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| City | Mashpee, Massachusetts |
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| Broadcast area | Cape Cod |
| Branding | Frank 93.5 |
| Slogan | Cape Cod's Greatest Hits |
| Frequency |
93.5 MHz (also on HD Radio via WPXC (FM)-HD2) |
| Translator(s) | W230AW (93.9, Centerville) W300BE (107.9, Vineyard Haven, relays WPXC HD2) |
| First air date | May 18, 1989 (as WFXR) |
| Format |
Adult Hits Christmas music (Dec.) |
| ERP | 6,000 watts |
| HAAT | 77.4 meters (254 ft) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 29570 |
| Callsign meaning |
FRanQ (Meaning Frank) |
| Former callsigns | WFXR (1989-1995) WUNX (1995-1996) WJCO (1996-1998) WYST (1998-2001) WDVT (2001-2006) WFQR (2006-2012) WHYA (8/2012-9/2012) |
| Owner |
John Garabedian (CodComm, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WHYA, WKFY, WPXC |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WFRQ (93.5 FM) — branded Frank 93-5 or Frank FM — is an FM radio station licensed to Harwich Port, Massachusetts. It serves the Cape Cod market with an Adult Hits format that concentrates primarily on music from 1980 to the present. The station is also heard on 102.9 WPXC HD2 (Hyannis) via HD Radio and on both 93.9 W230AW (Centerville) and 107.9 W300BE (Vineyard Haven), which are translators for WPXC. Unlike other Frank FM stations, this Frank FM station is patterned after Jack FM, playing music from the 1960s through today, with an emphasis on R&B and pop hits from the 1990s-2000s, and some current Hot AC singles.
WFAL (101.1) went on the air on February 12, 1987, under the ownership of Schooner Broadcasting, with principals Linda Baines and Brenda Westgate. WFXR (93.5) went on the air on May 18, 1989, with a satellite delivered soft rock format. In the fall of 1991, the owners of WFXR purchased WFAL. This deal was inked 2 days after a historic rule change by the Federal Communication Commission. The new rules allowed one entity to own two FM stations in the same market. This deal was the second in the nation to win FCC approval.
In the fall of 1991, WFXR and WFAL began simulcasting. The stations were then known as "Fox Radio 93-5 and 101 FM" with a soft rock format focused heavily on '80s music. In 1993, the stations were sold to Omni Broadcasting (then owners of WCOD). After stunting for a week with Steve Miller Band's "Fly Like An Eagle", the format changed to country as "Cape Country 93-5 and 101 FM." With the exception of its local morning show featuring Keith Lemire and Joe Rossetti, programming was provided by Jones Radio Networks "U.S. Country," (what is now "Mainstream Country" by Westwood One) a live 24-hour satellite-delivered music format from Denver, Colorado.
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