WKCQ (98.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Saginaw, Michigan, and broadcasting on 98.1 mHz with an effective radiated power of 50,000 watts. The station has broadcast a popular country music format since 1968 (the country format began under the station's original calls of WSAM-FM).
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| Broadcast area | Saginaw-Bay City-Midland-Flint |
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| Frequency | 98.1 MHz |
| Branding | 98-KCQ |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | MacDonald Broadcasting |
| WMJO, WSAM, WSAG | |
| History | |
Former call signs | WSAM-FM |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 65927 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 150 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°25′4″N 83°55′6″W / 43.41778°N 83.91833°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | 98fmkcq.com |
Every year since 1992, the station hosts a free concert on Ojibway Island in downtown Saginaw.[2] Under the right conditions it can be heard all the way in Port Sanilac. For a period of time, WKCQ's listenership in the Flint area declined when WFBE, with which it competes with in Genesee County, Michigan, switched to country, however listenership has rebounded in the Flint area due to the stability of its on-air talent, with Jim Kramer, Kevin Profitt, Greg Cole and Brian Bailey, among others, having been with the station for a decade or more. It is also one of the highest-rated radio stations in the Great Lakes Bay region, where it competes with WCEN-FM. Nearby competition also includes WITL-FM in Lansing in Shiawassee County, Michigan.
Sources
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKCQ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ White, Sue (2009-06-20). "90,000 people show up for KCQ Country Music Fest in Saginaw". Saginaw News. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
External links
edit- Facility details for Facility ID 65927 (WKCQ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WKCQ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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