WQZQ (830 AM) is a

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, and serving the

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. The station is owned by

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, through licensee WYCQ, Inc. It airs a

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, calling itself "Classic Hits 93.3." The dial position is a reference to the WQZQ's FM

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, W227DC in Nashville, which broadcasts at 93.3

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. WQZQ transmits 2,000

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s by day but because

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is a clear channel frequency, WQZQ must sign-off at night to protect Class A station WCCO in

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. WQZQ's FM translator station operates 24 hours a day. WQZQ's offices and studios are on Mufreesboro Pike in Nashville and its

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is located off Nesbitt Lane in Nashville.

F.M. translator

History

WQZQ began broadcasting in the 1970s as the FM sister station of

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community-oriented station

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. In the 1980s, the signal was upgraded and the station was split off from WDKN, which subsequently acquired another FM station. WQZQ began focusing on the Nashville market with a

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format, ''Q-103''. This station was the predecessor to current Nashville

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station "The Game" 102.5

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. The WQZQ

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was revived for a former black gospel AM station, which also broadcast

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programming overnight at one point. It was this station that was converted to a sports format on February 5, 2013 when it became the Nashville-area affiliate of

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. Then in September 2014, the affiliation was discontinued, due to a contract dispute between NBC Sports Radio and WQZQ. At that point WQZQ began broadcasting ESPN Radio programming along with its sister station WPRT-FM, when local or other syndicated programming was not being broadcast on the station. On January 1, 2014, WQZQ began simulcasting on new FM translator W235BW 94.9. On March 25, 2016, WQZQ began stunting with a non-stop loop of "

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" by

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and began simulcasting on FM translator 93.3 W241BU (now W227DC) in Nashville. (The "94.9 The Game 2" sports format continues on WBUZ-HD3 and W235BW 94.9 FM.) WQZQ officially launched a new classic hits format on April 1, 2016 branded as "93.3 Classic Hits".All-Macarena Stunt Launches New Nashville Translator
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