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{{Infobox radio station
| name                = WQZQ
| logo                =
| city                = [[Goodlettsville, Tennessee]]
| area                = [[Nashville metropolitan area]]
| branding            = ''94.9 The Fan''
| frequency           = 830 [[Hertz|kHz]]
| repeater            = 102.5 [[WPRT-FM|WPRT-HD3]] ([[Pegram, Tennessee|Pegram]])
| airdate             = [[1980 in radio|1980]] (as WKVL)
| format              = [[Sports radio|Sports]]
| power               = 2,000 [[watt]]s day<br>3 watts night
| class               = D
| facility_id         = 72960
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| coordinates         = {{coord|36|16|22|N|86|42|57|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning    =
| former_callsigns    = WKVL (1979–1988)<br>WCTZ (1988–2005)
| affiliations        = [[Fox Sports Radio]]<br>[[Vegas Stats & Information Network|VSiN Radio]]<br>[[Nashville Sounds]]
| owner               = [[Cromwell Radio Group]]
| licensee            = WYCQ, Inc.
| sister_stations     = [[WPRT-FM]], [[WBUZ (FM)|WBUZ]]
| webcast             = [https://www.thegamenashville.com/player/?playerID=2717 Listen Live]
| website             = [https://www.thegamenashville.com/949thefan/ WQZQ Online]
}}
'''WQZQ''' (830 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[radio station]] [[City of license|licensed]] to [[Goodlettsville, Tennessee]], and serving the [[Nashville metropolitan area]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arbitron.com |date=Winter 2010 |title=Station Information Profile |publisher=[[Arbitron]] |access-date=2010-02-15}}</ref> The station is owned by [[Cromwell Radio Group]], through licensee WYCQ, Inc.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WQZQ |title=WQZQ Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division |access-date=2010-02-15}}</ref>  It airs a [[sports radio|sports]] [[radio format]], calling itself "94.9 The Fan", which refers to [[FM broadcasting|FM]] [[Broadcast relay station|translator]], '''W235BW''' in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], which broadcasts at 94.9 [[Hertz|MHz]], relayed by [[WBUZ (FM)|WBUZ-HD3]] at 102.9 in [[La Vergne, Tennessee|La Vergne]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=Wqzq&nav=&x=0&y=0|title = WQZQ-AM 830 KHZ - Goodlettsville, TN}}</ref>
WQZQ transmits 2,000 [[watt]]s by day but because [[830 AM]] is a [[clear-channel station|clear channel frequency]], WQZQ must greatly reduce power to 3 watts at night to protect [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class A]] station [[WCCO (AM)|WCCO]] in [[Minneapolis]].  The FM translator and repeater stations operate 24 hours a day.  WQZQ's offices and studios are on Murfreesboro Pike in Nashville and its [[transmitter]] is located off Nesbitt Lane in Nashville.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=WQZQ-AM&h=D|title = WQZQ-AM Radio Station Coverage Map}}</ref>
==History==
WQZQ began broadcasting in the 1970s as the FM sister station of [[Dickson, Tennessee]] community-oriented station [[WDKN]].  In the 1980s, the signal was upgraded and the station was split off from WDKN, which subsequently acquired another FM station.  WQZQ began focusing on the [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] market with a [[rock music]] format, ''Q-103''.  This station was the predecessor to current Nashville [[sports radio]] station "The Game" 102.5 [[WPRT-FM]].
The WQZQ [[call sign]] was revived for a former [[Traditional black gospel|black gospel]] AM station, which also broadcast [[Spanish language]] programming overnight at one point.  It was this station that was converted to a sports format on February 5, 2013, when it became the Nashville-area [[Network affiliate|affiliate]] of [[NBC Sports Radio]].  Then in September 2014, the affiliation was discontinued, due to a contract dispute between NBC Sports Radio and WQZQ.<ref>
[http://www.radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/80825/wqzq-nashville-flips-to-sports/ WQZQ Nashville Flips to Sports]</ref> At that point WQZQ began broadcasting [[ESPN Radio]] programming along with its [[sister station]] WPRT-FM, when local or other syndicated programming was not being broadcast on the station.
On January 1, 2014, WQZQ began simulcasting on new FM translator W235BW 94.9.
On March 25, 2016, WQZQ began [[stunting (broadcasting)|stunting]] with a non-stop loop of "[[Macarena (song)|Macarena]]" by [[Los del Rio]] and began simulcasting on FM translator 93.3 W241BU (now W227DC) in Nashville. (The "94.9 The Game 2" sports format continues on WBUZ-HD3 and W235BW 94.9 FM.)  WQZQ officially launched a new classic hits format on April 1, 2016, branded as "93.3 Classic Hits".<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/105610/all-macarena-stunt-launches-new-nashville-translator/ All-Macarena Stunt Launches New Nashville Translator]</ref>
As of March 2024, WQZQ flipped back to sports as "94.9 The Fan".
==Previous logo==
[[File:WQZQ ClassicHits93.3 logo.jpg|200px]]
==References==
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==External links==
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{{Sports Radio Stations in Tennessee}}
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