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Broadcast area | Newport and Providence, Rhode Island |
Frequency | 105.9 MHz |
Branding | Radio Newport |
Programming | |
Format | Jazz; freeform |
Ownership | |
Owner | Newport Music Arts Association |
History | |
First air date | December 2001 [1] |
Call sign meaning | "X marks the spot for high quality programming" [1] |
Technical information [2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 123581 |
Class | L1 |
ERP | 50 watts |
HAAT | 42.3 meters (139 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°29′6.3″N 71°18′30.1″W / 41.485083°N 71.308361°W |
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Public license information | LMS |
Website |
1059xhq |
WXHQ-LP (105.9 FM, "Radio Newport") is a non-commercial radio station licensed to the community of Newport, Rhode Island. The station serves Newport and the greater Providence, Rhode Island, area. [3] The station is owned and operated by the Newport Music Arts Association, a non-profit organization. [4] It airs a jazz and freeform format that, according to the station's website, includes "jazz, blues, r&b, bossa nova, Afro-Cuban, lounge, soul, funk, reggae, ska, electronic, downtempo, acid-jazz, surf, world, country, folk, and even occasionally some rock". [5] [6] The music played is almost exclusively instrumental and the station has a policy against playing songs featuring English language vocals. [1]
The station has been assigned the WXHQ-LP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since May 31, 2001. [7] This is the first FCC-licensed low-power FM station in the state of Rhode Island. [8] WXHQ-LP is also the first public radio station licensed to Newport. [9]
The WXHQ-LP studios are located on in a small office on Marlborough Street. [1] The station's transmitter is located atop the Hotel Viking on Bellvue Avenue in downtown Newport. [10] This transmitter site includes a rooftop container garden used to promote sustainable agriculture and green living by collecting rainwater and growing food. [11]
Other community involvement activities of WXHQ-LP include providing music programming for the annual Newport Island Moving Co. dance festival, [12] broadcasting the Newport Jazz Festival, [4] and serving as a contributing sponsor each year for the Newport International Film Festival. [13]
On October 29, 2007, the FCC issued a $250 Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture for WXHQ-LP to licensee Newport Music Arts Association. [14] The fine was levied because the station failed to file a timely license renewal application and did not provide an explanation for the late filing. The standard fine of $3,000 was reduced because the licensee did file a renewal application before the actual expiration of the broadcast license.
The Newport Musical Arts Association has been awarded a Low Power FM radio station license (WXHQ 105.9) by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). This license will enable the NMAA, a non-profit organization, to broadcast uniquely diverse programming to the city of Newport and its surrounding areas.
WXHQ-LP (105.9 Newport), Rhode Island's first LPFM
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Broadcast area | Newport and Providence, Rhode Island |
Frequency | 105.9 MHz |
Branding | Radio Newport |
Programming | |
Format | Jazz; freeform |
Ownership | |
Owner | Newport Music Arts Association |
History | |
First air date | December 2001 [1] |
Call sign meaning | "X marks the spot for high quality programming" [1] |
Technical information [2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 123581 |
Class | L1 |
ERP | 50 watts |
HAAT | 42.3 meters (139 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°29′6.3″N 71°18′30.1″W / 41.485083°N 71.308361°W |
Links | |
Public license information | LMS |
Website |
1059xhq |
WXHQ-LP (105.9 FM, "Radio Newport") is a non-commercial radio station licensed to the community of Newport, Rhode Island. The station serves Newport and the greater Providence, Rhode Island, area. [3] The station is owned and operated by the Newport Music Arts Association, a non-profit organization. [4] It airs a jazz and freeform format that, according to the station's website, includes "jazz, blues, r&b, bossa nova, Afro-Cuban, lounge, soul, funk, reggae, ska, electronic, downtempo, acid-jazz, surf, world, country, folk, and even occasionally some rock". [5] [6] The music played is almost exclusively instrumental and the station has a policy against playing songs featuring English language vocals. [1]
The station has been assigned the WXHQ-LP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since May 31, 2001. [7] This is the first FCC-licensed low-power FM station in the state of Rhode Island. [8] WXHQ-LP is also the first public radio station licensed to Newport. [9]
The WXHQ-LP studios are located on in a small office on Marlborough Street. [1] The station's transmitter is located atop the Hotel Viking on Bellvue Avenue in downtown Newport. [10] This transmitter site includes a rooftop container garden used to promote sustainable agriculture and green living by collecting rainwater and growing food. [11]
Other community involvement activities of WXHQ-LP include providing music programming for the annual Newport Island Moving Co. dance festival, [12] broadcasting the Newport Jazz Festival, [4] and serving as a contributing sponsor each year for the Newport International Film Festival. [13]
On October 29, 2007, the FCC issued a $250 Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture for WXHQ-LP to licensee Newport Music Arts Association. [14] The fine was levied because the station failed to file a timely license renewal application and did not provide an explanation for the late filing. The standard fine of $3,000 was reduced because the licensee did file a renewal application before the actual expiration of the broadcast license.
The Newport Musical Arts Association has been awarded a Low Power FM radio station license (WXHQ 105.9) by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). This license will enable the NMAA, a non-profit organization, to broadcast uniquely diverse programming to the city of Newport and its surrounding areas.
WXHQ-LP (105.9 Newport), Rhode Island's first LPFM