FM Technical Profile: WQAH

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Station Name:

Big Country 105.7

Frequency:

105.7

Format:

Country Variety

Transmitter Location:

[map] [street view] Across from Corinth Cemetery on CR-1101, several miles west of AL-157.

Power (ERP):

4.5 kW

Antenna:

Omnidirectional

Antenna HAAT:

377 feet

Other Information:

60 dBu protected contour map, from the FCC.
:PS-[?] Time-[?]Text-@ PTY-[?] PI-WQAH-FM

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[Studio] Street View imagery of the studio (?) building on Chestnut Street in Hartselle.

Owner:

Abercrombie Broadcasting Inc.

History:

This station was put on the air by Alvin Abercrombie, then-owner of 1310 AM in Priceville and Abercrombie Chevrolet.  When the station signed on in 1996, it had a classic country format.  Thanks to a good transmitter location on a mountain, this Addison-licensed station puts a decent signal into Huntsville. The station had, up until the fall of 2010, been very much concentrated on older country classics, from the 50's through the 70's, plus a healthy dose of bluegrass.  A re-imaging in more recent years has the station changing from "Classic Country" to "Big Country" with a wider swath of music and more targeting of the Huntsville market.