WTAQ

WTAQ (1360 AM) and WTAQ-FM (97.5 FM) are conservative news/talk-formatted radio stations, licensed to Green Bay, Wisconsin (AM) and Glenmore, Wisconsin (FM), that serve the Green Bay and Appleton-Oshkosh areas. The stations are owned by Midwest Communications.

For the La Grange, Illinois station that used this call sign from 1950 to 1998, after this station originally used it, see WRDZ (AM).
WTAQ
Broadcast areaGreen Bay–Appleton–Oshkosh
Frequency1360 kHz
BrandingNewsTalk WTAQ 1360 AM/97.5 FM
Programming
FormatTalk radio
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerMidwest Communications
WDKF, WGEE, WIXX, WNCY-FM, WNFL, WYDR
History
First air date
September 4, 1923 (1923-09-04)
Former call signs
  • WTAQ (1923–1949)
  • WBAY (1949–1975)
  • WGEE (1975–2003)
Former frequencies
  • 1180 kHz (1923–1930)
  • 1330 kHz (1930–1941)
Call sign meaning
Randomly assigned, later backronym of "Where Tires Are Quality"
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID42086
ClassB
Power
  • 10,000 watts (day)
  • 5,000 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
44°25′51″N 88°04′51″W
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.wtaq.com
FM simulcast
WTAQ-FM
Frequency97.5 MHz
Ownership
OwnerMidwest Communications
History
First air date
February 5, 2010 (2010-02-05)
Technical information
Facility ID164253
ClassA
ERP3,000 watts
HAAT143 meters (469 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
44°24′21″N 88°00′19″W
Links
Public license information

WTAQ's studios and newsroom are located on Bellevue St. in the Green Bay suburb of Bellevue. The station's AM transmitter is located on Lost Dauphin Road, near the Fox River in De Pere. WTAQ-FM's transmitter is located at the former WFRV-TV analog transmitter site on Scray's Hill, also in De Pere.

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