WXHQ-LP

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WXHQ-LP
WXHQ logo.jpg
Broadcast areaNewport and Providence, Rhode Island
Frequency 105.9 MHz
BrandingRadio Newport
Programming
Format Jazz; freeform
Ownership
OwnerNewport Music Arts Association
History
First air date
December 2001 [1]
Call sign meaning
"X marks the spot for high quality programming" [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 123581
Class L1
ERP 50 watts
HAAT 42.3 meters (139 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 41°29′6.3″N71°18′30.1″W / 41.485083°N 71.308361°W / 41.485083; -71.308361
Links
Public license information
LMS
Website 1059xhq.org

WXHQ-LP (105.9 FM, "Radio Newport") is a non-commercial radio station licensed to the community of Newport, Rhode Island. The station serves Newport and the greater Providence, Rhode Island, area. [3] The station is owned and operated by the Newport Music Arts Association, a non-profit organization. [4] It airs a jazz and freeform format that, according to the station's website, includes "jazz, blues, r&b, bossa nova, Afro-Cuban, lounge, soul, funk, reggae, ska, electronic, downtempo, acid-jazz, surf, world, country, folk, and even occasionally some rock". [5] [6] The music played is almost exclusively instrumental and the station has a policy against playing songs featuring English language vocals. [1]

Contents

The station has been assigned the WXHQ-LP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since May 31, 2001. [7] This is the first FCC-licensed low-power FM station in the state of Rhode Island. [8] WXHQ-LP is also the first public radio station licensed to Newport. [9]

Community involvement

The WXHQ-LP studios are located on in a small office on Marlborough Street. [1] The station's transmitter is located atop the Hotel Viking on Bellvue Avenue in downtown Newport. [10] This transmitter site includes a rooftop container garden used to promote sustainable agriculture and green living by collecting rainwater and growing food. [11]

Other community involvement activities of WXHQ-LP include providing music programming for the annual Newport Island Moving Co. dance festival, [12] broadcasting the Newport Jazz Festival, [4] and serving as a contributing sponsor each year for the Newport International Film Festival. [13]

FCC actions

On October 29, 2007, the FCC issued a $250 Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture for WXHQ-LP to licensee Newport Music Arts Association. [14] The fine was levied because the station failed to file a timely license renewal application and did not provide an explanation for the late filing. The standard fine of $3,000 was reduced because the licensee did file a renewal application before the actual expiration of the broadcast license.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Weisman, Janine (March 22, 2006). "The little station that could". The Newport Mercury. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WXHQ-LP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ Carnegie, Jim (August 16, 2002). "LPFM starts on a slow roll". Radio Business Report.
  4. 1 2 "Newport Musical Arts Association". Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County. Archived from the original on August 31, 2007. The Newport Musical Arts Association has been awarded a Low Power FM radio station license (WXHQ 105.9) by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). This license will enable the NMAA, a non-profit organization, to broadcast uniquely diverse programming to the city of Newport and its surrounding areas.
  5. ↑ "Welcome to the WXHQ Website". WXHQ 105.9 Low Power FM, Newport RI.
  6. ↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  7. ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  8. ↑ Fybush, Scott (January 1, 2003). "2002 Year In Review". NorthEast Radio Watch. WXHQ-LP (105.9 Newport), Rhode Island's first LPFM
  9. ↑ "Low-power Newport radio station is fueled by high-powered hopes". The Newport Daily News. July 23, 2001.
  10. ↑ Fybush, Scott (July 1, 2002). "July 1, 2002 - New 1610 Signs On in Montreal". NorthEast Radio Watch.
  11. ↑ "Rooftop Garden in Newport, Rhode Island, USA". The Rooftop Garden Project. December 13, 2007.
  12. ↑ Rodriguez, Johnette (Fall 2005). "Fall Preview: Moving It - From Birds To Bach To Ballroom And Belly Dance". The Providence Phoenix.
  13. ↑ "Contributing Sponsors". Newport International Film Festival. Archived from the original on February 25, 2008.
  14. ↑ "Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture DA 07-4457". Federal Communications Commission.
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