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WCVQ

Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Clarksville, Tennessee
Frequency	107.9 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	Q108
Programming
Format	Hot adult contemporary
Subchannels	HD2: 99.1 The Fort (Rhythmic Top 40) HD3: 100.7 The Outlaw (Classic country)
Affiliations	Premiere Networks Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Saga Communications (Saga Communications of Tuckessee, LLC)
Sister stations	WKFN, WNZE, WQEZ, WRND, WVVR, WZZP
History
First air date	1968; 57 years ago (1968)
Former call signs	WABD-FM (1968–1986)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	61253
Class	C1
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	275 meters (902 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	36°32′23″N 87°39′45″W / 36.53972°N 87.66250°W / 36.53972; -87.66250
Translator(s)	HD2: 99.1 W256CI (Clarksville) HD3: 100.7 W264CK (Clarksville)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) Listen Live (HD3)
Website	q108.com 991thefort.com (HD2) outlaw1007.com (HD3)

WCVQ (107.9 FM, "Q108") is a Fort Campbell, Kentucky-licensed radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format in the Clarksville-Hopkinsville broadcast area. The station is currently owned by Saga Communications under licensee Saga Communications of Tuckessee, LLC, and operates as part of its Five Star Media Group. and is also broadcasting on HD radio.

WCVQ studios and offices are co-located with its sister stations in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee; all of which make up a cluster known as the 5 Star Radio Group, a unit of Saga Communications, Inc. The station's transmitter is located near the junction of US 79/SR 76 and SR 46 in eastern Stewart County just north of Indian Mound.

History

The station first signed on the air in 1968 as WABD-FM, which at the time was a sister station to the AM station with the same call letters. Under ownership by the Fort Campbell Broadcasting Company, WABD (AM 1370, now WQEZ) was a Top 40-formatted station. In the late 1970s, WABD-FM broadcast an album rock format, while WABD switched to oldies.

On December 13, 1986, the station was sold to Southern Broadcasting, and changed their call letters to the current WCVQ. The station has used the Q-108 branding ever since. Also in December 1986, WCVQ upgraded its signal to a 100,000 watt signal. Its current owner, Saga Communications, purchased the station at some point in the early 2000s. The station's signal has been transmitting from their current 950 feet (290 m) tower ever since.

HD Radio launch and FM translators

In 2014, through its HD radio signal, the station launched its HD2 subchannel to serve as a Contemporary Christian station, branded as "Sunny 99.1," which is simulcast over analog low-powered FM translator W256CI, which broadcasts at 99.1 megahertz. The next year, an HD3 subchannel was launched to bring the Classic Country format to the area, which is simulcast over W264CK, at 100.7 megahertz.

Translators

Signal coverage

WCVQ's primary coverage area is the Clarksville–Hopkinsville metropolitan area, covering the Pennyrile region of Western Kentucky and northwestern Middle Tennessee. WCVQ also secondarily covers the Nashville Metropolitan Area as it is considered to be in both the Clarksville and Nashville radio markets.

References

1. "WCVQ Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
2. "Facility Technical Data for WCVQ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
3. "WCVQ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
4. "HD Radio Station Guide". HD Radio. iBiquity.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 61253 (WCVQ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WCVQ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 154860 (W256CI) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• W256CI at FCCdata.org
• Facility details for Facility ID 89006 (W264CK) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• W264CK at FCCdata.org

• HD Radio stations
• Radio stations in Kentucky
• Hot adult contemporary radio stations in the United States
• Radio stations established in 1969