WTAQ
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| City |
WTAQ: Green Bay, Wisconsin WTAQ-FM: Glenmore, Wisconsin |
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| Broadcast area | Green Bay-Appleton-Oshkosh |
| Branding | NewsTalk WTAQ 1360 AM/97.5 FM |
| Frequency |
WTAQ: 1360 kHz WTAQ-FM: 97.5 MHz |
| First air date |
WTAQ: September 4, 1923 (at 1180 AM) WTAQ-FM: February 5, 2010 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power |
WTAQ: 10,000 watts (daytime) 5,000 watts (nighttime) |
| ERP | WTAQ-FM: 3,000 watts |
| HAAT | WTAQ-FM: 143 meters (469 ft) |
| Class |
WTAQ: B WTAQ-FM: A |
| Facility ID |
WTAQ: 42086 WTAQ-FM: 164253 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 44°25′51″N 88°04′51″W / 44.43083°N 88.08083°W |
| Callsign meaning | Originally a random FCC assignment; can be meant to represent W-TAlk(Q) for current-day format |
| Former callsigns |
WTAQ: WTAQ (1923-1950s) WBAY (1950s-1970s) WGEE (1970s-2003) WTAQ-FM: WTRW-FM (2006-2009, CP) |
| Former frequencies |
WTAQ: 1180 kHz (1923-1930) 1330 kHz (1930-1940) |
| Affiliations |
Fox News Radio Green Bay Packers |
| Owner | Midwest Communications |
| Sister stations | WDKF, WGEE, WIXX, WNCY-FM, WNFL, WYDR |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wtaq.com |
WTAQ (1360 AM) and WTAQ-FM (97.5 FM) are news/talk-formatted radio stations, licensed to Green Bay, Wisconsin (AM) and Glenmore, Wisconsin (FM), that serve the Green Bay and Appleton-Oshkosh areas. The stations are owned by Midwest Communications.
WTAQ's studios and newsroom are located on Bellevue St. in the Green Bay suburb of Bellevue. The station's AM transmitter is located on Lost Dauphin Road, near the Fox River in De Pere. WTAQ-FM's transmitter is located at the former WFRV-TV analog transmitter site on Scray's Hill, also in De Pere.
WTAQ was originally licensed to Osseo, Wisconsin, on September 4, 1923 on the 1180 frequency. In 1930, the Gillette Rubber Co. bought the station and moved it to Eau Claire on the 1330 frequency. The Norbertine Fathers of St. Norbert College in De Pere, then-owners of WHBY, bought the station in 1940, changed its city of license to Green Bay, and moved its frequency to 1360, where it remains today. About a decade later, the call letters were changed to WBAY, corresponding with their television station and FM station. WBAY was an early affiliate of the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), as was WBAY-TV.
In the mid-1970s, the Norbertine Fathers sold their broadcast properties including WBAY, WBAY-FM (now WIXX), WHBY and WBAY-TV. WBAY & WBAY-FM were sold to what would become Midwest Communications, while WHBY and WBAY-TV would go to separate owners. WBAY's call letters were changed to WGEE and the FM station's calls became WIXX. Midwest also changed the station's network news affiliation to ABC.
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