WQBE-FM (97.5
MHz) is one of two
Charleston, West Virginia Country
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FM radio stations. WQBE is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company of
Bristol, Virginia
Bristol is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,219. It is the twin city of Bristol, Tennessee, just across the state line, which runs down the middle of its main street, State ...
, with a "twin" radio station
WXBQ-FM in that area. WQBE also has another "twin" station WKYQ-FM in
Paducah, Kentucky also owned by Bristol Broadcasting. WQBE broadcasts with an
ERP of 50,000
watt
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s. According t
Bristol Broadcasting Company's website WQBE's listening audience is strong in the 18 to 49 (male and female), and 25 to 54 (male and female) demographic ranges.
History
The station was established as WKNA-FM on July 6, 1948. The
call sign
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was changed to WKAZ-FM on August 5, 1957. The station was bought by the
Bristol Broadcasting Company on September 21, 1971. The call sign was changed again to WQBE-FM on November 11, 1974 according to FCC microfiche files. On October 14, 1983, WKAZ/950 ended its own format and identity and assumed a simulcast of the WQGE-FM signal and thus became WQBE (AM).
External links
Official WQBE Site*
Charleston Radio Market @ Bristol Broadcasting
Country radio stations in the United States
QBE-FM
Radio stations established in 1948
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