CKLQ-FM
CKLQ-FM is an FM radio station serving Brandon, Manitoba, Canada and the surrounding area. It currently broadcasts at 91.5 MHz with a nested rebroadcaster at 880 kHz with a power of 10,000 watts, airing a country music format, along with radio coverage of Brandon Wheat Kings junior ice hockey. Q Country 91.5 is owned and operated by Westman Radio Ltd., a subsidiary of Westman Communications Group.
Q Country 91.5 started broadcasting in 1977 at a frequency of 1570 kHz and moved to its 880 frequency in 1985. It is housed, with its sister station CKLF-FM, at 624 14th Street East, on Brandon's northeast side.
On January 6, 2016, the CRTC approved Riding Mountain's application to convert CKLQ from 880 kHz on the AM band to 91.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts. Riding Mountain also received approval for an AM rebroadcasting transmitter which would operate on CKLQ's current frequency and technical parameters, at 880 kHz with a daytime and nighttime transmitter power of 10,000 watts.
880 AM is United States clear-channel frequency, on which WCBS in New York City is the sole Class A station.
CKLQ-FM signed on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 4:15 p.m., rebranding as Q Country 91.5 FM.
