WCYQ

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WCYQ
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City of license Karns, Tennessee
Broadcast area Knoxville, Tennessee
Branding "Q93"
Slogan Today's Continuous Country
Frequency 93.1 MHz
Format Country music
ERP 2,400 watts
HAAT 156 meters
Class A
Facility ID 29741
Transmitter coordinates 35°57′46.00″N 84°01′23.00″W / 35.96278°N 84.02306°W / 35.96278; -84.02306
Former callsigns WMYU (2001-2008)
WWST (1994-2001)
WWZZ (1990-1994)
WCKS (1988-1990) [1]
Owner Journal Broadcast Group
(Journal Broadcast Corporation)
Sister stations WKHT, WKTI and WWST
Website [1]

WCYQ (93.1 FM, "Q93") is a radio station broadcasting an Country music format. Licensed to the suburb of Karns, Tennessee, it serves the Knoxville, Tennessee metropolitan area. It first began broadcasting in 1988 under the call sign WCKS. The station is currently owned by Journal Broadcast Group.

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[edit] History

After being assigned the call letters WCKS on October 03, 1988, this station switched call signs to WWZZ on December 03, 1990.

[edit] WWST and WMYU frequency swap

On May 20, 1994, 93.1 FM changed to Star 93.1 FM with the call sign "WWST". On that same date, sister station WSEV-FM switched call letters to WMYU as Oldies 102. On March 9, 2001, the two stations swapped frequencies bringing "WMYU" to 93.1 FM while the WWST call letters were moved to 102.1 FM as Star 102.1 where they remain. WMYU most recently broadcast an 80s Oldies format until November 26, 2008, when the station switched to a country music format as Q93 switching their call sign to WCYQ.[1]

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