| WXBQ-FM | |
| City of license | Bristol, Virginia |
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| Broadcast area | Johnson City Kingsport Bristol TN - VA |
| Branding | 96. A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting is the community that a Radio station or Television station Bristol is an Independent city in Virginia, bounded by Washington County Virginia, and Sullivan County Tennessee. Johnson City is a city in Carter, Sullivan, and Washington Counties in the U Kingsport is a city in Hawkins and Sullivan counties in the U Bristol is a city in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States. Bristol is an Independent city in Virginia, bounded by Washington County Virginia, and Sullivan County Tennessee. 9 WXBQ |
| Slogan | "Today's 24 Carrot Country" |
| Frequency | 96. A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit Time. 9 MHz |
| First air date | December 25, 1946 |
| Format | Country |
| ERP | 75,000 watts |
| Class | C |
| Former callsigns | WOPI-FM, WKYE-FM, WFHG-FM[1] |
| Owner | Bristol Broadcasting Company |
| Website | http://www.wxbq.com |
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WXBQ is the leader in the Arbitron ratings for the Tri-Cities Metropolitan Statistical Area. Arbitron ( is a Radio audience research company in the United States which collects listener data on radio audiences similar to that collected by Nielsen Media According to Bristol Broadcasting Company, WXBQ's listening audience is strong in the 18 to 49 (male and female), and 25 to 54 (male and female) demographic ranges. Also, according to WXBQ's official website, the station says they have been #1 in the market for more than 15 years.
The station first signed on as WOPI-FM on Christmas Day, 1946. [1]