WTHQ (AM)

WTHQ

City	Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Point Pleasant, West Virginia Mason County, West Virginia
Branding	"94Q FM"
Slogan	"The Hit Music Station"
Frequency	1030 AM kHz
First air date	1994^[1]
Format	Contemporary Hit Radio^[2]
Power	10,000 Watts daytime 2,900 Watts Critical hours
Class	D
Facility ID	5284
Transmitter coordinates	38°48′42.0″N 82°5′59.0″W / 38.811667°N 82.099722°W / 38.811667; -82.099722
Former callsigns	WTGR (1988-1991) WBGS (1991-2016) WTHQ (2016-Present)^[3]
Owner	Baker Family Stations (Big River Radio, Inc.)
Sister stations	WBYG, WCEF
Webcast	WTHQ Webstream
Website	WTHQ Online

WTHQ is a Contemporary Hit Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Point Pleasant, West Virginia, serving Point Pleasant and Mason County in West Virginia.^[2] WTHQ is owned and operated by Baker Family Stations.^[4]

History

Prior to March 25, 2016, WTHQ was Southern Gospel formatted WBGS.^[5] The station simulcast on 105.9, the former frequency of translator W290BC.^[5] W290BC moved from 105.9 to 94.1 as W231CY on March 25 as well.^[5]

Translator

In addition to the main station, WTHQ is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.^[6]

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	ERP W	Height m (ft)	Class	FCC info
W231CY	94.1 FM	Point Pleasant, West Virginia	140377	170 watts	75 m (246 ft)	D	FCC

References

↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-591. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
↑ "WTHQ Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
1 2 3 Venta, Lance (March 25, 2016). "WBGS Flips To CHR 94QFM". RadioBB Networks. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
↑ "W290BC Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 26, 2016.

External Links

94Q FM Online

Query the FCC's AM station database for WTHQ

Radio-Locator Information on WTHQ

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WTHQ

Radio stations in the West-Central West Virginia market

By AM frequency	1030 1360 1400

By FM frequency	88.1 90.7 92.3 92.5 98.3 99.5 104.7 105.7 107.7

By callsign	WBYG WCEF WLKV WMCC-LP WMOV WTHM-LP WTHQ WVRC WVRC-FM WVRR WVRW WYRC-LP

West Virginia radio markets Beckley Bluefield Charleston Huntington Morgantown–Clarksburg–Fairmont Parkersburg Wheeling Other West Virginia radio regions Cumberland, MD East-Central Eastern Panhandle Elkins–Buckhannon–Weston Kingwood Southern West-Central Winchester, VA See also List of radio stations in West Virginia

CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of West Virginia

By frequency	1030 91.9 92.3 92.7 92.9 94.1 95.1 98.7 101.9 103.7

By callsign	WCIR-FM WCWV WKQR WPHP WQZK-FM WRVZ WTHQ WVAQ WXIL WYRC-LP

By city	Beckley Wheeling Keyser Morgantown Mullens Parkersburg Pocatalico Point Pleasant Spencer Summersville

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in West Virginia See also Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

Daytime-Only radio stations in West Virginia

Stations	WBKW - Beckley WELC - Welch WFSP - Kingwood WHJC - Matewan WMOV - Ravenswood WMUX - Hurricane WPDX - Clarksburg WRRL - Rainelle WSCW - South Charleston WSLW - White Sulphur Springs WTHQ - Point Pleasant WVMR - Frost WYKM - Rupert

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