WQBE-FM

WQBE-FM

City of license	Charleston, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Charleston MSA
Branding	97.5 WQBE
Slogan	Today's 24 Carrot Country
Frequency	97.5 MHz
First air date	July 6, 1948
Format	Country
ERP	50,000 watts
Class	B
Transmitter coordinates	38°24′22.0″N 81°43′26.0″W
Owner	Bristol Broadcasting Company
Website	WQBE.com

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.

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.

External links

• Official WQBE Site
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WQBE
• WQBE-FM on Radio-locator.com
• Charleston Radio Market @ Bristol Broadcasting
• History of WKNA/WKAZ/WQBE