WCQS (FM)

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WCQS FM 88.1 is a public radio station based in Asheville, North Carolina. Its slogan is "NPR news, classical music & more", and it is the flagship station for Western North Carolina Public Radio.

The station has several broadcast translators assigned to it:

W269AY, 101.7 in Highlands (also Cashiers), since 1997

W209AD, 89.7 in Clyde, since 1987
W209AE, 89.7 in Cullowhee, since 1986
W237AR, 95.3 in Hazelwood (also Cherokee), since 1992

(original permit as W214AI 90.7 in 1990; Hazelwood is now part of Waynesville)

W218AD, 91.5 in Brevard, since 1989
W218AB, 91.5 in Sylva, since 1987

W298AY, 107.5 in Black Mountain, under construction
W234AS, 94.7 in Bryson City, under construction
W250AN, 97.9 in Tryon, under construction

One fully-licensed WNCPR station also simulcasts as a rebroadcaster: WFQS FM, 91.3 in Franklin, since 1989.

WYQS FM, 90.5 in Mars Hill was assigned from Mars Hill College in 2004, and will be used as a separate station.

There are also applications for translators in Hendersonville, Balsam, and Asheville, though it is not yet confirmed to which stations these (or the three currently permitted for construction) would belong.

WCQS can also be heard via cable FM on 104.5 in Asheville and 90.7 in Brevard.

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Radio stations in the Asheville, North Carolina market (Arbitron #159)

By frequency: (FM) | 88.1 | 88.7 | 90.1 | 91.3 | 92.5 | 93.3 | 93.7 | 94.5 | 94.9 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 99.9 | 100.7 | 101.5 | 102.5 | 103.5 | 104.3 | 104.9 | 105.3 | 106.9 | (AM) | 570 | 720 | 880 | 970 | 1010 | 1230 | 1310 | 1350 | 1380