WCRQ

Radio station in Dennysville, Maine

Dennysville, Maine

Broadcast areaDowneast Maine, Southern New BrunswickFrequency102.9 MHzBrandingBorder Country 102.9ProgrammingFormatCountry musicOwnershipOwnerWQDY, Inc.

Sister stations

WALZ, WQDY-FMHistory

First air date

May 1998 (1998-05)

Call sign meaning

W Calais Radio QuoddyTechnical informationFacility ID6782ClassC1ERP51,000 wattsHAAT139 meters (456 ft)LinksWebsitewww.wqdy.fm

WCRQ (102.9 MHz, Border Country 102.9) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Dennysville, Maine. The station is owned by WQDY, Inc., which also owns 92.7 WQDY-FM Calais and 95.3 WALZ Machias. WCRQ airs a country music format.

The studios and offices are at 637 Main Street in Calais. The transmitter is on Conant Hill Road in Charlotte.^[1] 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 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, as far north as Fredericton, New Brunswick, and as far west as Bangor, Maine.

History

WCRQ signed on the air as a rock station in May 1998.^[2]^[3] 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".^[4]

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 and Ellsworth, WBLM interferes with WCRQ. This is because WBLM broadcasts at 100,000 watts from one of Maine's tallest TV - radio towers.

References

^ Radio-Locator.com/WCRQ
^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2000 page D-200
^ Rock, country options face Baileyville Bangor Daily News - May 10, 2000
^ Maine's Border Country Radioinsight - July 1, 2019

External links

Border Country 102.9
‹The template FMQ is being considered for deletion.› WCRQ in the FCC FM station database
WCRQ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

Radio stations in Northern and Downeast Maine

This area includes the Presque Isle area (Aroostook County) and Washington County.

By AM frequency

By SW frequency

3.25
5.13
7.49
9.33

By FM frequency

89.1
89.7
91.1
91.5
91.7
- WRNM
- WSHD
92.1
92.7
93.7
94.7
94.9
95.3
96.1
96.9
97.7
- WCXU
- WNSX
98.1
99.1
100.1
101.1
101.9
102.3
102.9
106.1
106.5

Translators	102.7 103.1

By call sign

Defunct

WHOU (1340 AM)
WKZX (950 AM)
WQDY (1230 AM)
WRNE (89.1 FM)
WXMN (89.5 FM)
WUFK (92.1 FM)

Nearby regions – U.S.: Augusta-Waterville; Bangor; Mid Coast Maine

Canada: Bas-Saint-Laurent; Fredericton; Northern New Brunswick; Saint John

See also: List of radio stations in Maine

v t e Country radio stations serving the state of Maine
By frequency:	970 92.7 93.5 94.7 95.3 96.9 97.1 97.5 98.5 99.1 99.3 99.9 100.7 101.9 102.9 103.3 105.5 106.5
By callsign:	WBCQ-FM WBFB WBFE WBPW WBQQ WBYA WCRQ WCTB WEBB WIGY-FM WMCM WOKQ WOXO-FM WPOR WQCB WTBU WTHT WZAN
By community of license:	Auburn/Portland Bangor Bar Harbor Brewer/Bangor Dennysville Dover, NH (serves York County) Fairfield Kennebunkport Islesboro Mexico Monticello Norway/Lewiston Portland (WPOR) Portland (WZAN) Presque Isle Rockland Waterville/Augusta York Center (Portsmouth, NH)
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Maine