WYQS is a radio station

Radio station

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 licensed to Mars Hill, North Carolina

Mars Hill, North Carolina

Mars Hill is a town in Madison County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,764 at the 2000 census. It is the home of Mars Hill College, which is named after the town. The town is located approximately one mile west of Interstate 26, and due north of Asheville, western North...

, USA. The station is currently owned by Western North Carolina Public Radio, owner of the area's flagship public radio station, WCQS.

History

The station went on the air as WVMH-FM on 1978-10-12 and was owned by Mars Hill College

Mars Hill College

Mars Hill College is a private, coed, liberal-arts college affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. The college is located in the small town of Mars Hill, North Carolina, due north of Asheville, western North Carolina's largest city...

. On 2005-04-12, the station changed its call sign to the current WYQS and became a full repeater of WCQS. In 2008, the station broke off and began airing programming from the BBC World Service

BBC World Service

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 24 hours a day. This station's transmitter was relocated to Big Knob after the Madison County, North Carolina

Madison County, North Carolina

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 19,635 people, 8,000 households, and 5,592 families residing in the county. The population density was 44 people per square mile . There were 9,722 housing units at an average density of 22 per square mile...

 Board of Commissioners voted to allow space to be leased on the tower there. WYQS is also heard on the second HD Radio

HD Radio

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channel for WCQS.