WYQS

Coordinates: 35°53′12.00″N 82°33′23.00″W / 35.8866667°N 82.5563889°W / 35.8866667; -82.5563889

WYQS
City	Mars Hill, North Carolina
Frequency	90.5 MHz
Format	BBC World Service
ERP	250 watts
HAAT	389.0 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	40436
Transmitter coordinates	35°53′12.00″N 82°33′23.00″W / 35.8866667°N 82.5563889°W / 35.8866667; -82.5563889
Former callsigns	WVMH-FM (1978-2005)
Owner	Western North Carolina Public Radio
Sister stations	WCQS
Website	www.wyqs.org

WYQS (90.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to Mars Hill, North Carolina, USA. The station is currently owned by Western North Carolina Public Radio, owner of the area's flagship public radio station, WCQS.^[1]^[2] The format is BBC News programs.^[3]

History

The station went on the air as WVMH-FM on 1978-10-12 and was owned by Mars Hill College. On 2005-04-12, the station changed its call sign to the current WYQS and became a full repeater of WCQS. In 2008, the station broke off and began airing programming from the BBC World Service 24 hours a day. This station's transmitter was relocated to Big Knob after the Madison County, North Carolina Board of Commissioners voted to allow space to be leased on the tower there. WYQS is also heard on the second HD Radio channel for WCQS.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

↑ "WYQS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WYQS Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ Blake, Casey (September 5, 2014). "Answer woman: WCQS ghost stations, men in dresses". Asheville Citizen-Times.
↑ "New Radio Station to Serve Areas in Madison, North Buncombe," Asheville Citizen-Times, November 17, 2007.
↑ Tony Kiss, "New Radio Station on the Air," Asheville Citizen-Times, October 1, 2008.
↑ "WYQS Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WYQS

Radio-Locator information on WYQS

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WYQS

Radio stations in the Asheville, North Carolina market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 90.1 90.5 91.3 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.5 94.9 96.5 98.1 98.9 99.9 100.7 100.7 101.5 102.5 103.3 103.7 104.3 105.1 105.9 106.9

By AM frequency	540 570 720 880 970 1010 1230 1310 1350 1380 1450 1460 1590 1600

By callsign	W251AO WAEZ WBHN WCQS WEPR WESC-FM WFBC-FM WGCR WGTK-FM WHBK WHKP WISE WKJV WKJW WKSF WLFA WMIT WMYI WNCW WOXL-FM WPEK WPVM-LP WQNQ WQNS WQUT WRES-LP WRGC WSFM-LP WSKY WSPA-FM WTIJ-LP WTMT WTPT WTZQ WWNC WYQS WYSE WZGM

North Carolina radio markets Asheville Charlotte Fayetteville Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point Greenville–New Bern–Jacksonville Raleigh–Durham Other North Carolina radio regions Elizabeth City–Nags Head Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Rocky Mount–Wilson Wilmington See also List of radio stations in North Carolina

NPR member stations in the state of North Carolina

North Carolina Public Radio stations	Chapel Hill WUNC Fayetteville WFSS Manteo WUND Rocky Mount WRQM Welcome WUNW

WCPE Stations	Raleigh WCPE Bath WZPE Buxton WBUX Manteo WURI

Public Radio East stations	New Bern WTEB Atlantic Beach WBJD Kinston WKNS New Bern WZNB

Western North Carolina Public Radio stations	Asheville WCQS Franklin WFQS Murphy WMQS

Other stations	Charlotte WFAE Dallas WSGE Davidson WDAV Durham WNCU Elizabeth City WRVS Hickory WFHE Mars Hill WYQS Raleigh WSHA Spindale WNCW Wilkesboro WSIF Wilmington WHQR Winston-Salem WFDD Winston-Salem WSNC

See also List of NPR stations

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in North Carolina

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