WQRC

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WQRC
Broadcast area
Frequency 99.9 MHz
Branding99.9 The Q
Programming
Format Adult contemporary
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • CCB Media
  • (Sandab Communications Limited Partnership II)
WOCN-FM, WFCC-FM, WKPE-FM
History
First air date
July 20, 1970 [1]
Call sign meaning
"Quality Radio for the Cape" [2] [3]
Technical information [4]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 58948
Class B
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 116 meters (381 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 41°41′19.3″N70°20′47″W / 41.688694°N 70.34639°W / 41.688694; -70.34639 (WQRC)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.999theq.com

WQRC (99.9 FM; "99.9 The Q") is a radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary format. Licensed to Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, the station serves the Cape Cod region. The station is owned by Sandab Communications Limited Partnership II, doing business as CCB Media (Cape Cod Broadcasting Media) and features programming from AP Radio and Westwood One. [5] [6]

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Programming

99.9 The Q serves the adult population in the Cape Cod radio market, and has done so since 1970. The Q features hot adult contemporary music. The current air staff line-up includes Cheryl Park, and Steve Marcus. It is also an affiliate of “The Daly Download with Carson Daly”. Prior to 2014, the station was known for decades as "99.9 WQRC" before gradually phasing it out in favor of the current "99-9 The Q" branding.

Former personalities

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-208. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  2. ↑ Myers, K.C. (April 19, 2009). "Tuning into the Golden years". Cape Cod Times . Retrieved March 15, 2011.
  3. ↑ Watters, John (June 9, 2005). "Early Files 6-10-05". The Barnstable Patriot . Retrieved March 15, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WQRC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  5. ↑ "WQRC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  6. ↑ "WQRC Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  7. ↑ Cape Cod Times, July 9, 2018 “Commentator, radio personality Francis Broadhurst dies at 82.” Retrieved February 23, 2022.


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