WQZQ

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WQZQ
WQZQ ClassicHits93.3 logo.jpg
Broadcast area Nashville metropolitan area
Frequency 830 kHz
Branding93.3 Classic Hits
Programming
Format Classic hits
Affiliations Vanderbilt Commodores
Ownership
Owner
WPRT-FM, WBUZ
History
First air date
 1980 (as WKVL)
Former call signs
WKVL (1979-1988)
WCTZ (1988-2005)
Technical information
Facility ID 72960
Class D
Power 2,000 watts day
Transmitter coordinates
 36°16′22″N86°42′57″W / 36.27278°N 86.71583°W / 36.27278; -86.71583
Translator(s) 93.3 W227DC (Nashville)
101.9 W270BK (Nashville)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website 933classichits.com

WQZQ (830 AM) is a radio station licensed to Goodlettsville, Tennessee, and serving the Nashville metropolitan area. [1] The station is owned by Cromwell Radio Group, through licensee WYCQ, Inc. [2] It airs a classic hits radio format, calling itself "Classic Hits 93.3." The dial position is a reference to the WQZQ's FM translator, W227DC in Nashville, which broadcasts at 93.3 MHz. [3]

Contents

WQZQ transmits 2,000 watts by day but because 830 AM is a clear channel frequency, WQZQ must sign-off at night to protect Class A station WCCO in Minneapolis. WQZQ's FM translator station operates 24 hours a day. WQZQ's offices and studios are on Murfreesboro Pike in Nashville and its transmitter is located off Nesbitt Lane in Nashville. [4]

F.M. translator

Broadcast translators of WQZQ
Call sign Frequency
(MHz)		 City of license Facility
ID 		ERP
(W)		 Height
(m (ft))		 Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
W227DC93.3 Nashville, Tennessee 146836250212 m (696 ft)D 36°8′27.2″N86°51′56″W / 36.140889°N 86.86556°W / 36.140889; -86.86556 FCC LMS

History

WQZQ began broadcasting in the 1970s as the FM sister station of Dickson, Tennessee community-oriented station WDKN. In the 1980s, the signal was upgraded and the station was split off from WDKN, which subsequently acquired another FM station. WQZQ began focusing on the Nashville market with a rock music format, Q-103. This station was the predecessor to current Nashville sports radio station "The Game" 102.5 WPRT-FM.

The WQZQ call sign was revived for a former black gospel AM station, which also broadcast Spanish language programming overnight at one point. It was this station that was converted to a sports format on February 5, 2013, when it became the Nashville-area affiliate of NBC Sports Radio. Then in September 2014, the affiliation was discontinued, due to a contract dispute between NBC Sports Radio and WQZQ. [5] At that point WQZQ began broadcasting ESPN Radio programming along with its sister station WPRT-FM, when local or other syndicated programming was not being broadcast on the station.

On January 1, 2014, WQZQ began simulcasting on new FM translator W235BW 94.9.

On March 25, 2016, WQZQ began stunting with a non-stop loop of "Macarena" by Los del Rio and began simulcasting on FM translator 93.3 W241BU (now W227DC) in Nashville. (The "94.9 The Game 2" sports format continues on WBUZ-HD3 and W235BW 94.9 FM.) WQZQ officially launched a new classic hits format on April 1, 2016, branded as "93.3 Classic Hits". [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Winter 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
  2. ↑ "WQZQ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
  3. ↑ "WQZQ-AM 830 KHZ - Goodlettsville, TN".
  4. ↑ "WQZQ-AM Radio Station Coverage Map".
  5. ↑ WQZQ Nashville Flips to Sports
  6. ↑ All-Macarena Stunt Launches New Nashville Translator


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