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| SimulcastingWQBK-FM,Malta | |
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| Broadcast area | |
| Frequency | 103.5MHz |
| Branding | Q105.7/103.5 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic rock |
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| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | 1986 (1986) (as WITU) |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 40769 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 150 meters (490 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°58′21.3″N74°29′28.5″W / 42.972583°N 74.491250°W /42.972583; -74.491250 |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | q1057 |
WQSH (103.5MHz) is acommercialFM radio stationlicensed toCobleskill, New York, and serving theMohawk Valley and the westernCapital District of New York. The station is owned byTownsquare Media and broadcasts aclassic rockradio format, simulcastingWQBK-FM 105.7. The radio studios and offices are on Kings Road inSchenectady.
WQSH has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts, the maximum for this section of the Northeastern United States. Ittransmits from atower on Indian Road inPalatine, New York.[2]
WQSHsigned on in 1986 as WITU with anadult contemporary format. Thecall sign was changed to WACS-FM in 1988. The next year, WACS-FM was sold to the owners ofWSHZ (98.3 FM) and begansimulcasting that station'sadult contemporary format, and later itsoldies music, using the call letters WSHQ.
The sale of WSHZ to the owners ofWTRY (980 AM) in 1992 led to a return to adult contemporary music (albeit satellite fed) on 103.5 as a stop gap for the station before it was sold to then-WQBK-FM 103.9 owner Maximum Media in 1994. Maximum Media changed the call sign to WQBJ and used it to simulcast WQBK-FM's then-mainstream rock format (firstQ-104, thenThe Edge and finallyQ103), which would flip the next year to modern rock. Maximum Media was purchased by Radio Enterprises in 1996.
Radio Enterprises was bought out byClear Channel Communications, which had owned a minority share of the company, in 1997. Then, in 1999, theEdge stations changed their formats toactive rock, a format that remained through Clear Channel divesting the stations to Regent Communications (now Townsquare Media) in 2000.
On July 1, 2019, WQBJ and WQBK-FM began directing listeners toWQSH (105.7 FM) as their longtime rock radio format moved to the 105.7 FM frequency.[3] On August 1, 2019, WQBJ ended stunting and adopted WQSH's former alternative rock format as "Alt 103.5", putting the station in competition withPamal Broadcasting'sWINU, and independently ownedWEQX. WQBK-FM, its former simulcast partner, concurrently launched asoft adult contemporary format as "103.9 The Breeze".[4] The WQSH call letters were moved to 103.5 on September 18, 2019.
On September 3, 2021, the "Q" branding and classic rock format returned to 103.5 for the first time in over 2 years, this time branded as "Q105.7/103.5". This move reversed half of Townsquare Media's decision to switch formats and frequencies in 2019. This move also left the Capital District with two (at the time) alternative rock stations, WINU and WEQX. WINU has since flipped to a country format, leaving WEQX as the lone alternative station in the Capital District.[5]