WQUE-FM (93.3

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, ''"Q93.3"'') is a

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. It airs an

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and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. It carries two nationally syndicated programs from co-owned Premiere Networks: '' The Breakfast Club'' in morning

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and '' Way Up with Angela Yee'' in middays. WQUE-FM's studios are on Howard Avenue in

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. WQUE-FM is a Class C FM station. It has an

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(ERP) of 100,000

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s, the maximum for most FM stations. The

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is off Behrman Highway in New Orleans'

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History

The station

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the air on . Its

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was WDSU-FM, as the

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of WDSU 1280 (now

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) and

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6, which went on the air the previous year. WDSU-FM originally broadcast on 105.3 MHz and was powered at 17,000 watts, a fraction of its current output. It largely

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WDSU 1280, as affiliates of

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. The studios were at 520 Royal Street. In the 1960s, WDSU-FM moved to 93.3 MHz. (

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is now on the 105.3 frequency.) The FM station took the WQUE call letters in 1971, playing

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hits. The AM station became WGSO with a full service

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format of popular music, news and talk. Two years later, the radio stations were sold to Covenant Broadcasting. Around 1984, the AM station also took the WQUE call sign and the two stations returned to simulcasting, this time both as "Q93". They continued as Top 40 outlets, competing with WTIX 690 AM (now WQNO). In 1992, the two stations were acquired by

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(the forerunner to iHeartMedia).''Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999'' page D-194. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
/ref> Under Clear Channel, WQUE-FM made the transition to urban contemporary music. It has become one of the top stations in New Orleans. From 2006 to 2014, it was the home of the ''

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'', which now airs on sister station 98.5 WYLD-FM. In January 2014, WQUE became the home of '' The Breakfast Club'' from co-owned

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. It is hosted by Charlamagne tha God,

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References

External links

Q93's website
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