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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
WKQQ
WKQQ is a Rock station in Lexington, Kentucky. Sometime in the late 1990s "Double Q" switched from 98.1 FM to their current home at 100.1 FM. WKQQ is licensed to Winchester, KY.
WLEX-FM [WKQQ's original call letters] came on the air in 1968 on 98.1 MHz
WKQQ was licensed as a 50 KW facility on 98.1, and in 1974 that was increased to 100 KW. It ran as an Album-Oriented Rock station from this site until 1998 when the FCC mandated that all Class C FMs running 100 KW ERP (effective radiated power) must be 1000' HAAT.( height above average terrain) At this point, WKQQ switched frequencies with the old Winchester, KY Class A FM, received a CP for 20 KW on 100.1 MHz and built a new station and identity. The station now plays a Mainstream Rock format of its former rotation. Winchester received the old 98.1 MHz frequency at the 100 KW power level. WBUL-FM currently occupies 98.1.
Wkqq switched frequencys on jan 10 1998 from 98.1 to 100.1
ReplyDeleteThis Year Is Double Q's 40th Birthday!
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ReplyDeleteWLEX-FM [WKQQ's original call letters] came on the air in 1968 on 98.1 MHz
ReplyDeleteWKQQ was licensed as a 50 KW facility on 98.1, and in 1974 that was increased to 100 KW. It ran as an Album-Oriented Rock station from this site until 1998 when the FCC mandated that all Class C FMs running 100 KW ERP (effective radiated power) must be 1000' HAAT.( height above average terrain)
At this point, WKQQ switched frequencies with the old Winchester, KY Class A FM, received a CP for 20 KW on 100.1 MHz and built a new station and identity. The station now plays a Mainstream Rock format of its former rotation. Winchester received the old 98.1 MHz frequency at the 100 KW power level. WBUL-FM currently occupies 98.1.