WLQB

Infobox Radio station
name = WLQB


city = Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina
area =
branding =
slogan = La Que Buena
airdate =
frequency = 93.5 MHz
format = Regional Mexican
power =
erp = 6,000 watts
haat = 100.0 meters
class = A
facility_id = 3122
coordinates = coord|33|55|37.00|N| 78|23|48.00|W|region:GB_type:city
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
owner = Qantum of Myrtle Beach License Company, LLC
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast =
website =
affiliations = ABC Radio

WLQB (93.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WLQB |title=WLQB Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ] Licensed to Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, USA. The station is currently owned by Qantum of Myrtle Beach License Company, LLC and features programing from ABC Radio . [ cite web|url=http://www.arbitron.com|title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron ]

History

The call letters WDZD were formerly used by WLTT (now WBNE) when that station was at 93.5 FM.

In January 1999, "hyperactive rock" radio station "93.5 Asylum" signed on in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Darren Taylor, assistant program director and afternoon DJ, said that in addition to Metallica, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, the station would play bands that did not get a lot of radio airplay, such as Static X, Rage Against the Machine, Godsmack, and Kid Rock. [Rick D'Anjolell, "Scene 'N' Heard / Southern Culture on the Skids at Bessie's; New Radio Station Jazzes Up Wilmington's Airwaves," "Star-News", December 9, 1999.]

Because the signal could not be heard throughout the Myrtle Beach market (though Wilmington listeners could hear it), this station did not perform well. WDZD was changed to Memories from ABC Radio Networks, a soft oldies satellite format, in 2000, and the name became "Lite 2000" [Steve Wildsmith, "Lovers of Hard Music Lose Radio Asylum", The Sun News, June 2,2000] .

Several years later, WDZD began airing the country music heard on WGTR, but the stations went their separate ways in 2005.

References

External links

*FMQ|WLQB
*FML|WLQB