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20-438: WHBQ may refer to: WHBQ (AM) , a radio station (560 AM) licensed to Memphis, Tennessee, United States WHBQ-FM , a radio station (107.5 FM) licensed to Germantown, Tennessee, United States WHBQ-TV , a television station (channel 13 digital) licensed to Memphis, Tennessee, United States WGKX , a radio station (105.9 FM) licensed to Memphis, Tennessee, United States, which used

40-470: A given 15‑minute period), time spent listening (TSL), and market breakdowns by age, gender, and race/ethnicity. The "cume" only counts a listener once, whereas the AQH is a product of "cume" and time spent listening. For example, if you looked into a room and saw Fred and Jane, then 15 minutes later saw Fred with Sara. The "cume" would be 3 (Fred, Jane, Sara) and the AQH would be 2 (an average of two people in

60-506: A part of Ceridian Corporation before the company was split in 2001. The then-current Arbitron was formed from the renaming of the old Ceridian Corporation while the spin-off firm took the Ceridian Corporation name and acted as accounting successor. On December 18, 2012, The Nielsen Company announced that it would acquire Arbitron, its only competitor, for US$ 1.26 billion. The acquisition closed on September 30, 2013, and

80-493: A time it was affiliated with CBS Sports Radio , then NBC Sports Radio . When NBC discontinued full-time sports programming at the end of 2018, WHBQ switched to Fox Sports Radio . In October 2020, WHBQ began simulcasting on FM translator W253DF (98.5 FM) in Memphis; its previous FM simulcast, WPGF-LP (87.7), dropped its simulcast with WHBQ and began stunting with Christmas music as "Santa @ 87.7". The arrangement lasted until

100-559: Is a consumer research company in the United States that collects listener data on radio broadcasting audiences. It was founded as the American Research Bureau by Jim Seiler in 1949 and became national by merging with Los Angeles –based Coffin, Cooper, and Clay in the early 1950s. The company's initial business was the collection of broadcast television ratings . The company changed its name to Arbitron in

120-637: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages WHBQ (AM) On March 25, 1925, WHBQ first signed on the air. It was among the earliest stations in Memphis and had its studios in the historic Hotel Claridge . During the 1930s, it broadcast at 100 watts on 1370 kilocycles . After the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) went into effect in 1941, WHBQ switched to 1400 kHz, powered at 250 watts. WHBQ moved its studios to Hotel Gayoso. In

140-604: The Portable People Meter (PPM) electronic audience measurement service 365 days a year. The term commonly used in the radio industry for these ratings is Arbitron book , a carryover from the era when ratings were published in a softcover report that was mailed to clients. More specifically, in the diary-measured markets these reports were called the "Spring book", "Summer book", "Fall book", and "Winter book". Between these "books", Arbitron releases interim monthly reports called "Arbitrends", which contain data from

160-641: The 1940s, WHBQ became a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System . At the end of the 1940s, WHBQ moved to its current spot on the dial, 560 kHz. It got a boost in power to 5,000 watts days and 1,000 watts nights. General Teleradio (later RKO General ), the broadcasting arm of the General Tire and Rubber Company , purchased the WHBQ stations in March 1954, and later turned

180-466: The AM counterpart into a leading Top 40 station. Its reputation was developed by Dewey Phillips , a disc jockey who played rhythm and blues music on his night time show, "Red, Hot and Blue." In 1954, Phillips played a recording of " That's Alright Mama " by Elvis Presley , a young truck driver and budding musician, marking the first time an Elvis recording was broadcast on the radio. For many years, WHBQ

200-531: The call sign WHBQ-FM until 1973. [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about radio and/or television stations with the same/similar call signs or branding. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WHBQ&oldid=881503550 " Category : Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

220-407: The company was re-branded as Nielsen Audio. As a condition of the deal to allow a monopoly , Nielsen must license its ratings data and technology to a third party for eight years. Arbitron's syndicated radio ratings service collects data by selecting a random sample of a population throughout the United States, primarily in 294 metropolitan areas, using a paper diary service 2‑4 times a year and

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240-546: The early 1980s, the once-mighty Top 40 station could no longer compete with the increasing popularity of FM-band contemporary music stations. WHBQ tried playing oldies from 1981 to 1983 before switching to a full service talk radio format. It used local talk hosts as well as syndicated programming from NBC Talknet and ABC TalkRadio . In 1988, RKO sold WHBQ to Flinn Broadcasting, a local media company. Flinn tried oldies again, then country music and even heavy metal late at night. In 1992, WHBQ switched to all sports. For

260-1261: The end of December 2020; in January 2021, it began running a rock format known as "Drake Hall Memphis Radio." WPGF-LP had until July 2021 to convert to digital and end its radio operations. WHBQ serves as the Memphis area home for the University of Mississippi 's Ole Miss Rebels football and men's basketball , and is also the main outlet for the Memphis Redbirds of baseball's Triple-A East . The station's hosts include: Peter Edmiston, Anthony Sain, Dave Woloshin, Greg Gaston, Eli Savoie, Gabe Kuhn, Brett Norsworthy, and John Hardin. Nights and weekends, WHBQ carries programming from Fox Sports Radio . Weekly programming includes: - Mornings with Greg & Eli - Hosts: Greg Gaston and Eli Savoie - 7am - 10am - Wolo & Friends - Host: Dave Woloshin - 10 am - 11am - Happy Hour with Johnny Radio - Host: John Hardin - 11am - 1pm - Sportstime with Gabe and Stats - Hosts: Gabe Kuhn and Brett Norsworthy - 3pm - 6pm [REDACTED] (WHBQ's logo under previous simulcast with WPGF-LP) Arbitron Nielsen Audio (formerly Arbitron )

280-464: The end of the survey period is approximately three weeks. After collection, the data is marketed to radio broadcasters, radio networks , cable TV companies, advertisers, advertising agencies , out-of-home advertising companies, and the online radio industry. Major ratings products include cume (the cumulative number of unique listeners over a period), average quarter hour ( AQH share  – the average number of people listening in

300-451: The hottest hits with the most popular DJs. Disc jockey George Klein was indicted and convicted of mail fraud in 1977. Klein, a former Program Director for WHBQ, went to trial after being indicted on four counts of conspiring with a former postal employee to steal Arbitron diaries. Klein admitted to filling out diaries in order to inflate WHBQ's ratings. Klein was found guilty of conspiracy and sentenced to 60 days in federal prison. By

320-546: The mid‑1960s, the namesake of the Arbitron System, a centralized statistical computer with leased lines to viewers' homes to monitor their activity. Deployed in New York City , it gave instant ratings data on what people were watching. A reporting board lit up to indicate which homes were listening to which broadcasts. For years, Arbitron was a part of Control Data Corporation (CDC) and in 1992, it became

340-417: The previous three months known as "rolling average" reports. The two interim reports would be known, for example, as "Spring, Phase I" and "Spring, Phase II". Arbitron recruits diary survey respondents to note their listening habits in a seven-day paper diary and mail it back to Arbitron. The respondents are paid a small cash incentive for their participation. Turnaround time for release of data from

360-423: The room in a given 15‑minute period). Responding to requests from its customers—radio broadcasters, ad agencies and advertisers—that expressed their interest in the collection of more accurate ratings data, Arbitron introduced the Portable People Meter (PPM) service in 2007. The PPM is a wearable portable device, much like a pager or mobile phone , that electronically gathers subaudible codes that identify

380-736: The source of a broadcast, such as a radio station . Arbitron recruits and compensates a cross-section of consumers to wear the meter for an average of one year and up to two years. The audience estimates generated from each monthly survey are used as the buy/sell currency for radio stations and advertisers/agencies. As of December 2009, the PPM was measured in 33 media markets , including Houston , Philadelphia , Pittsburgh , New York City , Atlanta , Detroit , Long Island , Middlesex - Somerset - Union , Chicago , Los Angeles , Riverside - San Bernardino , San Francisco , Jacksonville , Baltimore , and San Jose . By 2010, 48 markets are being measured using

400-478: Was considered a " farm team " for RKO's larger stations. Young, aspiring DJs, such as Rick Dees and game show host Wink Martindale worked there with hopes of being moved up to RKO's larger markets, like Boston , New York City, San Francisco, or the biggest Top 40 station in the chain, KHJ in Los Angeles. In the 1960s, under the guidance of programmer Bill Drake , WHBQ became Boss Radio , known for playing

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