WLBQ
| City | Morgantown, Kentucky |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area |
Butler County, Kentucky Morgantown, Kentucky Beaver Dam, Kentucky Bowling Green |
| Branding |
Beech Tree Radio Q101.5 (for W268CE) |
| Slogan | Local Radio the Way it Should Be |
| Frequency | 1570 kHz |
| Repeater(s) | W268CE (101.5 FM) Morgantown, KY |
| First air date | 1976 (on AM 1570) August 21, 2014 (on FM 101.5) |
| Format |
Full service (Featuring Classic Hits) |
| Power | 1,000 watts day 150 watts night |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 7904 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°13′9.00″N 86°41′21.00″W / 37.2191667°N 86.6891667°W |
| Callsign meaning |
W Lincoln Broadcasting Q (derived from a previous owner) |
| Affiliations | Kentucky News Network ABC News Radio |
| Owner | Beech Tree Publishing |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | beechtreenews.com BeechTree News |
WLBQ (1570 AM), known locally on air as "BeechTree Radio," is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Hits format. Licensed to Morgantown, Kentucky, USA. The station is currently owned by Beech Tree Publishing. Its transmitter is located along south Main Street (US 231/KY 79) The studios are located at 210 South Main Street in downtown Morgantown.
The station first signed on the air sometime in August 1976 when it became fully licensed by the FCC. Its original owner was Joseph W. Meyers, the controller of Lincoln Broadcasting of Hodgenville, Kentucky. The station was operated under the licensee name of Lincoln Broadcasting until the license was reassigned to Butler County Broadcasting in the 1977-1978 winter season. In April 1978, the station was under ownership of the late Charles Black, who was also mayor of Morgantown at the time. Butler County Broadcasting was renamed BeechTree Publishing sometime in the 2000s, hence the previous branding that was used by the station until 2015.
On May 20, 2014, WLBQ-AM was granted a construction permit for a new FM translator, W268CE, licensed to Morgantown, broadcasting at 101.5 on the FM dial, operating on 250 watts of effective radiated power, transmitting from a tower along Veterans Way near the Charles Black City Park in Morgantown. The new translator signed on the air on the morning of August 21, 2014 during WLBQ's morning program, Out On A Limb. The station began branding by their FM frequency as soon as September 2014. After launching their FM translator, the station now occasionally competes with WXMZ in nearby Hartford, in Ohio County due to that station's oldies format.
In Fall 2015, WLBQ, in conjunction with the Butler County High School, began the Broadcasting and Media Class at the high school, providing high school students an opportunity to learn the behind-the-scenes work in the radio industry, This included how to write for radio, including commercials, promos, and newscasts. That class took part in WLBQ's broadcast of senior night activities during a BCHS basketball broadcast, including pre- and post-game programming, and color analogy during the game.
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