WHBQ-FM

This article is about the station currently known as WHBQ-FM . For the station formerly known as WHBQ-FM, see WGKX.

WHBQ-FM
City	Germantown, Tennessee
Broadcast area	Memphis, Tennessee
Branding	Q107.5
Slogan	All The Hits
Frequency	107.5 MHz
First air date	1995 (as WJOI)
Format	Top 40/CHR
ERP	3,900 watts
HAAT	124 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	50330
Callsign meaning	We Have Better Quartets^[1]
Former callsigns	WAQK (1993-1994) WJOI (1994-1997) WKSL (1997-2001) WYYL 8/2001-12/2001) WMPS (2001-2004)
Owner	Flinn Broadcasting Corporation
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	Q1075.com

WHBQ-FM is a Memphis, Tennessee, USA-based radio station broadcasting a top 40 musical format. WHBQ-FM's main antenna is in Cordova, Tennessee covering the central and northern portions of the Memphis area. It is commonly referred to as the "Q", and first hit airwaves on March 23, 2004. It is owned by the Flinn Broadcasting Corporation and shares its call sign with FOX 13 on TV and sister station Sports 56 on AM. It operates from its studios in Southeast Memphis.

Frequency History

The station first signed on in 1993, beginning as WAQK. A year later the call sign was changed to WJOI. In 1997 the station took its first jab at the Top 40 radio market with another call sign change to WKSL, and the moniker "107.5 KISS FM". This station, like the "Q", had a format based on that of KIIS-FM in L.A.. Though moderately popular, and the longest lasting format to date, this format was ended in 2001, and in August of that year it was changed to WYYL, a.k.a. "Wild 107-5". This station had a Rhythmic Contemporary Hit format, similar to that of another former Memphis station, Power 99. This format only lasted for four months before being turned into WMPS, a.k.a. "The Pig". This station had more of an Adult Contemporary format, like similar Memphis stations FM 100 or WRVR. This station can also be heard online at http://radiopig.com. Finally in 2004, after three years of Memphis not having a true Top 40 outlet, the station was turned into its current format and call sign. In 2010, Q 107.5 expanded its signal by adding a simulcast on 96.1 FM, while 96.1 FM's format of AAA "The Pig" moved down the dial to WPGF-LP 87.7 FM.

On April 11, 2013 WIVG split from its simulcast with WHBQ-FM and changed their format to alternative rock, branded as "96X".^[2] WHBQ-FM now refers to themselves as "Q 107.5, All the Hits".

References

↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
↑ http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/81598/alternative-returns-to-memphis/

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WHBQ

Radio-Locator information on WHBQ

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WHBQ

Radio stations in the Memphis, Tennessee market

By FM frequency	87.7 88.1 88.1 88.5 89.3 89.9 90.5 91.1 91.7 92.5 92.7 92.9 93.5 93.9 94.1 94.7 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.1 96.3 97.1 97.7 98.1 98.9 99.3 99.7 101.1 101.9 102.7 103.5 103.9 104.5 105.3 105.5 105.9 107.1 107.3 107.3 107.5

By AM frequency	560 600 640 680 730 790 830 860 910 950 990 1030 1070 1180 1210 1240 1250 1340 1380 1430 1480 1600

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475

By callsign	K213CN W257CY KAKJ KAMJ KARH KCJF KERL KHLS KJMS KLCN KLJK KOSE KQPN KQXF KWAM KWNW KWYN-FM KXHT KXJK WAVN WBBP WCRV WDIA WEBL WEGR WEVL WGKX WGSF WGUE WHAL-FM WHBQ WHBQ-FM WHRK WIVG WKBL WKBQ WKIM WKNO-FM WKRA-FM WKVF WLFP WLOK WLRM WMC WMC-FM WMFS WMFS-FM WMPS WMQM WOWW WPGF-LP WQOX WRBO WREC WRVR WUMR WUMY WURC WXK49 WXMX WYPL

Defunct	WSTN 1410 AM

Nearby radio markets Cape Girardeau-Sikeston Clarksdale Jackson Jonesboro Little Rock Oxford Tupelo See also List of radio stations in Tennessee List of radio stations in Mississippi List of radio stations in Arkansas

CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of Tennessee

By frequency	94.9 94.9 96.5 98.5 99.3 100.7 102.1 103.7 105.5 106.7 107.5 107.5

By callsign	WAEZ WAKQ WBGQ WDOD-FM WHBQ-FM WKSW WKXJ WMSR-FM WNFN WRVW WWKF WWST

By city	Bulls Gap Chattanooga (WDOD-FM) Collinwood (Florence, Alabama) Cookeville Johnson City Knoxville Memphis Nashville (WNFN) Nashville (WRVW) Paris Union City Walden

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Tennessee See also Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

Coordinates: 35°10′30″N 89°44′28″W / 35.175°N 89.741°W / 35.175; -89.741

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