WQAH-FM

For the AM radio station in Priceville, Alabama, known as WQAH from 2001 to 2009, see WKZD.

WQAH-FM

City of license	Addison, Alabama
Broadcast area	Huntsville, Alabama
Branding	Big Country
Slogan	Where The Legends Live
Frequency	105.7 MHz
First air date	March 10, 1999 (as WYAM-FM)
Format	Country/Bluegrass
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters (328 feet)
Class	A
Facility ID	48737
Transmitter coordinates	34°18′19″N 87°04′24″W / 34.30528°N 87.07333°W / 34.30528; -87.07333
Former callsigns	WYAM-FM (1996-2001) WQAH (2001-2001)^[1]
Owner	Abercrombie Broadcasting Company (Abercrombie Broadcasting FM, Inc.)
Sister stations	WKZD
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wqah.com

WQAH-FM (105.7 FM, "Big Country 105.7 FM WQAH") is a classic country music, bluegrass, and gospel music formatted radio station licensed to Addison, Alabama, that serves Decatur, Alabama, and the western portion of the Huntsville, Alabama, market.^[2] The station is owned by Abercrombie Broadcasting Company.

The station has held the current WQAH-FM call letters as assigned by the Federal Communications Commission since September 7, 2001.^[3] Before this it was known by the WYAM-FM call sign from October 25, 1996, to August 31, 2001. During the six-day gap between these call signs this station was simply WQAH until a co-owned AM station was flipped from WJRA to WQAH on September 7, 2001.^[1]

Personalities

Notable local personalities on WQAH-FM include Mark Donovan, J.T., and Carol Lynn, recipient of the 2006 Alabama Country and Gospel Music Association Award for Radio Personality of the Year.^[4]

References

1 2 "WQAH AM Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "WQAH FM Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
↑ "Newsletter - February 2006". Alabama Country & Gospel Music Association. 2006-02-01. Retrieved 2007-12-30. Special Awards will be presented to the following Alabama natives: Mark Narmore– Songwriter-2005 Song of the year- “That’s What I Love About Sunday”; “Twice Robin”, 2006 Gospel Duo of the Year; Jerry Bridges, 2006 Musician of the Year– 25 years with Waylon Jennings; Carol Lynn, 2006 Radio Personality of the Year—105.7FM Hartselle[...]

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WQAH

Radio-Locator information on WQAH

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WQAH

Radio stations serving the Huntsville, Alabama market

by AM frequency	730 770 800 890 1000 1080 1110 1140 1190 1230 1310 1400 1450 1490 1550 1600 1700

by FM frequency	88.1 89.3 90.1 90.9 91.7 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.3 94.1 95.1 95.9 96.9 97.7 98.1 99.1 99.9 100.3 100.7 102.1 103.1 103.5 103.9 104.3 105.7 106.1 106.5 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400

by call sign	KIH20 W264AI WAHR WAYH WBHP WBXR WDJL WDRM WEKI WEUP WEUP-FM WEUV WEUZ WHIY WHOS WHRP WHVK WJAB WJOU WKAC WKZD WLOR WLRH WQAH-FM WQRV WRJL WRSA WRTT WSLV WTAK WTKI WTWX WUMP WVMB WVNN WVNN-FM WWFF WWTM WYAM WYFD WZYP WZZN

Defunct	WJHX (620 AM)

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Country radio stations in the state of Alabama

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