WQTE

WQTE (95.3 FM, "Q-95 Country") is a radio station in Adrian, Michigan, broadcasting a country music format. The station is live and local during the day on weekdays, and airs a satellite format from ABC Radio called "Country Coast-to-Coast" (known on air as "Today's Best Country") the remainder of the time.

WQTE studios entrance
WQTE
CityAdrian, Michigan
Broadcast areaJackson, Michigan and Toledo, Ohio
Frequency95.3 MHz
BrandingQ95 Country
SloganPlaying Today's Hot Country
Programming
FormatCountry
Ownership
OwnerFriends Communications of MI, Inc.
WABJ, WBZV
History
Former call signs
WABJ-FM
Call sign meaning
QTE = cutie (meaning of calls when used at AM 560 in Monroe/Detroit)
Technical information
Facility ID22649
ClassA
ERP3,000 watts
HAAT91 meters (299 ft)

The station originally signed on as WABJ-FM in 1976, nearly immediately becoming WQTE.[1] The station's original format was beautiful music, changing to country sometime in the early 1980s. The station remains co-owned with WABJ (1490 AM) and Hudson-based WBZV (102.5 FM). For several years, WQTE has referred to itself as "Q95 Country," presumably to avoid confusion with adjacent-channel WKQI 95.5 FM in Detroit, which called itself "Q95" for many years and serves the northeastern part of WQTE's listening area.

The WQTE calls were originally used by what is now WRDT AM 560 in Monroe, Michigan (later WHND and WLLZ-AM) from 1959 to 1974.

References
  1. FCC History Cards for WQTE

Sources


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