WTQS

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = WTQS

| logo =

| city = Cameron, South Carolina

| area =

| branding = Orangeburg's News Talk 97.1 WTQS

| frequency = 1490 kHz

| repeater =

| translator = 97.1 W246BX (Orangeburg)

| airdate = 2008

| format = Talk (WFRK simulcast)

| power = 1,000 watts

| class = C

| facility_id = 160804

| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|33|33|09|N|80|44|38|W|}}}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns =

| affiliations = Premiere Radio Networks, Fox News Radio

| owner = Peter Schiff

| licensee = Community Broadcasters, LLC

| sister_stations = WFRK

| webcast =

| website = {{URL|https://cborangeburg.com/wtqs/}}

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

WTQS (1490 AM) is a radio station licensed to Cameron, South Carolina, United States, serving the Orangeburg-Calhoun area. The station is currently owned by Peter Schiff, through licensee Community Broadcasters, LLC, and is a simulcast of WFRK in Florence.{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WTQS |title=WTQS Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division |accessdate=2010-04-02}}

On May 11, 2015 WTQS was granted a Federal Communications Commission construction permit to move to 1500 kHz, construct a new taller and much more efficient antenna, downgrade from Class C to Class D, increase day power to 5,000 watts, decrease critical hours power from 1,000 watts to 730 watts and discontinue operation at night.{{cite web|title=Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101666011&formid=301&fac_num=160804|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}} The FM station is a 24-7 station.

Programming is conservative talk radio, with notable programs outside WFRK's morning show including Glenn Beck, The O'Reilly Report, Dan Bongino, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, and Brian Kilmeade.

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