WKCQ
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Broadcast area | Saginaw-Bay City-Midland-Flint |
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| Frequency | 98.1 MHz |
| Branding | 98-KCQ |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | MacDonald Broadcasting |
| WMJO, WSAM, WSAG | |
| History | |
Former call signs | WSAM-FM |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 65927 | |
| Class | B |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 150 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°25′4″N 83°55′6″W / 43.41778°N 83.91833°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | 98fmkcq.com |
WKCQ (98.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Saginaw, Michigan, and broadcasting on 98.1 mHz with an effective radiated power of 50,000 watts. The station has broadcast a popular country music format since 1968 (the country format began under the station's original calls of WSAM-FM).
From 1992 through 2017, the station hosted a free concert on Ojibway Island in downtown Saginaw.[2][3] Under the right conditions it could be heard all the way in Port Sanilac. It is also one of the highest-rated radio stations in the Great Lakes Bay region, where it competes with WCEN-FM. Nearby competition also includes WITL-FM in Lansing in Shiawassee County, Michigan.
Sources
[edit]- ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WKCQ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ↑ White, Sue (June 20, 2009). "90,000 people show up for KCQ Country Music Fest in Saginaw". Saginaw News. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
- ↑ Simpson-Mersha, Isis (September 7, 2017). "KCQ Country Music Fest comes to an end after 26 years". Saginaw News. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 65927 (WKCQ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WKCQ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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