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WPDQ (FM)

radio station in Scottsville, Kentucky

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ108402848 ↗
Source-derived summary

WPDQ (91.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve the community of Scottsville, Kentucky. The station is owned by Southern Wabash Communications of Middle Tennessee, Inc. It airs a classic hits format.

History

The station was assigned the call sign WBGB by the Federal Communications Commission on March 20, 2008, and received its license to cover on May 14, 2012. The station changed its call sign to WPDQ on March 23, 2018, to WNTC on June 25, 2020, and to WNTC-FM on July 22, 2021. It then became WPDQ again on October 7, 2021.

Editorial summary

“WPDQ (FM)” enters the record as radio station in Scottsville, Kentucky. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what WPDQ, radio and station can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2008, 2012, 2018, 2020—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around WPDQ, radio and station.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“WPDQ (FM)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, WPDQ, radio and station provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q108402848. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2008, 2012, 2018 and 2020.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “WPDQ (FM)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow WPDQ (FM) primary sources, WPDQ (FM) archive and WPDQ research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “WPDQ (FM)”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “WPDQ (FM)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.