WMQS (88.5 FM) is a Class A low-power local non-commercial educational (NCE) radio station licensed to MURPHY, NC. Broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 500 watts and antenna height of 338 meters HAAT, its signal reaches approximately 89 km to the radio horizon. The station broadcasts in HD Radio digital format. The station is owned by Western North Carolina Public Radio, Inc. It broadcasts a Public radio (talk radio format.