WQUE-FM

WQUE-FM (93.3 MHz, "Q93.3") is a commercial radio station in New Orleans, Louisiana. 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 Way Up with Angela Yee in middays.^[2] WQUE-FM's studios are on Howard Avenue in downtown New Orleans.

WQUE-FM

New Orleans, Louisiana
Broadcast area	New Orleans metropolitan area
Frequency	93.3 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	"Q93"
Programming
Format	Urban Contemporary
Affiliations	Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (iHM Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WFFX, WNOE-FM, WODT, WRNO-FM, WYLD, WYLD-FM
History
First air date	January 1, 1949; 76 years ago (1949-01-01) (as 105.3 WDSU-FM)
Former call signs	WDSU-FM (1949–1971)
Call sign meaning	"Q" is sounded out as in "Que" or "Cue"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	11915
Class	C
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	300 meters (980 ft)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	q93.iheart.com

WQUE-FM is a Class C FM station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM stations.^[3] The transmitter is off Behrman Highway in New Orleans' Algiers district.^[4]

History

The station signed on the air on January 1, 1949; 76 years ago (1949-01-01).^[5] Its call sign was WDSU-FM, as the sister station of WDSU 1280 (now WODT) and WDSU-TV 6, which went on the air the previous year. WDSU-FM originally broadcast on 105.3 MHz and was powered at 17,000 watts, a fraction of its current output. It largely simulcast WDSU 1280, as affiliates of NBC Radio. The studios were at 520 Royal Street. In the 1960s, WDSU-FM moved to 93.3 MHz. (WWL-FM is now on the 105.3 frequency.)

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.^[6]

Around 1984, the AM station also took the WQUE call sign and the two stations returned to simulcasting, this time both as "Q93".^[7][8] 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).^[9] 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.