WHRQ
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| City | Sandusky, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area | Sandusky Fremont, Fostoria, Port Clinton, Lake Erie Islands and Tifffin areas. |
| Branding | Annunciation Radio |
| Slogan | "Faith with Frequency" |
| Frequency | 88.1 MHz |
| First air date | April 25, 2011 |
| Format | Religious radio (Catholic) |
| ERP | 380 watts |
| HAAT | 102.4 meters (336 ft) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 172338 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°22′37.80″N 82°48′52.30″W / 41.3771667°N 82.8145278°WCoordinates: 41°22′37.80″N 82°48′52.30″W / 41.3771667°N 82.8145278°W |
| Affiliations |
EWTN Global Catholic Radio Network Ave Maria Radio Network |
| Owner |
Our Lady of Guadalupe Radio Inc. (dba:Annunciation Rado) |
| Sister stations |
WNOC Bowling Green/Toledo (flagship station) WFOT Lexington/Mansfield WSHB Willard |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Official website |
WHRQ (88.1 FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station in Sandusky, Ohio, United States, airing Catholic programming. The station serves the Sandusky and Port Clinton areas as a repeater of originating sration WNOC 89.7 mHz licensed to Bowling Green and serving the Toledo area. The station began as a construction permit in start up phase in 2009 by Port Clinton Knights of Columbus Home Association. The new licensee is Our Lady of Guadelupe Radio Inc (dba:Annunciation Radio). WHRQ's transmitter is located near Castalia with its main WNOC studio and office located at 3662 Rugby Drive in Toledo.
WHRQ is the third full-time Catholic station in the Toledo Diocese and the second of Annunciation Radio's regional network.
Annunciation Radio began in 2006 as a venture by Toledo businessman and Deacon Michael Learned who, on February 3, 2008, launched a Sunday afternoon program on WTOD 1560 AM until WNOC made its initial sign-on on August 14, 2010.
Annunciation Radio's beginnings as a weekly Sunday afternoon program on Toledo's daytime talk station, the former WTOD (now CSN International-owned WWYC) 1560 AM, later moved to Cumulus-owned WLQR 1470 AM in Toledo, up until the time WNOC made its initial sign-on during the Feast of the Assumption on the weekend of August 14 and 15 of 2010. WHRQ is a sister station and repeater of WNOC 89.7 FM in Bowling Green, and serving the metropolitan Toledo area.
In June, 2010, 2 months before the station began broadcasting, Tim Kusner joined the Radio Station Staff. He was responsible for obtaining underwriters and gradually moved into producing, announcing, traffic management, managing the station Facebook page, and Co-Hosting the Friday Morning live program "Annunciation Radio Presents." WNOC serves the Bowling Green and Toledo areas while sister station WHRQ in Sandusky at 88.1 FM made it on-air debut on Monday April 25, 2011.
The Annunciation Radio audiostream commenced on its website on August 26, 2010.
Upon its initial sign-on (which took place at 3:30pm on Monday April 25, 2011), WHRQ became the third Catholic station within the Toledo Diocese to begin broadcasting. WHRQ along with sister stations WFOT, WSHB and originating station WNOC airs programming from EWTN Global Catholic Radio.
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