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999
2000 Last Resort Papa Roach Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2000
2001 It's Been Awhile Staind Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001
2002 Youth of the Nation P.O.D. Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002
2003 Seven Nation Army The White Stripes Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003
2004 Float On Modest Mouse Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004
2005 Mr. Brightside The Killers Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005
2006 The Denial Twist The White Stripes Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2006
2007 What I've Done Linkin Park Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2007
2009 Savior Rise Against Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2009
2010 Odd One Sick Puppies Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010

About Q101

Q101 (WKQX 101.1 FM) was Chicago's alternative rock station from 1992 until 2011, and the brand lives on today both online and, after a detour into news, back on the 101.1 frequency. RockLists has every Q101 Top 101 year-end countdown from 1993 to 2007, the Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time and several other all-time lists.

Emmis Communications purchased WKQX from NBC in 1988. The station ran a mainstream format until 1992, when it flipped to alternative rock as Q101 while keeping its call letters. Bill Gamble programmed the station through 1997, followed by Alex Luke from KPNT in St. Louis, and Dave Richards from crosstown rocker WRCX became PD in 1998. Tim Richards was named program director in October 2001 after Dave Richards resigned.

At the end of 2005 Q101 replayed all of its year-end countdowns from 1993 through 2005 over a two-week period as part of a "13 Years in 13 Days" promotion, which is how several of the earliest lists on this site were recovered.

Emmis sold the station to Merlin Media in 2011, and on July 15, 2011, the 101.1 frequency flipped to an all-news format. The Q101 brand continued as an internet station. Rock returned to 101.1 in 2012, and after Cumulus Media acquired the station in 2014 it has operated as an alternative station under the 101WKQX name.

Call letters
WKQX
Frequency
101.1 FM
Market
Chicago, IL
Owner
Cumulus Media (formerly Emmis Communications)
Format
Alternative
Format since
1992
Website
q101.com

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