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| Broadcast area | Greater Hartford–Greater New Haven |
| Frequency | 104.1 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | Radio 104.1 WMRQ |
| Programming | |
| Format | Alternative rock |
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| WBOM, WDRC, WDRC-FM, WNTY, WSNG | |
| History | |
First air date | December 25, 1967 |
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Call sign meaning | "Modern rock" |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 74279 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 14,000 watts |
| HAAT | 255 meters (837 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°33′40″N 72°50′38″W / 41.561°N 72.844°W |
| Translator(s) | HD2, and HD3: See § Translators |
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WMRQ-FM (104.1 MHz) is an alternative rock radio station licensed to Waterbury, Connecticut, and serving Greater Hartford and New Haven. WMRQ-FM is owned by Full Power Radio and has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 14,000 watts. Its transmitter is on West Peak in Meriden, Connecticut. Its tower is shared with former sister station 95.7 WKSS. WMRQ-FM's studios and offices are located on Blue Hills Avenue (Connecticut Route 187) in Bloomfield, Connecticut, with its other co-owned radio stations.
The station broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 digital subchannel carries a Spanish tropical music and contemporary hit radio format known as "Bomba FM", also heard on translator stations 97.1 W246CC in Bolton, 99.5 W258AL in Clinton and 104.5 W283BS in Bridgeport. Much of the programming is also broadcast on WSPR (1490 AM) and W283CK (104.5 FM) in West Springfield, Massachusetts, as well as 98.5 W253BQ in Meriden, and 104.5 W283BW in New London. At times, Bomba FM has higher ratings than its originating station, WMRQ-FM. Its HD3 subchannel carries a simulcast of WFAR, an ethnic and Christian radio station in Danbury; the subchannel also feeds WFAR's programming to translator station 92.1 W221CQ in Naugatuck and the HD2 subchannel of W283BS in Bridgeport.
- ^ "WIOF (WMRQ-FM) history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
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