WKTQ (FM)

WKTQ
City	Oakland, Maryland
Broadcast area	Oakland, Maryland Kingwood, West Virginia
Branding	"92Q"
Slogan	"Today's Best Country"
Frequency	92.3 MHz
First air date	1966
Format	Country
Power	1,400 Watts
HAAT	210 Meters
Class	A
Transmitter coordinates	39°26′41.0″N 79°31′42.0″W / 39.444722°N 79.528333°W / 39.444722; -79.528333
Former callsigns	WMSG-FM (1966–1978) WXIE (1978–1995) WWHC (1995–2013) WWHQ (2013–2016) WKTQ-FM (7/2016-8/2016)
Affiliations	Westwood One News
Owner	Broadcast Communications II, Inc.
Sister stations	WKHJ, WKTZ-FM, WMSG
Website	WKTQ Online

WKTQ is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Oakland, Maryland.

Due to the high altitude of its tower, WKTQ's signal covers most of Garrett County, Maryland, most of neighboring Preston County, West Virginia, and parts of Tucker, Grant, and Mineral Counties in West Virginia. WKTQ is owned and operated by Broadcast Communications II, Inc.

Ben Lawrence is the Operations Manager of WKTQ. Ben also hosts an afternoon request show Monday through Friday 3 to 7 PM on 92Q using his air moniker Benji Law.

History

WKTQ began as a simulcast of sister station WMSG in 1966. WMSG split from the simulcast in 1978 and became WXIE. The first format on WXIE was a soft adult contemporary format. In 1991, WXIE moved from 92.1 to 92.3 and became "92X" and began running a classic hits format. WXIE went dark in 1994.

In 1995, the frequency was acquired by Oakland Media Group, changed call letters to WWHC and began playing Country with the branding "Hot Country 92". Around 2000, 92.3 went through another name change, switching to "The Train" in reference to the railroad heritage that is found all over the region it serves.

On September 25, 2013, WWHC changed its callsign to WWHQ.^[1] On July 7, 2016, the station changed its call sign from WWHQ to WKTQ-FM; the "-FM" suffix was dropped on August 8, 2016.^[1]

Studios/tower

Studio in Loch Lynn Heights, Maryland

WKTQ's studios are on Lothian Street in Loch Lynn Heights, Maryland co-located with sister stations WMSG and WKHJ and their tower is located above West Virginia Route 7 near Terra Alta, West Virginia.

Station sold

In July 2009, then-WWHC and sisters WKHJ and WMSG were sold for $830,000 to Radiowerks Broadcasting.^[2]

In May 2011, WWHC and its sister stations were ordered into receivership by the Garrett County MD Circuit Court. John Culp was appointed as receiver. The Federal Communications Commission approved the transfer of the license on May 19, 2011.

The receivership sold WWHC and sister stations WKHJ and WMSG to Broadcast Communications, Inc. The sale was effective July 1, 2013 at a purchase price of $775,000.

References

1 2 Call Sign History of WKTQ
↑ Taylor, Tom (July 27, 2009). "Wheeling and Dealing". Taylor on Radio-Info. Radio-Info.com.

External links

92Q Online
Media related to WKTQ at Wikimedia Commons

Query the FCC's FM station database for WKTQ

Radio-Locator information on WKTQ

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WKTQ

Radio stations in the Kingwood, West Virginia–Oakland, Maryland market

By AM frequency	1050 1560

By FM frequency	90.3 92.3 95.9 96.3 96.7 104.5 107.7

By callsign	W242AD WAIJ WFSP WFSP-FM WKHJ WKMM WKTQ WKTZ-FM WMSG

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 Maryland radio markets Baltimore Frederick Hagerstown Salisbury–Ocean City Other Maryland radio regions Cumberland Northern Neck Oakland See also List of radio stations in West Virginia List of radio stations in Maryland

Country radio stations in the state of Maryland

Stations	WAAI – Hurlock WAYZ – Hagerstown WBEY-FM – Crisfield WFRB-FM – Frostburg WFRE – Frederick WICL – Williamsport WINX-FM – Cambridge WKHI - Fruitland WKIK – La Plata WKIK-FM – California WKTQ – Oakland WKTT – Salisbury WPOC – Baltimore WWFG – Ocean City WXCY – Havre de Grace

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Maryland

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