WCRQ

WCRQ
Dennysville, Maine;
Broadcast area	Downeast Maine, Southern New Brunswick
Frequency	102.9 MHz
Branding	Border Country 102.9
Programming
Format	Country music
Ownership
Owner	WQDY, Inc.
Sister stations	WALZ, WQDY-FM
History
First air date	May 1998
Call sign meaning	W Calais Radio Quoddy
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	6782
Class	C1
ERP	51,000 watts
HAAT	139 meters (456 ft)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.wqdy.fm

WCRQ (102.9 MHz, Border Country 102.9) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Dennysville, Maine. The station is owned by WQDY, Inc., which also owns 92.7 WQDY-FM Calais and 95.3 WALZ Machias. WCRQ airs a country music format.

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The studios and offices are at 637 Main Street in Calais. The transmitter is on Conant Hill Road in Charlotte.^[2] Because its signal spans both the U.S. and Canada, WCRQ calls itself "The Border." The call sign stands for Calais Radio Quoddy, with the Q representing Quoddy Head State Park, a local attraction. Under proper weather conditions, the station's signal can reach as far east as Saint John, New Brunswick, as far south as Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, as far north as Fredericton, New Brunswick, and as far west as Bangor, Maine.

WCRQ signed on the air as a rock station in May 1998.^[3]^[4] It was first owned by Pilot Communications with studios at 115 Main Street in Calais, then later Citadel Broadcasting. The call letters WCRQ were previously used by FM stations in Arab, Alabama, and Providence, Rhode Island. In 2003, WQDY-FM acquired WCRQ and the station became a part of the WQDY, Inc. family of stations.

On July 1, 2019, WCRQ changed its format from contemporary hit radio to country as "Border Country 102.9".^[5]

WCRQ broadcasts at 51,000 watts. WBLM, a classic rock station in Portland, Maine, broadcasts on the same frequency. WBLM's signal reaches as far east as Acadia National Park. In areas like Bar Harbor and Ellsworth, WBLM interferes with WCRQ. This is because WBLM broadcasts at 100,000 watts from one of Maine's tallest TV - radio towers.