WQBE-FM
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WQBE-FM is one of two Charleston, West Virginia
Country
FM
radio stations. WQBE is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company of Bristol, Virginia
, 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 watts. WQBE is the leader in the Arbitron
rations in the Charleston Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to 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.
Charleston, West Virginia
Charleston is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County. As of the 2010 census, it has a population of 51,400, and its metropolitan area 304,214. It is the county seat of Kanawha County.Early...
Country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
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FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
radio stations. WQBE is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company of Bristol, Virginia
Bristol, Virginia
Bristol is an independent city in Virginia, United States, bounded by Washington County, Virginia, Bristol, Tennessee, and Sullivan County, Tennessee....
, with a "twin" radio station WXBQ-FM
WXBQ-FM
WXBQ-FM is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Bristol, Virginia, serving the Tri-Cities. WXBQ-FM is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.-Ratings:...
in that area. WQBE also has another "twin" station WKYQ-FM in Paducah, Kentucky
Paducah, Kentucky
Paducah is the largest city in Kentucky's Jackson Purchase Region and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Tennessee River and the Ohio River, halfway between the metropolitan areas of St. Louis, Missouri, to the west and Nashville,...
, also owned by Bristol Broadcasting. WQBE broadcasts with an ERP
Effective radiated power
In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains...
of 50,000 watts. WQBE is the leader in the Arbitron
Arbitron
Arbitron is a consumer research company in the United States that collects listener data on radio audiences. It was founded as American Research Bureau by Jim Seiler in 1949 and became national by merging with L.A. based Coffin, Cooper and Clay in the early 1950s...
rations in the Charleston Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to 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
Here is a brief station timeline- The station started as WKNA-FM July 6, 1948.
- The callsign was changed to WKAZ-FM August 5, 1957.
- Bristol Broadcasting Company buys the station on September 21, 1971.
- Call sign was changed to WQBE-FM October 14, 1983.