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{{Infobox Radio station
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WXHQ-LP
| name = WXHQ-LP
| image = WXHQlogo.png
| logo = WXHQ logo.jpg
| image_size = 240px
| city = [[Newport, Rhode Island]]
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| country = US
| city = [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]], [[Rhode Island]]
| area = Newport and [[Providence, Rhode Island]]
| area = Newport and [[Providence, Rhode Island]]
| branding = ''Radio Newport''
| branding = ''Radio Newport''
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| slogan =
| airdate = December [[2001 in radio|2001]]<ref name="nmer1" />
| airdate = December [[2001 in radio|2001]]<ref name="nmer1" />
| frequency = 105.9 [[megahertz|MHz]]
| frequency = 105.9 [[megahertz|MHz]]
| format = [[Jazz]]/[[Freeform (radio format)|Freeform]]
| format = [[Jazz]]; [[Freeform (radio format)|freeform]]
| erp = 50 [[watt]]s
| erp = 50 [[watt]]s
| haat = 42.3 meters
| haat = {{convert|42.3|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = L1
| class = L1
| facility_id = 123581
| facility_id = 123581
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|41|29|06|N|71|18|32|W}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|41|29|6.3|N|71|18|30.1|W|type:landmark_region:US-RI|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = "'''X''' marks the spot for '''H'''igh '''Q'''uality programming"<ref name="nmer1" />
| callsign_meaning = "X marks the spot for high quality programming"<ref name="nmer1" />
| former_callsigns =
| former_callsigns =
| owner = Newport Music Arts Association
| owner = Newport Music Arts Association
| licensee =
| licensee =
| sister_stations =
| sister_stations =
| webcast =
| webcast =
| website = none
| website = {{url|1059xhq.org}}
| affiliations =
| affiliations =
}}
}}
'''WXHQ-LP''' (105.9 [[FM broadcasting|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.<ref name="rbr7">{{cite news |url=http://www.rbr.com/epaper/pages/02-30_stats.html |title=LPFM starts on a slow roll |work=Radio Business Report |first=Jim |last=Carnegie |date=2002-08-16}}</ref> The station is owned and operated by the Newport Music Arts Association, a non-profit organization.<ref name="npa1" /> It airs a [[Jazz]]/[[Freeform (radio format)|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".<ref name="wxhq">{{cite web |title=Welcome to the WXHQ Website |work=WXHQ 105.9 Low Power FM, Newport RI |url=http://www.radionewport.org/}}</ref><ref name="arb1">{{cite web |title=Winter 2008 Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?srvy_id=WI08&surveyID=WI08&band=fm&callLetter=WXHQ}}</ref> The music played is almost exclusively instrumental and the station has a policy against playing songs featuring [[English language]] vocals.<ref name="nmer1" />
'''WXHQ-LP''' (105.9 [[FM broadcasting|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.<ref name="rbr7">{{cite news |url=http://www.rbr.com/epaper/pages/02-30_stats.html |title=LPFM starts on a slow roll |work=Radio Business Report |first=Jim |last=Carnegie |date=August 16, 2002}}</ref> The station is owned and operated by the Newport Music Arts Association, a non-profit organization.<ref name="npa1" /> It airs a [[jazz]] and [[Freeform (radio format)|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".<ref name="wxhq">{{cite web |title=Welcome to the WXHQ Website |work=WXHQ 105.9 Low Power FM, Newport RI |url=http://www.1059xhq.org/}}</ref><ref name="arb1">{{cite web |title=Winter 2008 Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?srvy_id=WI08&surveyID=WI08&band=fm&callLetter=WXHQ}}</ref> The music played is almost exclusively instrumental and the station has a policy against playing songs featuring [[English language]] vocals.<ref name="nmer1" />


The station has been assigned the WXHQ-LP call letters by the [[Federal Communications Commission]] since May 31, 2001.<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=123581&Callsign=WXHQ-LP}}</ref> This is the first FCC-licensed low-power FM station in the state of Rhode Island.<ref name="nerw02">{{cite news |url=http://www.fybush.com/nerw-yir2002.html |title=2002 Year In Review |work=NorthEast Radio Watch |first=Scott |last=Fybush |date=2003-01-01 |quote=WXHQ-LP (105.9 Newport), Rhode Island's first LPFM}}</ref> WXHQ-LP is also the first public radio station licensed to Newport.<ref name="npdn6">{{cite news |url=http://www.newportdailynews.com/articles/2001/07/23/export656.txt |title=Low-power Newport radio station is fueled by high-powered hopes |work=The Newport Daily News |date=2001-07-23}}</ref>
The station has been assigned the WXHQ-LP call letters by the [[Federal Communications Commission]] since May 31, 2001.<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=123581&Callsign=WXHQ-LP}}</ref> This is the first FCC-licensed low-power FM station in the state of Rhode Island.<ref name="nerw02">{{cite news |url=http://www.fybush.com/nerw-yir2002.html |title=2002 Year In Review |work=NorthEast Radio Watch |first=Scott |last=Fybush |date=January 1, 2003 |quote=WXHQ-LP (105.9 Newport), Rhode Island's first LPFM}}</ref> WXHQ-LP is also the first public radio station licensed to Newport.<ref name="npdn6">{{cite news |url=http://www.newportdailynews.com/articles/2001/07/23/export656.txt |title=Low-power Newport radio station is fueled by high-powered hopes |work=The Newport Daily News |date=July 23, 2001}}</ref>


==Community involvement==
==Community involvement==
The WXHQ-LP studios are located on in a small office on Marlborough Street.<ref name="nmer1">{{cite news |url=http://www.newportmercury.com/articles/2006/03/22/off_the_lip/offthelip.txt |title=The little station that could |work=The Newport Mercury |date=2006-03-22 |first=Janine |last=Weisman}}</ref> The station's transmitter is located atop the Hotel Viking on Bellvue Avenue in downtown Newport.<ref name="nerw3">{{cite news |title=July 1, 2002 - New 1610 Signs On in Montreal |url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-020701.html |first=Scott |last=Fybush |date=2002-07-01 |work=NorthEast Radio Watch}}</ref> This transmitter site includes a rooftop container garden used to promote [[sustainable agriculture]] and [[Green politics|green]] living by collecting rainwater and growing food.<ref name="rtgp4">{{cite news |url=http://rooftopgardens.ca/en/node/1354 |title=Rooftop Garden in Newport, Rhode Island, USA |work=The Rooftop Garden Project |date=2007-12-13}}</ref>
The WXHQ-LP studios are located on in a small office on Marlborough Street.<ref name="nmer1">{{cite news|last=Weisman|first=Janine|date=March 22, 2006|title=The little station that could|work=The Newport Mercury|url=http://www.newportmercury.com/articles/2006/03/22/off_the_lip/offthelip.txt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419192343/http://www.newportmercury.com/articles/2006/03/22/off_the_lip/offthelip.txt|archive-date=April 19, 2012}}</ref> The station's transmitter is located atop the Hotel Viking on Bellvue Avenue in downtown Newport.<ref name="nerw3">{{cite news |title=July 1, 2002 - New 1610 Signs On in Montreal |url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-020701.html |first=Scott |last=Fybush |date=July 1, 2002 |work=NorthEast Radio Watch}}</ref> This transmitter site includes a rooftop container garden used to promote [[sustainable agriculture]] and [[Green politics|green]] living by collecting rainwater and growing food.<ref name="rtgp4">{{cite news |url=http://rooftopgardens.ca/en/node/1354 |title=Rooftop Garden in Newport, Rhode Island, USA |work=The Rooftop Garden Project |date=December 13, 2007}}</ref>


Other community involvement activities of WXHQ-LP include providing music programming for the annual Newport Island Moving Co. dance festival,<ref name="tph1">{{cite news |url=http://www.providencephoenix.com/supplements/fall_05/dance.asp |title=Fall Preview: Moving It - From Birds To Bach To Ballroom And Belly Dance |work=The Providence Phoenix |first=Johnette |last=Rodriguez |date=Fall 2005}}</ref> broadcasting the [[Newport Jazz Festival]],<ref name="npa1">{{cite web |url=http://www.newportarts.org/pages/sitepage.cfm?id=115&pname=Multimedia&purl=multimedia.cfm |title=Newport Musical Arts Association |work=Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County |quote=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. |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070831205629/http://www.newportarts.org/pages/sitepage.cfm?id=115&pname=Multimedia&purl=multimedia.cfm |archivedate = 2007-08-31}}</ref> and serving as a contributing sponsor each year for the Newport International Film Festival.<ref name="niff">{{cite web |title=Contributing Sponsors |work=Newport International Film Festival |url=http://www.newportfilmfestival.com/2007/sponsors/default.asp |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080225014326/http://www.newportfilmfestival.com/2007/sponsors/default.asp |archivedate = 2008-02-25}}</ref>
Other community involvement activities of WXHQ-LP include providing music programming for the annual Newport Island Moving Co. dance festival,<ref name="tph1">{{cite news |url=http://www.providencephoenix.com/supplements/fall_05/dance.asp |title=Fall Preview: Moving It - From Birds To Bach To Ballroom And Belly Dance |work=The Providence Phoenix |first=Johnette |last=Rodriguez |date=Fall 2005}}</ref> broadcasting the [[Newport Jazz Festival]],<ref name="npa1">{{cite web |url=http://www.newportarts.org/pages/sitepage.cfm?id=115&pname=Multimedia&purl=multimedia.cfm |title=Newport Musical Arts Association |work=Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County |quote=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. |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070831205629/http://www.newportarts.org/pages/sitepage.cfm?id=115&pname=Multimedia&purl=multimedia.cfm |archivedate = August 31, 2007}}</ref> and serving as a contributing sponsor each year for the Newport International Film Festival.<ref name="niff">{{cite web |title=Contributing Sponsors |work=Newport International Film Festival |url=http://www.newportfilmfestival.com/2007/sponsors/default.asp |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080225014326/http://www.newportfilmfestival.com/2007/sponsors/default.asp |archivedate = February 25, 2008}}</ref>


==FCC actions==
==FCC actions==
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Latest revision as of 18:10, 24 July 2024

WXHQ-LP
Broadcast areaNewport and Providence, Rhode Island
Frequency105.9 MHz
BrandingRadio Newport
Programming
FormatJazz; freeform
Ownership
OwnerNewport 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 ID123581
ClassL1
ERP50 watts
HAAT42.3 meters (139 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
41°29′6.3″N 71°18′30.1″W / 41.485083°N 71.308361°W / 41.485083; -71.308361
Links
Public license information
LMS
Website1059xhq.org

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]

Community involvement

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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]

FCC actions

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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.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Weisman, Janine (March 22, 2006). "The little station that could". The Newport Mercury. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WXHQ-LP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ Carnegie, Jim (August 16, 2002). "LPFM starts on a slow roll". Radio Business Report.
  4. ^ a b "Newport Musical Arts Association". Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County. Archived from the original on August 31, 2007. 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.
  5. ^ "Welcome to the WXHQ Website". WXHQ 105.9 Low Power FM, Newport RI.
  6. ^ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  7. ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  8. ^ Fybush, Scott (January 1, 2003). "2002 Year In Review". NorthEast Radio Watch. WXHQ-LP (105.9 Newport), Rhode Island's first LPFM
  9. ^ "Low-power Newport radio station is fueled by high-powered hopes". The Newport Daily News. July 23, 2001.
  10. ^ Fybush, Scott (July 1, 2002). "July 1, 2002 - New 1610 Signs On in Montreal". NorthEast Radio Watch.
  11. ^ "Rooftop Garden in Newport, Rhode Island, USA". The Rooftop Garden Project. December 13, 2007.
  12. ^ Rodriguez, Johnette (Fall 2005). "Fall Preview: Moving It - From Birds To Bach To Ballroom And Belly Dance". The Providence Phoenix.
  13. ^ "Contributing Sponsors". Newport International Film Festival. Archived from the original on February 25, 2008.
  14. ^ "Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture DA 07-4457". Federal Communications Commission.
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