WORQ, known by the on-air brand of "Q90 FM", is a
Christian radio
Christian radio is a Christian media radio format that focus on programming with a Christian message. Many such broadcasters play contemporary Christian music, though many programs include sermons, radio dramas, as well as news and talk progra ...
radio station in
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The county seat of Brown County, it is at the head of Green Bay (known locally as "the bay of Green Bay"), a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It is above sea lev ...
. The station is owned and operated by Lakeshore Communications, and broadcasts at 90.1 MHz on the
FM dial. WORQ is headquartered at 1253 Schuering Rd in suburban
De Pere, with its
transmitter located in the town of
Ledgeview on Scray's Hill. The station is primarily known for its Christian music content (emphasizing
contemporary Christian in its playlist), though its schedule also features local and syndicated programming that highlights
Christian talk and teaching
Christian radio is a Christian media radio format that focus on programming with a Christian message. Many such broadcasters play contemporary Christian music, though many programs include sermons, radio dramas, as well as news and talk programm ...
, along with discussion programming that emphasizes a
conservative,
evangelical viewpoint on current events.
The frequency had previously been home to
WGBP-FM
WGBP-FM was an FM high school radio station at Premontre High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The station operated on 90.1 MHz between 1975 and 1990.
History
On November 30, 1973, Premontre High School applied to build and operate a 10-wat ...
, a high school station at
Our Lady of Premontre High School which broadcast with 10 watts from 1975 to 1990. The station was taken silent in 1991 when the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay merged Premontre, St. Joseph Academy and Abbot Pennings High School into the new one-campus Notre Dame Academy and considered the radio station an extraneous asset. WORQ, originally assigned to 88.5, was moved to 90.1; it operates on a separate license and with a much more powerful transmitter. As of September 2001, the station was one of 29 radio stations whose plays were recorded by
Radio & Records
''Radio & Records'' (''R&R'') was a trade publication providing news and airplay information for the radio and music industries. It started as an independent trade from 1973 to 2006 until VNU Media took over in 2006 and became a relaunched sister ...
to compile the Christian CHR chart.
Translators
In addition to the main station, WORQ is relayed by
broadcast translators to the following parts of
Wisconsin.
References
External links
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Contemporary Christian radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1994
1994 establishments in Wisconsin
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