WLQB is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a Regional Mexican

Regional Mexican

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 format. Licensed to Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina

Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina

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, USA. The station is currently owned by Qantum of Myrtle Beach License Company, LLC and features programing from ABC Radio .

History

The call letters WDZD were formerly used by WLTT (now WBNE

WBNE

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) when that station was at 93.5 FM.

In January 1999, "hyperactive rock

Active rock

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" radio station "93.5 Asylum" signed on in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

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. Darren Taylor, assistant program director and afternoon DJ, said that in addition to Metallica

Metallica

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, Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

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, Judas Priest

Judas Priest

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 and Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden

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, the station would play bands that did not get a lot of radio airplay, such as Static X, Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine

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, Godsmack

Godsmack

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, and Kid Rock

Kid Rock

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. Other artists on WDZD included Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie

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, Collective Soul

Collective Soul

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, Lenny Kravitz

Lenny Kravitz

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, Hole

Hole (band)

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, The Black Crowes

The Black Crowes

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, Korn

Korn

Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The current band line up includes four members: Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and Ray Luzier. The band was formed as an expansion of L.A.P.D.The band released their first demo album,...

, Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson

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, Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots

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, Soundgarden

Soundgarden

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, Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys

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, Smashing Pumpkins, AC/DC

AC/DC

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, Nirvana

Nirvana (band)

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, Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam

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, Creed)

Creed (band)

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, Faith No More

Faith No More

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, Placebo

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, The Offspring

The Offspring

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, and Jonny Lang

Jonny Lang

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. DJs who joined the station on February 8 were Freaky Chick, Art, Monkey Boy from WWSK, and Pork Chop of KUFO in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

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. Booger of WWXM

WWXM

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 was music director. Scrap Jackson, operations manager for Root Communications in Myrtle Beach, said the target audience was males in their 20s, and "93-5 is truly an alternative

Alternative rock

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 station as Webster

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 defined it."

Because the signal could not be heard throughout the Myrtle Beach market (though Wilmington

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 listeners could hear it), this station did not perform well. WDZD was changed to Memories

Unforgettable Favorites

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 from ABC Radio Networks, a soft oldies

Oldies

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 satellite format, in 2000, and the name became "Lite 2000".

Several years later, WDZD began airing the country music

Country music

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 heard on WGTR

WGTR

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, but the stations went their separate ways in 2005.