WXBQ-FM
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WXBQ-FM is a Country
formatted broadcast
radio station
licensed to Bristol, Virginia
, serving the Tri-Cities
. WXBQ-FM is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company
, Inc.
ratings for the Tri-Cities Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to Bristol Broadcasting Company, WXBQ's listening audience is strong in the 18 to 49 (male and female), and 25 to 54 (male and female) demographic ranges. Also, according to WXBQ's website, the station has been #1 in the market for over 15 years now.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
formatted broadcast
Broadcasting
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radio station
Radio station
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licensed to Bristol, Virginia
Bristol, Virginia
Bristol is an independent city in Virginia, United States, bounded by Washington County, Virginia, Bristol, Tennessee, and Sullivan County, Tennessee....
, serving the Tri-Cities
Tri-Cities, Tennessee
In Tennessee and Virginia the name "Tri-Cities" refers to the region comprising the cities of Kingsport, Johnson City and Bristol and the surrounding smaller towns and communities in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia...
. WXBQ-FM is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company
Bristol Broadcasting Company
"Bristol Broadcasting Company" is a radio station chain operating 21 stations in three Southern United States markets: the Tri-Cities area of upper-east Tennessee and southwest Virginia ; Paducah, Kentucky; and Charleston, West Virginia.In each market it operates a country music station with a rabbit...
, Inc.
Ratings
WXBQ-FM is the leader in the ArbitronArbitron
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ratings for the Tri-Cities Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to Bristol Broadcasting Company, WXBQ's listening audience is strong in the 18 to 49 (male and female), and 25 to 54 (male and female) demographic ranges. Also, according to WXBQ's website, the station has been #1 in the market for over 15 years now.