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WZBQ
Broadcast areaTuscaloosa/Columbus, Miss./Starkville, Miss.
Frequency94.1 MHz
Branding94-1 ZBQ
Programming
FormatTop 40 (CHR)
Ownership
OwnerClear Channel Communications
WACT, WRTR, WTXT
History
Former call signs
WRAG, WAQT, WCKO, WDXB
Technical information
Facility ID70264
ClassC0
ERP98,000 watts
HAAT307 meters
Links
Website941zbq.com

WZBQ (94.1 FM, "94-1 ZBQ") is a Top 40 (CHR) music formatted radio station licensed to Carrollton, Alabama, with studios located in Tuscaloosa. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications.

WZBQ serves west-central Alabama and most of east-central Mississippi with an ERP of 98,000 Watts, broadcasting at 94.1 MHz. The station is the Tuscaloosa FM affiliate of the Alabama Crimson Tide football network. Cities in WZBQ's primary coverage area include Tuscaloosa, Carrollton, Aliceville and Fayette in Alabama and Columbus and Starkville in Mississippi.

The station signed on in the 1950s as country music station WRAG. During the 1970s, the station changed call letters to WAQT, then in 1990 to WCKO. The station took the oldies format and call letters of WDXB (102.5 FM) in Jasper when that station began targeting the Birmingham market in 1995. In 1996, the station switched formats and adopted its current Top 40 programming.