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WQBZ

Radio station in Fort Valley, Georgia, United States

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WQBZ (106.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a mainstream rock format. Licensed to Fort Valley, Georgia, United States, the station serves the Macon area. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and licensed to iHM Licenses, LLC.

01History

WQBZ-FM signed on the air on April 6, 1981, and it broadcast a Top 40 format under the branding "Z106". WQBZ is Macon's affiliate for Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 and Dan Ingram's Top 40 Satellite Survey. The format lasted until 1988 when the station flipped to classic rock under the branding "Q106". It switched to its current mainstream rock format by the mid-to-late 1990s. It became Q106.3 in 2013.

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