WCRQ (102.9
MHz, Border Country 102.9) is a
commercial FM radio, FM radio station city of license, licensed to Dennysville, Maine. The station is owned by WQDY, Inc., which also owns 92.7 WQDY-FM Calais, Maine, Calais and 95.3 WALZ Machias, Maine, Machias. WCRQ airs a country music radio format, format.
The studios and offices are at 637 Main Street in Calais. The transmitter is on Conant Hill Road in Charlotte, Maine, Charlotte. Because its signal spans both the U.S. and Canada, WCRQ calls itself "The Border." The call sign stands for Calais Radio Quoddy, with the Q representing Quoddy Head State Park, a local attraction. Under proper weather conditions, the station's signal can reach as far east as Saint John, New Brunswick, as far south as the Gulf of Maine, as far north as Fredericton, New Brunswick, and as far west as Bangor, Maine.
History
WCRQ sign-on, signed on the air as a Album-oriented rock, rock station in May 1998. It was first owned by Pilot Communications with studios at 115 Main Street in Calais, then later Citadel Broadcasting. The call letters WCRQ were previously used by FM stations in Arab, Alabama, and Providence, Rhode Island. In 2003, WQDY-FM acquired WCRQ and the station became a part of the WQDY, Inc. family of stations.
On July 1, 2019, WCRQ changed its format from contemporary hit radio to country as "Border Country 102.9".
Maine's Border Country
Radioinsight - July 1, 2019
Signal strength
WCRQ broadcasts at 51,000 watts. WBLM, a classic rock station in Portland, Maine, broadcasts on the same frequency. WBLM's signal reaches as far east as Acadia National Park. In areas like Bar Harbor, Maine, Bar Harbor and Ellsworth, Maine, Ellsworth, WBLM interferes with WCRQ. This is because WBLM broadcasts at 100,000 watts from one of Maine's tallest radio masts and towers, TV - radio towers.
See also
*WQDY-FM
*List of radio stations in Maine
References
External links
Border Country 102.9
Radio stations in Maine, CRQ
Country radio stations in the United States
Mass media in Washington County, Maine
Radio stations established in 1998
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