For the past 70 years, WPAQ out of Mount Airy, North Carolina — population 10,000 — has broadcast bluegrass and old-time string music. But music isn’t all you’ll hear on WPAQ. "If folks call in and ...

MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (WGHP) — Known as the “Voice of the Blue Ridge,” WPAQ radio will celebrate 75 years on the air Feb. 2. “I think we still have the old-time sound,” said long-time morning and mid-day ...

MOUNT AIRY, N.C. — One of the most legendary AM radio stations in the United States celebrates its 75th birthday this week and it's right here in the Triad. It was on Groundhog Day in 1948 when ...

Songs about home, about God. Banjos and fiddles, acoustic guitar and mandolins. Serious dancing shoes. Serious harmonizing. Serious picking. But the dancing is all in fun. Other WRAL Top Stories ...

DEFINITELY BUT NOW LET’S SAY GOOD MORNING TO OUR FIRST LIVE GUEST. YES. Q IS HOME TO THE SECOND LONGEST RUNNING ALIVE RADIO BROADCAST IN THE COUNTRY AND THEY’RE BASED IN MOUNT AIRY. WELL, THIS ...

Ralph Epperson eventually decided to create a legitimate, licensed radio station, and WPAQ went on the air at 740 AM on Groundhog Day, Feb. 2, 1948. The station will celebrate its 70th anniversary on ...

WPAQ has been on the air in Mount Airy for 65 years, and they're still going strong. No weather data available ...

Saturday night's event at the historic Earle Theater in downtown Mount Airy also was living proof that the old-time and bluegrass sounds the local station has specialized in since 1948 are very much ...

With WPAQ being all about the music, what better way to greet its 77th anniversary than a free concert for those who've helped make the Mount Airy radio station a lasting success? "This has become an ...