WQSN is an Alternative Rock formatted

broadcast Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum ( radio waves), in a one-to-many model. Broadcasting began ...

radio station licensed to Norton, Virginia, serving Big Stone Gap, Pennington Gap, and

Clintwood Clintwood is a town in Dickenson County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,414 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population of 1,304 in 2018. It is the county seat of Dickenson County. Although originally called "Holly Creek" afte ...

in Virginia, Whitesburg,

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, and

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in Kentucky, and

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in Tennessee. WQSN is owned and operated by

Bristol Broadcasting Company "Bristol Broadcasting Company" is a radio station chain operating 29 stations in four Southern United States markets: the Tri-Cities area of upper-east Tennessee and southwest Virginia (receiving its name from the twin cities of Bristol, Virginia ...

, Inc. WQSN simulcasts the programming of sister-station

WEXX WEXX (99.3 FM) is located in the Tri-Cities, TN area and is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company. Known as "99.3 The X," it is an alternative rock music station with the slogan "Tri-Cities New Alternative." History In the late '80s and into t ...

History

Originally WNVA-FM, the station first launched on July 25, 1969. WNVA went on the air, on the AM side, on March 6, 1946, with a broadcasting power of 250 watts. WNVA was first owned and operated by the Blan Fox Radio Company and was affiliated with Mutual Broadcasting System, but has always remained under the same ownership since its conception in 1946. On December 28, 2008, WNVA-FM changed its format from the Jones Radio Network's Hot AC to the New Dial Global's

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. On July 15, 2010 at midnight, WNVA-FM changed its format from Dial Global's

to Citadel Media's

Hits & Favorites Hits & Favorites, also known as ABC AC, was a 24-hour music format produced by Cumulus Media Networks (now Westwood One). ABC AC combined a highly researched Adult Contemporary music mix targeted to women aged 25–49. Citadel Broadcasting purch ...

network. As of August 2014, WNVA-FM was silent. Radio-Wise Inc. sold WNVA-FM and sister station WNVA to

for $35,000, enough to settle property tax debts and outstanding FCC fines; the sale closed on January 16, 2015. The station changed its call sign to WSMQ on August 28, 2017, and to WQSN on September 4, 2017.

References

External links

99-3 The X Online
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