WRFQ (FM)

WRFQ
City	Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Broadcast area	Charleston, South Carolina
Branding	Q-104.5
Slogan	Charleston's Classic Rock
Frequency	104.5 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	1985 (as WDXZ)
Format	Classic rock HD2: Alternative rock "The Alternative Project"
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	201 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	38901
Former callsigns	WDXZ (1985-1993) WJUK (1993-1996)
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	q1045.com

WRFQ "Q-104.5" is a classic rock radio station in Charleston, South Carolina, owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. The station airs the Bob and Tom morning show. The station's studios and transmitter are located (separately) in Mount Pleasant.

History

In the early 1990s, the station carried easy listening music as WDXZ and then switched to urban contemporary as "Foxy 104.5".

WJUK played country music in the mid-90s.^[1]

104.5 as WRFQ signed on the air on April 26, 1996. Originally a 'Classic Hits' format, the station evolved to its current format of "Classic Rock" in 1998. Core artists include Lynyrd Skynyrd, AC/DC, 38 Special, Eagles, Van Halen, Def Leppard, Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top, Rolling Stones, The Who, Ozzy Osbourne, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Marshall Tucker Band, Allman Brothers, The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Boston, Bad Company, Queen, Bachman–Turner Overdrive, REO Speedwagon, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Beginning in January 2009, the station added an Alternative rock side channel as "The Drive", the format previously heard on WALC-FM which was sold in January to Radio Training Group.

References

↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook, 1995.

External links

Official station website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WRFQ

Radio-Locator information on WRFQ

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WRFQ

Radio stations in the Charleston, South Carolina, market

By AM frequency	730 810 910 950 980 1080 1250 1340 1390 1450 1480

By FM frequency	88.5 89.3 89.9 90.7 91.5 92.1 92.5 93.3 94.3 95.1 95.9 96.9 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.3 99.7 100.5 100.9 101.7 102.1 102.5 103.5 104.5 105.5 106.3 107.3

By callsign	W221CI W243CO W254BK WALC WALD WAVF WAYA-FM WAZS WCKN WCOO WEZL WFCH WIWF WJKB WJNI WJWJ-FM WKCL WLTQ WMGL WMXZ WQNT WQSC WRFQ WSCC-FM WSCI WSPO WSSX-FM WTMA WTMZ WWIK WWOS WWWZ WXLY WXST WYBB WYFH WZJY

South Carolina radio markets Charleston Columbia Florence Greenville–Spartanburg Myrtle Beach Rock Hill Other South Carolina radio regions Hilton Head See also List of radio stations in South Carolina

Classic rock radio stations in the state of South Carolina

By frequency	101.1 102.3 104.1 104.5 104.9

By callsign	WMFX WRFQ WROO WROQ WYAV

By city	Anderson Mauldin Mount Pleasant Myrtle Beach Saint Andrews

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in South Carolina See also active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

Radio networks	Fox News Radio Fox Sports Radio NBC News Radio Premiere Networks Premium Choice Total Traffic and Weather Network

Miscellaneous	Clear Channel Outdoor Clear Channel UK iHeartRadio List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia Mediabase Radio Computing Services

Coordinates: 32°49′05″N 79°50′08″W / 32.8180°N 79.8356°W / 32.8180; -79.8356

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