WFBQ
| City of license | Indianapolis, Indiana |
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| Broadcast area | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Branding | Q95 |
| Slogan | "Indy's Only Real Classic Rock" |
| Frequency | 94.7 (MHz) |
| First air date | 1955 |
| Format | Classic rock |
| ERP | 58,000 watts |
| HAAT | 245 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 59590 |
| Callsign meaning | disambiguation of former WFBM calls, Q (long-popular branding for rock stations) |
| Owner | Clear Channel |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wfbq.com |
WFBQ (94.7 FM, "Q95") is a radio station in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, owned by Clear Channel Communications. The station operates on the FM radio frequency of 94.7 MHz, FM channel 234. The studios are located at 6161 Fall Creek Road on the northeast side of Indianapolis. The transmitter and antenna are located on the northwest side of Indianapolis. It is the flagship station of the popular nationally syndicated program The Bob and Tom Show.
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[edit] History
WFBQ began operation as WFBM-FM in 1955 as the sister station to WFBM-AM (now WNDE) and WFBM-TV (now WRTV).
In 1957, the three WFBM stations were sold to Time-Life, Inc. In 1961 WFBM-AM/WFBM-FM were sold to Fischer Communications who also owned WAZY-AM/WAZY-FM in Lafayette and WGBF-AM/WGBF-FM in Evansville. In 1972, WFBM-TV became WRTV. In August 1973, WFBM-AM became Top 40 WNDE. WFBM-FM had become Oldies-formatted WFBQ earlier that same year. One year later, WFBQ became "Rock N' Stereo" (the FM Top 40 counterpart to AM sister WNDE) using an automation package called "Stereo Rock" produced by TM Productions of Dallas. On Valentine's Day, 1978, "Rock N' Stereo" was dropped in favor of Album-Oriented Rock and live DJs.
[edit] Station broadcasting information
The station broadcasts with 58 kilowatts of both vertical and horizontal power. More information can be found at the WFBQ FM query page at the FCC website. 58 kW makes WFBQ the most powerful FM station in Indiana.
[edit] Programming
WFBQ changed to a Album Rock format on February 14, 1978, at 7 AM. After several years of a classic rock lean, WFBQ changed to classic rock by 2005, when competitor WKLU defected to classic hits.
It also has two sister stations, WNDE (originally WFBM-AM) and WRZX (originally WXTZ-FM).
It has been the flagship station of The Bob & Tom Show (syndicated by Clear Channel Communications since 1995) since 1983.
It was the flagship station for Indianapolis Colts game broadcasts [1] from 1998 through the 2007 Super Bowl. The rights have since been acquired by Emmis Communications' WLHK
WFBQ is the State Primary Source for the Indiana Emergency Alert System. [2]
[edit] Legacy
At a 1991 Guns N' Roses concert in Noblesville, Indiana, frontman Axl Rose (a Lafayette native) spotted a fan wearing a Q95 t-shirt and proceeded to claim to have listened to the station while growing up and that the "station saved [his] fuckin' life".[1]
[edit] External links
- WFBQ Website
- Indiana Radio Archive, WFBQ
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WFBQ
- Radio-Locator information on WFBQ
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WFBQ
- List of "grandfathered" FM radio stations in the U.S.
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