Talk:WHBQ (AM)

Standard title
I think WHBQ-AM would be a more standard title, based on how other AM/FM/TV stations are disambiguated in Wikipedia. Anyone care if I move it? - PhilipR (talk) 22:35, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Radio stations are named to match their government assigned callsign (FCC in the United States). The (AM) is added to clarify when there is a TV station, FM radio station, or some other use of the 4 letter accronym.  IT's all a bit confusing since the FCC sometimes adds -FM to the official callsign, but they NEVER add -AM.  Please leave the article name as it is.--Rtphokie (talk) 22:41, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure I've seen articles with -AM. You're saying that those titles are non-standard and should be moved to (AM)?   But that -FM ones should be that way because the FCC names them that way? - PhilipR (talk) 23:10, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Sounds right to me. I had a problem with the name of national parks when first editing Wikipedia.  Long story short, consistency is the goal.  The official name is the name used by the agency, regardless of the origin of the name, grammar rules, punctuation rules, etc.  I don't like it either, on one level, but the easiest choice for general agreement (concensus) is to use the name the agency uses, even if it's counter-intuitive.  Rags (talk) 03:16, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

Higher power
Years ago, WHBQ had a much higher broadcast power output. Coming from another market where I had tested for a commercial broadcast license, I expressed surprise at such a high power rating (100kw, 300kw?  I only remember that it seemed inordinately high), and was told that WHBQ was 'grandfathered in,' and would lose that privilege if service/licensing were ever interupted. I don't remember it being designated a 'clear-channel' station, and I wouldn't know how to look the informaton up (though I intend to try), but this certainly seems to be historically notable. Any help? Rags (talk) 03:45, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

I will add that 'before FM' WHBQ and WMPS were quite competitive in the their market. I am not sure what broadcast power WMPS was allowed on 680 but once after moving to Salt Lake City in the early 70s, I could DX WMPS or listen by "skip" in the last hour or so before daytime power was reduced on WMPS's old 680 freq. comment added by Elsnod (talk) 20:32, 2 May 2016 (UTC)