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Overview
Licensed to Dubuque, Iowa, WDBQ is a news/talk radio station broadcasting on 1490 AM. It brands itself as “AM 1490 WDBQ.” The station has been on the air since 1925.
License and signal
- Call sign
- WDBQ
- Frequency
- 1490 AM
- Format
- News/talk/sports
- On-air name
- AM 1490 WDBQ
- City of license
- Dubuque, IA
- Market
- Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque, IA
- Licensee
- Townsquare License, LLC
- Power
- 1,000 watts unlimited
- Station class
- C
- First on air
- 1925
- FCC facility ID
- 12705
- Website
- wdbqam.com
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Wikipedia
- Read the article
Network programming comes from ABC News Radio, Fox News Radio, Premiere Networks and Westwood One. Townsquare License, LLC holds the station’s FCC license.
Online, it is at wdbqam.com. Dubuque is in the Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque, IA market, where local newspapers include Telegraph Herald. Sister stations include KLYV, KXGE, WDBQ-FM and WJOD.
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WDBQ at a glance
- Frequency
- 1490 AM
- On air as
- AM 1490 WDBQ
- Format
- News/talk/sports
- Licensed to
- Dubuque, IA
- Market
- Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque, IA
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