WAQQ

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WAQQ
City Onsted, Michigan
Frequency 88.3 MHz
Programming
Format Defunct; was adult standards
Ownership
OwnerGreat Lakes Community Broadcasting, Inc.
WJKQ
History
Former call signs
WAAQ [1]
Technical information
Facility ID 93742
Class A
ERP 250 watts
HAAT 23.3 meters
Transmitter coordinates
42°03′33″N84°12′54″W / 42.05917°N 84.21500°W / 42.05917; -84.21500

WAQQ (88.3 FM) was a radio station that broadcast an adult standards format. Licensed to Onsted, Michigan, United States, the station was owned by Great Lakes Community Broadcasting, Inc., [2] and operated by the Society for Accurate Information Distribution (SAID) Foundation.

The station was assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since November 10, 2005. [1]

On June 13, 2012, the Federal Communications Commission announced that all licenses associated with Great Lakes Community Broadcasting, including WAQQ, had been cancelled, due to false claims that the group had built a series of stations and repeaters. With this cancellation order, the FCC ordered Great Lakes Community Broadcasting to cease operations of all its stations immediately. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. "WAQQ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. FCC document: Letter of cancellation decision to James McCluskey, Ph.D., Great Lakes Community Broadcasting, Inc., June 13, 2012.