WCRQ
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| Broadcast area | Downeast Maine, Southern New Brunswick |
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| Frequency | 102.9 MHz |
| Branding | Border Country 102.9 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country music |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | WQDY, Inc. |
| WALZ, WQDY-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | May 1998 |
Call sign meaning | W Calais Radio Quoddy |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 6782 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 51,000 watts |
| HAAT | 139 meters (456 ft) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | www.wqdy.fm |
WCRQ (102.9 MHz, Border Country 102.9) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Dennysville, Maine. The station is owned by WQDY, Inc., which also owns 92.7 WQDY-FM Calais and 95.3 WALZ Machias. WCRQ airs a country music format.
The studios and offices are at 637 Main Street in Calais. The transmitter is on Conant Hill Road in Charlotte.[2] Because its signal spans both the U.S. and Canada, WCRQ calls itself "The Border." The call sign stands for Calais Radio Quoddy, with the Q representing Quoddy Head State Park, a local attraction. Under proper weather conditions, the station's signal can reach as far east as Saint John, New Brunswick, as far south as Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, as far north as Fredericton, New Brunswick, and as far west as Bangor, Maine.
History
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WCRQ signed on the air as a rock station in May 1998.[3][4] It was first owned by Pilot Communications with studios at 115 Main Street in Calais, then later Citadel Broadcasting. The call letters WCRQ were previously used by FM stations in Arab, Alabama, and Providence, Rhode Island. In 2003, WQDY-FM acquired WCRQ and the station became a part of the WQDY, Inc. family of stations.
On July 1, 2019, WCRQ changed its format from contemporary hit radio to country as "Border Country 102.9".[5]
Signal strength
[edit]WCRQ broadcasts at 51,000 watts. WBLM, a classic rock station in Portland, Maine, broadcasts on the same frequency. WBLM's signal reaches as far east as Acadia National Park. In areas like Bar Harbor and Ellsworth, WBLM interferes with WCRQ. This is because WBLM broadcasts at 100,000 watts from one of Maine's tallest TV - radio towers.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCRQ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WCRQ
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2000 page D-200
- ^ Rock, country options face Baileyville Bangor Daily News - May 10, 2000
- ^ Maine's Border Country Radioinsight - July 1, 2019
External links
[edit]- Border Country 102.9
- Facility details for Facility ID 6782 (WCRQ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WCRQ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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