WAXQ (104.3 FM, "Q-104.3") is a radio station with a classic rock format in New York City. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications.
The callsign WNCN was first issued by the Federal Radio Commission (precursor to the FCC in 1934) to a Great Lakes passenger steamer City of Detroit III and shows up on a list of maritime calls published in 1931. In those days the three and four letter callsigns were used by ships, broadcast stations, an...
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WAXQ (104.3 FM, "Q-104.3") is a radio station with a classic rock format in New York City. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications.
The callsign WNCN was first issued by the Federal Radio Commission (precursor to the FCC in 1934) to a Great Lakes passenger steamer City of Detroit III and shows up on a list of maritime calls published in 1931. In those days the three and four letter callsigns were used by ships, broadcast stations, and police departments.
The FM station first signed on in 1953 as WNCN, where it was a part of a group of classical music stations in the northeastern United States, the Concert Network, programmed from WBCN, Boston and carried by affiliates in Providence, Hartford (WHCN), Riverhead (WRCN) and other markets. Later, WNCN was acquired by the National Science Network, which added daily medical news reports to the schedule since it was believed that Classical Music was the choice of the medical and dental professions. It also moved the antenna from...
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