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WQUE-FM (93.3 Hertz, "Q93.3") is a commercial radio radio station in New Orleans. It airs an urban contemporary radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. It carries two nationally syndicated programs from co-owned Premiere Networks: The Breakfast Club in morning drive time and Angela Yee in middays. q93.com/schedule WQUE-FM's studios are located on Poydras Street in downtown New Orleans.
WQUE-FM is a Class C FM station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 , the maximum for most FM stations. FCC.gov/WQUE The transmitter is off Behrman Highway in New Orleans' Algiers district. Radio-Locator.com/WQUE
The FM station took the WQUE call letters in 1971, playing Top 40 hits. The AM station became WGSO with a full service adult contemporary format of popular music, news and talk. Two years later, the radio stations were sold to Covenant Broadcasting. Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-91. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
Around 1984, the AM station also took the WQUE call sign and the two stations returned to simulcasting, this time both as "Q93". They continued as Top 40 outlets, competing with WTIX 690 AM (now WQNO).
In 1992, the two stations were acquired by San Antonio-based Clear Channel Communications (the forerunner to iHeartMedia). Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 page D-194. Retrieved March 3, 2025. Under Clear Channel, WQUE-FM made the transition to urban contemporary music. It has become one of the top stations in New Orleans. From 2006 to 2014, it was the home of the Steve Harvey Morning Show, which now airs on sister station 98.5 WYLD-FM. In January 2014, WQUE became the home of The Breakfast Club from co-owned WWPR-FM in New York City. It is hosted by Charlamagne tha God, DJ Envy and Jess Hilarious.
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