WQBE-FM

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WQBE-FM
City of license	Charleston, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Charleston MSA
Branding	97.5 WQBE
Slogan	Today's 24 Carrot Country
First air date	1948 July 6
Frequency	97.5 MHZ
Format	Country
ERP	50,000 watts
Class	B
Owner	Bristol Broadcasting Company
Website	WQBE.com

WQBE-FM is one of two Charleston, West Virginia Country FM radio stations. WQBE is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company of Bristol, Virginia, with a "twin" radio station WXBQ-FM in that area. WQBE also has another "twin" station WKYQ-FM in Paducah, Kentucky, also owned by Bristol Broadcasting. WQBE broadcasts with an ERP of 50,000 watts. WQBE is the leader in the Arbitron rations in the Charleston Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to Bristol Broadcasting Company's website, WQBE's listening audience is strong in the 18 to 49 (male and female), and 25 to 54 (male and female) demographic ranges.

Contents 1 History 2 Programming 2.1 Monday-Friday 2.2 Weekends 3 External links

[edit] History

Here is a brief station timeline

• The station started as WKNA-FM July 6, 1948.
• The callsign was changed to WKAZ-FM August 5, 1957.
• Bristol Broadcasting Company buys the station on September 21, 1971.
• Call sign was changed to WQBE-FM October 14, 1983.

[edit] Programming

[edit] Monday-Friday

• The Morning Air Show (6am - 10am)
• Ed Roberts (10pm - 3pm)
• Clay J.D. Walker (3pm-7pm)
• Randy Johnson (7pm-Mid)
• Toni Lynn (Mid-6am)

[edit] Weekends

• Retro Country USA (Saturday 7pm - 9pm)
• American Country Countdown (Saturday 9pm - 1am)
• The Sunday Morning Gospel Jubilee (Sunday 7am - 10am)
• Racing Country USA (Sunday 10am - Noon)
• Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40 (Sunday Noon - 4pm)
• Thunder Road (Sunday 10pm - Midnight)

[edit] External links

• Official WQBE Site
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WQBE
• WQBE-FM on Radio-locator.com
• Charleston Radio Market @ Bristol Broadcasting
• History of WKNA/WKAZ/WQBE