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WMQS(FM)
Call Sign History
WMQS from 06/10/2010
88.5 MHz

Murphy, NC
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





WMQS Channel: 203A 88.5 MHz
Murphy, North Carolina
Service: FM - A full-service FM station or application.
Facility ID: 173770
FRN: 0001844042
Fac. Service: FM

Status: LIC
Application Accepted: 01/27/2017
Application Granted: 02/01/2017
File Number: BLED-20170127AAF
License Expires: 12/01/2027
Prefix Type: This is a license for a noncommercial educational FM station
Application Type: License To Cover

FCC Website Links:
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  This Application
  Other WMQS Applications
  Including Superseded Applications
  Service Contour - Open Street Map or USGS Map (60 dBu)
  Service Contour - KML / Google Earth (60 dBu)
  Public Inspection Files

Facility Type: NON-COMMERCIAL EDUC. FM
Class: A, A Zone I; I-A; or II station; with 0.1kW-6kW ERP and a class contour distance <=28km

Site Location: 35-07-37.3 N 84-01-34.6 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 35-07-37.0 N 84-01-34.9 W (Converted to NAD 27)

Effective Radiated Power: 0.5 kW
Transmitter Output Power: 0.53 kW
Antenna Center HAAT: 199 m (653 ft.)
Antenna Center AMSL: 835 m (2740 ft.)
Antenna Center HAG: 15 m (49 ft.)

Site Elevation: 820 m. (2690 ft.)
Height Overall: 18.3 m (60 ft.)
Omni-Directional Antenna
Antenna Make/Model: Shivley 6812B-2
Antenna ID: 0
Polarization:

No records returned from ASR.
WMQS(FM) Licensee Information

Western North Carolina Public Radio, Inc.
73 Broadway
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-210-4800
Not-for-Profit
20170127AAF Applicant Information

David Feingold
Date: 01/27/2017
Application Certifier
Western North Carolina Public Radio, Inc.
73 Broadway
Asheville, NC 28801
Applicant
Timothy L. Warner, P.E.
Timothy L. Warner, Inc.
Post Office Box 8045
Asheville, NC 28814-8045
Technical Consultant
John Crigler
Garvey Schubert Barer

Associated Land Mobile Licenses


(No Records Found)
Associated Microwave Licenses


(No Records Found)

Study Date: 4/10/2025; Study Duration: 0.1177 Seconds.
Database Sources:
04/10/2025 FCC LMS,
4/8/2025 FCC ASR,
4/8/2025 FCC ULS Microwave, and
4/8/2025 FCC ULS Broadcast Land Mobile.



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