WQBR (AM)

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WQBR
City of license	Ypsilanti, Michigan
Frequency	610 kHZ
First air date	1968
Format	College radio
Power	4 watts, carrier current
Callsign meaning	Quirk Building Radio
Former callsigns	WHUR (1976-1982) WEMU-AM (1968-1976)
Owner	Eastern Michigan University

WQBR-AM is the student radio station of Eastern Michigan University. Originally broadcasting via carrier current at 640 AM and receivable throughout EMU's campus (including the dorms), the signal has since switched to 610 AM, and can no longer be heard more than ten feet from the transmitter site in the Quirk Building. Students can still receive the station on Eastern Michigan University Cable Channel 10, however. WQBR airs from September through April, on a mixed schedule (usually 1pm to 1am weekdays when school is in session) from studios located in the Quirk Building.

[edit] History

Originally WQBR was on the air in 1968 as WEMU-AM, sharing facilities with WEMU-FM. When WEMU-FM moved to King Hall in 1976, WEMU-AM took over the entire Quirk studios and changed its name to WHUR ("Huron Radio", taken from the university's now-banned nickname).

By 1982, it was WQBR (Quirk Building Radio), airing on 640 AM and 96.7 University cable FM, using the slogan "Fast Tracking Through The 80s". The FM was dropped in the early 90's and replaced by University Cable Channel 10. In 1992, due to interference by CFCO, a station in Sarnia, Ontario at 630 AM, WQBR moved to 610 AM.

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