WFBQ
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| City | Indianapolis, Indiana |
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| Broadcast area | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Branding | Q95 |
| Slogan | Indy's Only Real Classic Rock |
| Frequency | 94.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1955 |
| Format | Classic rock |
| ERP | 58,000 watts |
| HAAT | 245 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 59590 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°53′41.2″N 86°12′2.3″W / 39.894778°N 86.200639°W |
| Callsign meaning | disambiguation of former WFBM calls, Q (long-popular branding for rock stations) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC) |
| Sister stations | WNDE, WOLT, WZRL |
| Webcast | Listen Live (via iHeartRadio) |
| Website | q95.iheart.com |
WFBQ (94.7 FM, "Q95") is a radio station in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. The station operates on the FM radio frequency of 94.7 MHz, FM channel 234. The studios are located at 6161 Fall Creek Road on the northeast side of Indianapolis. The transmitter and antenna are located on the Northeast side of Indianapolis. It is the flagship station of the popular nationally syndicated program The Bob and Tom Show.
WFBQ began operation as WFBM-FM in 1955 as the sister station to WFBM (now WNDE) and WFBM-TV (now WRTV).
In 1957, all three WFBM stations were sold to Time-Life, Inc. In 1961, the two WFBM radio stations were sold to Fischer Communications, who also owned WAZY/WAZY-FM in Lafayette and WGBF/WGBF-FM in Evansville. In 1972, WFBM-TV became WRTV. In August 1973, WFBM became the Top 40 WNDE. WFBM-FM had become Oldies-formatted WFBQ earlier that same year. One year later, WFBQ was rebranded as "Rock N' Stereo" (the FM Top 40 counterpart to AM sister WNDE) using an automation package called "Stereo Rock" produced by TM Productions of Dallas. On Valentine's Day, 1978, "Rock N' Stereo" was dropped in favor of Album-Oriented Rock and live DJs.
One popular afternoon jock who had significant ties to the Indianapolis area was Jimmy "Mad Dog" Matis.
The station broadcasts with 58 kilowatts of both vertical and horizontal power. More information can be found at the WFBQ FM query page at the FCC website. 58 kW makes WFBQ the most powerful FM station in Indiana.
WFBQ is licensed to broadcast in the HD Radio format.
WFBQ changed to an Album Rock format on February 14, 1978, at 7 AM. After several years of a classic rock lean, WFBQ changed to classic rock by 2005, when competitor WKLU defected to classic hits.
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