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| Broadcast area | Saginaw-Bay City-Midland-Flint |
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| Frequency | 98.1MHz |
| Branding | 98-KCQ |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | MacDonald Broadcasting |
| WMJO,WSAM,WSAG | |
| History | |
Former call signs | WSAM-FM |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 65927 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 50,000watts |
| HAAT | 150 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°25′4″N83°55′6″W / 43.41778°N 83.91833°W /43.41778; -83.91833 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | 98fmkcq.com |
WKCQ (98.1 FM) is aradio station licensed toSaginaw, Michigan, and broadcasting on 98.1mHz with aneffective radiated power of 50,000watts. The station has broadcast a popularcountry music format since 1968 (the country format began under the station's original calls of WSAM-FM).
Every year since 1992, the station hosts a free concert on Ojibway Island in downtown Saginaw.[2] Under the right conditions it can be heard all the way inPort Sanilac. For a period of time, WKCQ's listenership in theFlint area declined whenWFBE, with which it competes with inGenesee County, Michigan, switched to country, however listenership has rebounded in the Flint area due to the stability of its on-air talent, with Jim Kramer, Kevin Profitt, Greg Cole and Brian Bailey, among others, having been with the station for a decade or more. It is also one of the highest-rated radio stations in the Great Lakes Bay region, where it competes withWCEN-FM. Nearby competition also includesWITL-FM inLansing inShiawassee County, Michigan.
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