WHQR

WHQR

City	Wilmington, North Carolina
Broadcast area	Wilmington, North Carolina
Branding	WHQR 91.3 FM
Frequency	91.3 MHz
Translator(s)	94.1 W231AB (Lumberton) 98.9 W255BZ (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) 92.7 W224CX (Wilmington, relays HD2) 96.7 W244DH (Wilmington, relays HD2)
First air date	1984
Format	Public radio HD2: Classical music "Classical HQR"
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	348 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	22656
Transmitter coordinates	34°07′53″N 78°11′17″W / 34.13139°N 78.18806°W / 34.13139; -78.18806
Affiliations	National Public Radio
Owner	Friends of Public Radio, Inc.
Webcast	Listen Live Listen Live (HD2)
Website	whqr.org

WHQR (91.3 FM) is the National Public Radio member station for Wilmington, North Carolina. The station is currently owned by Friends of Public Radio, Inc., a community group. It airs a mix of NPR news and talk, jazz and adult album alternative music.

The station signed on in 1984, bringing NPR programming to the last area of North Carolina without even a grade B signal.

WHQR also aired on 98.9 FM in Myrtle Beach starting July 11, 2012. The station began the application process in 2003 but did not have the money for years. The translator shares a tower with Time Warner Cable.^[1]

On September 16, 2014 the classical music moved from WHQR's main signal to WHQR's HD2 subchannel and FM translator W243CX 96.7 FM Rose Hill, branded as "Classical HQR".^[2]

On March 11, 2016 WHQR acquired translator W224CX 92.7 FM Wilmington from Conner Media to air its Classical HQR format.^[3] On April 23, 2016, the birthday of Shakespeare and the day after the station's 32nd anniversary, WHQR added W272CV 102.3 FM in Myrtle Beach for the classical format.^[4]

References

↑ "WHQR Extends Signal To Myrtle Beach". Greater Wilmington Business Journal. July 11, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
↑ Classical HQR Launches in Wilmington, NC
↑ WHQR Moves Classical to Stronger Translator
↑ Callsion, Cleve (April 26, 2016). "Classical HQR is on the air in Myrtle Beach!". WHQR. Retrieved October 6, 2016.

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WHQR

Radio-Locator information on WHQR

Radio stations in the Wilmington–Shallotte market

By AM frequency	630 710 980 1180 1290 1340 1410 1490

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.9 89.7 90.5 91.3 92.3 93.1 93.7 94.1 94.5 95.5 101.7 97.3 98.3 98.7 99.9 100.5 101.3 102.7 103.7 104.1 104.5 105.5 106.3 106.7 107.5

By callsign	W231CL WAAV WAZO WBPL-LP WDVV WEGG WGHW WGNI WHQR WILT WJCV WKGV WKVC WKXB WKXS-FM WLSG WLTT WMFD WMNX WMYT WNTB WRMR WQSL WSSM WUDE WUIN WVCB WWIL WWIL-FM WYHW WZDG W240AS

North Carolina radio markets Asheville Charlotte Fayetteville Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point Greenville–New Bern–Jacksonville Raleigh–Durham Other North Carolina radio regions Elizabeth City–Nags Head Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Rocky Mount–Wilson Wilmington See also List of radio stations in North Carolina

NPR member stations in the state of North Carolina

North Carolina Public Radio stations	Chapel Hill WUNC Fayetteville WFSS Manteo WUND Rocky Mount WRQM Welcome WUNW

WCPE Stations	Raleigh WCPE Bath WZPE Buxton WBUX Manteo WURI

Public Radio East stations	New Bern WTEB Atlantic Beach WBJD Kinston WKNS New Bern WZNB

Western North Carolina Public Radio stations	Asheville WCQS Franklin WFQS Murphy WMQS

Other stations	Charlotte WFAE Dallas WSGE Davidson WDAV Durham WNCU Elizabeth City WRVS Hickory WFHE Mars Hill WYQS Raleigh WSHA Spindale WNCW Wilkesboro WSIF Wilmington WHQR Winston-Salem WFDD Winston-Salem WSNC

See also List of NPR stations

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in North Carolina

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