WQBZ
Appearance
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Broadcast area | Macon, Georgia |
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Frequency | 106.3MHz(HD Radio) |
Branding | Q 106.3 |
Programming | |
Format | Classic rock |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WIBB-FM,WIHB,WIHB-FM,WRBV,WMGE | |
History | |
First air date | April 6, 1981 |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 64641 |
Class | C2 |
ERP | 50,000watts |
HAAT | 150 meters (490 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°45′31.00″N83°44′49.00″W/ 32.7586111°N 83.7469444°W |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | q106.iheart |
WQBZ(106.3FM) is aradio stationbroadcasting aclassic rockformat. Licensed toFort Valley, Georgia,United States, the station serves the Macon area.[2]The station is currently owned byiHeartMedia, Inc.and licensed to iHM Licenses, LLC.[3]
History
[edit]WQBZ-FM signed on the air on April 6, 1981, and it broadcast anAdult Contemporaryformat. The format lasted throughout the rest of the 1980s and into the earlier half of the 1990s. It was first known as "Z106" before becoming "Q106" in 1989. WQBZ is Macon's dominant affiliate forRick Dees Weekly Top 40andDan Ingram's Top 40 Satellite Survey. It switched to its current mainstream rock format by the mid-to-late 1990s. It became Q106.3 in 2013.
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for WQBZ".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"WQBZ Station Information Profile".Arbitron.Archived fromthe originalon March 1, 2010.
- ^"WQBZ Facility Record".United StatesFederal Communications Commission,audio division.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 64641 (WQBZ)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WQBZinNielsen Audio's FM station database