| Broadcast area | Nashville metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 830kHz |
| Branding | 94.9 The Fan |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio VSiN Radio Nashville Sounds |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WPRT-FM,WBUZ | |
| History | |
First air date | 1980 (as WKVL) |
Former call signs | WKVL (1979–1988) WCTZ (1988–2005) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 72960 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 2,000watts day 3 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°16′22″N86°42′57″W / 36.27278°N 86.71583°W /36.27278; -86.71583 |
| Repeater(s) | 102.5WPRT-HD3 (Pegram) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | WQZQ Online |
WQZQ (830AM) is aradio stationlicensed toGoodlettsville, Tennessee, and serving theNashville metropolitan area.[2] The station is owned byCromwell Radio Group, through licensee WYCQ, Inc.[3] It airs asportsradio format, calling itself "94.9 The Fan", which refers toFMtranslator,W235BW inNashville, which broadcasts at 94.9MHz, relayed byWBUZ-HD3 at 102.9 inLa Vergne.[4]
WQZQ transmits 2,000watts by day but because830 AM is aclear channel frequency, WQZQ must greatly reduce power to 3 watts at night to protectClass A stationWCCO inMinneapolis. The FM translator and repeater stations operate 24 hours a day. WQZQ's offices and studios are on Murfreesboro Pike in Nashville and itstransmitter is located off Nesbitt Lane in Nashville.[5]
WQZQ began broadcasting in the 1970s as the FM sister station ofDickson, Tennessee community-oriented stationWDKN. In the 1980s, the signal was upgraded and the station was split off from WDKN, which subsequently acquired another FM station. WQZQ began focusing on theNashville market with arock music format,Q-103. This station was the predecessor to current Nashvillesports radio station "The Game" 102.5WPRT-FM.
The WQZQcall sign was revived for a formerblack gospel AM station, which also broadcastSpanish language programming overnight at one point. It was this station that was converted to a sports format on February 5, 2013, when it became the Nashville-areaaffiliate ofNBC Sports Radio. Then in September 2014, the affiliation was discontinued, due to a contract dispute between NBC Sports Radio and WQZQ.[6] At that point WQZQ began broadcastingESPN Radio programming along with itssister station WPRT-FM, when local or other syndicated programming was not being broadcast on the station.
On January 1, 2014, WQZQ began simulcasting on new FM translator W235BW 94.9.
On March 25, 2016, WQZQ beganstunting with a non-stop loop of "Macarena" byLos del Rio and began simulcasting on FM translator 93.3 W241BU (now W227DC) in Nashville. (The "94.9 The Game 2" sports format continues on WBUZ-HD3 and W235BW 94.9 FM.) WQZQ officially launched a new classic hits format on April 1, 2016, branded as "93.3 Classic Hits".[7]
In March 2024, WQZQ flipped back to sports, under the branding of "94.9 The Fan".
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