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{{Infobox radio station
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WQBZ
| name = WQBZ
| image =
| logo = File:WQBZ Q106.3 logo.png
| city = [[Fort Valley, Georgia]]
| city = [[Fort Valley, Georgia]]
| area = [[Macon, Georgia]]
| area = [[Macon, Georgia]]
| branding = ''Q 106-3''
| branding = ''Q 106.3''
| slogan = ''The Rock Station''
| frequency = 106.3 [[MHz]] {{HD Radio}}
| frequency = 106.3 [[MHz]] {{HD Radio}}
| repeater =
| repeater =
| airdate =
| airdate = April 6, 1981
| format = [[Mainstream rock]]
| format = [[Classic rock]]
| erp = 50,000 [[watt]]s
| erp = 50,000 [[watt]]s
| haat = 150 meters
| haat = {{convert|150|meters}}
| class = C2
| class = C2
| facility_id = 64641
| facility_id = 64641
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| affiliations =
| affiliations =
| owner = [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]]
| owner = [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]]
| licensee = AMFM Radio Licenses, LLC
| licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC
| sister_stations =[[WIBB (AM)|WIBB]], [[WIBB-FM]], [[WPCH (FM)|WPCH]], [[WRBV]], [[WPLA]], [[WZCH]]
| sister_stations = [[WIBB-FM]], [[WIHB (AM)|WIHB]], [[WIHB-FM]], [[WRBV]], [[WMGE (AM)|WMGE]]
| webcast = [http://www.q106.fm/mediaplayer/ Listen Live]
| webcast = [https://www.iheart.com/live/q1063-3268/ Listen Live]
| website = [http://www.q106.fm q106.fm]
| website = [https://q106.iheart.com/ q106.iheart.com]
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
}}
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'''WQBZ''' (106.3 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a [[radio station]] broadcasting a [[mainstream rock]] format. Licensed to [[Fort Valley, Georgia]], USA, the station serves the Macon area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |title=WQBZ Station Information Profile |publisher=[[Arbitron]]}}</ref> The station is currently owned by [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]] and licensed to AMFM Radio Licenses, LLC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WQBZ |title=WQBZ Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref>


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'''WQBZ''' (106.3 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a [[radio station]] broadcasting a [[classic rock]] format. Licensed to [[Fort Valley, Georgia]], United States, the station serves the Macon area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |title=WQBZ Station Information Profile |publisher=[[Arbitron]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301134627/http://www.arbitron.com/ |archivedate=March 1, 2010 }}</ref> The station is currently owned by [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]] and licensed to iHM Licenses, LLC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WQBZ |title=WQBZ Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref>
KGOU is a National Public Radio member News/Talk/Jazz music/Blues music radio station serving the Oklahoma City area and is owned by the University of Oklahoma. It is operated by OU's College of Continuing Education (OU Outreach), with studios in Copeland Hall on the OU campus.


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==History==
The station operates three full-power satellites: KROU (105.7 FM) in Spencer, KWOU (88.1 FM) in Woodward and KOUA (91.9 FM) in Ada, Oklahoma. It also operates translators K276ET (103.1 FM) in Seminole, K250AU (97.9 FM) in Ada, K295BL (106.9 FM) in Chickasha and K286BZ (105.1 FM) in Shawnee.
WQBZ-FM signed on the air on April 6, 1981, and it broadcast an [[Adult Contemporary]] format. The format lasted throughout the rest of the 1980s and into the earlier half of the 1990s. It was first known as "Z106" before becoming "Q106" in 1989. WQBZ is Macon's dominant affiliate for [[Rick Dees Weekly Top 40]] and [[Dan Ingram]]'s Top 40 Satellite Survey. It switched to its current mainstream rock format by the mid-to-late 1990s. It became Q106.3 in 2013.


==References==
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History[edit]
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KGOU was originally licensed as a commercial rock music station to the University of Oklahoma in 1970, broadcasting at 106.3 FM. OU applied for a non-commercial Class A license and switched the station's format to NPR news and talk on New Year's Day, 1983.

The station's repeater network began more or less out of necessity. In 1993, KGOU and the University of Central Oklahoma's KCSC reached a deal to provide non-conflicting programming. This resulted in KCSC dropping all NPR news programming, even though it was the more powerful station. KGOU's signal was spotty at best in most of Oklahoma City because it had to protect what is now KTUZ-FM at nearby 106.7. To solve this problem, OU won a construction permit for a repeater station that would better cover the northern suburbs. This repeater station, KROU, officially signed on June 28, 1993. It was the first in a network of repeater stations that cover much of central and southern Oklahoma.

Its format is primarily news/talk on weekdays, with jazz, blues, and world music programs on weekends, broadcasting programs from NPR, PRI and other public radio networks alongside locally produced news and music programming.

The KGOU studios were heavily renovated in 2006.


==External links==
==External links==
*{{FM station data|WQBZ}}
*{{FM station data|64641|WQBZ}}


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{{Macon Radio}}
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{{Classic Rock Radio Stations in Georgia}}
{{IHeartMedia}}


[[Category:Radio stations in Georgia (U.S. state)|QBZ]]
[[Category:Radio stations in Georgia (U.S. state)|QBZ]]
[[Category:Mainstream rock radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Classic rock radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:IHeartMedia radio stations]]
[[Category:IHeartMedia radio stations]]


Latest revision as of 15:05, 12 July 2024

WQBZ
Broadcast areaMacon, Georgia
Frequency106.3 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingQ 106.3
Programming
FormatClassic rock
Ownership
Owner
WIBB-FM, WIHB, WIHB-FM, WRBV, WMGE
History
First air date
April 6, 1981
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID64641
ClassC2
ERP50,000 watts
HAAT150 meters (490 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
32°45′31.00″N 83°44′49.00″W / 32.7586111°N 83.7469444°W / 32.7586111; -83.7469444
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websiteq106.iheart.com

WQBZ (106.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format. Licensed to Fort Valley, Georgia, United States, the station serves the Macon area.[2] The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and licensed to iHM Licenses, LLC.[3]

History

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WQBZ-FM signed on the air on April 6, 1981, and it broadcast an Adult Contemporary format. The format lasted throughout the rest of the 1980s and into the earlier half of the 1990s. It was first known as "Z106" before becoming "Q106" in 1989. WQBZ is Macon's dominant affiliate for Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 and Dan Ingram's Top 40 Satellite Survey. It switched to its current mainstream rock format by the mid-to-late 1990s. It became Q106.3 in 2013.

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WQBZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "WQBZ Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.
  3. ^ "WQBZ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
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