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
Website Q1075.com

WHBQ-FM is a Memphis, Tennessee, United States-based radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) 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.

Q1075 jocks include Nugget, Liz, Alexis Grace and Joe Mack and dayparts Monday through Friday are as follows:

Nugget and Liz in The Morning 5:30am-10am Middays with Alexis Grace 10am-3pm Afternoons with Joe Mack 3pm-7pm

Twitter handles Nugget @NuggetInTheAM Liz @LizontheQ Alexis Grace @AGontheQ Joe Mack @MackRadio

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

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

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

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