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| Broadcast area | Big Stone Gap, Virginia Pennington Gap, Virginia Clintwood, Virginia Whitesburg, Kentucky Cumberland, Kentucky Jenkins, Kentucky Kingsport, Tennessee[1] |
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| Frequency | 99.3 FM MHz |
| Branding | 99-3 The X |
| Programming | |
| Format | Alternative Rock[2] |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
| WNVA | |
| History | |
First air date | July 25, 1969[3] |
Former call signs | WNVA-FM (1969–2017) WSMQ (2017–2017) WQSN (2017–Present)[4] |
| Technical information[5] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 54886 |
| Class | A |
| Power | 157 Watts |
| HAAT | 587 meters (1,926 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°53′53.0″N 82°37′21.0″W / 36.898056°N 82.622500°W / 36.898056; -82.622500 |
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Public license information |
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| Webcast | WQSN Webstream |
| Website | WQSN Online |
WQSN is an Alternative Rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Norton, Virginia, serving Big Stone Gap, Pennington Gap, and ClintwoodinVirginia, Whitesburg, Cumberland, and JenkinsinKentucky, and KingsportinTennessee.[1][2] WQSN is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.[6] WQSN simulcasts the programming of sister-station WEXX.
Originally WNVA-FM, the station first launched on July 25, 1969.[3] WNVA went on the air, on the AM side, on March 6, 1946, with a broadcasting power of 250 watts. WNVA was first owned and operated by the Blan Fox Radio Company and was affiliated with Mutual Broadcasting System, but has always remained under the same ownership since its conception in 1946.
On December 28, 2008, WNVA-FM changed its format from the Jones Radio Network's Hot AC to the New Dial Global's Classic Hit Country.
On July 15, 2010 at midnight, WNVA-FM changed its format from Dial Global's Classic Hit CountrytoCitadel Media's Hits & Favorites network. As of August 2014, WNVA-FM was silent.
Radio-Wise Inc. sold WNVA-FM and sister station WNVAtoBristol Broadcasting Company for $35,000, enough to settle property tax debts and outstanding FCC fines; the sale closed on January 16, 2015.
The station changed its call sign to WSMQ on August 28, 2017, and to WQSN on September 4, 2017.[4]
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