KHOT-FM
MHz | |
Branding | Qué Buena 105.9 y 105.1 |
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Programming | |
Format | Regional Mexican |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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KOMR, KQMR, KHOV-FM Television stations KTVW & KFPH | |
History | |
First air date | July 19, 1996 | (as KXLL)
Former call signs | KXLL (1992-1996) KBUQ (1996-1998) |
Call sign meaning | HOT (In reference to former Rhythmic Oldies format and the extreme weather climate in the Phoenix area) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 59422 |
Class | C2 |
ERP | 36,000 watts |
HAAT | 176 meters (577 ft) |
Repeater(s) | 105.1 KHOV-FM (Wickenburg) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | Que Buena Online |
KHOT-FM (105.9
KHOT-FM has an effective radiated power of 36,000 watts.[2] It also transmits on a 7,000-watt booster station at 105.9 in Glendale.[3] Programming is simulcast on KHOV-FM at 105.1 MHz in Wickenburg.[4]
History
KXLL/KBUQ
The station
Attempts to put this station on the air had been ongoing for years prior to the 1996 sign-on. It was originally owned by Scottsdale Talking Machine and Wireless Co., Inc., and its primary quandary was where to put a tower in one of the Valley's richest areas. The new station desired to place its tower on Mummy Mountain, which met with aesthetic challenges. At one point, it proposed covering its antenna and tower in a fiberglass housing designed to look like a cactus,[6] which was rejected by residents.[7] The station ultimately signed on from a tower in Fountain Hills.
KHOT
On October 10, 1997, the format changed to
KHOT dropped most of its current R&B hits to focus more on a
KHOT during this time carried Piolín Por La Mañana ("Tweety in the Morning"), hosted by
The PM drive show is known as El Show Del Gatillero Del La Tarde.
In March 2016 KHOT-FM rebranded as "Qué Buena 105.9".
On May 24, 2023, KHOT has resimulcasted with former simulcast partner KHOV-FM, which beforehand simulcasted with Latin Pop sister station KQMR, and rebranded as "Qué Buena 105.9 y 105.1", with both of these stations having full coverage of the Phoenix area, with KHOV-FM covering the Western parts or areas of Phoenix, KHOT-FM covers most of the Greater Phoenix area and its eastern parts.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KHOT-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KHOT-FM
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KHOT-1
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KHOV-FM
- ^ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1996/R&R-1996-07-26.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Van Dyke, Charlie (20 July 1996). "Young Buck joins our country rodeo". Arizona Republic. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ^ "Cactus radio-tower proposal draws static in Paradise Valley". Arizona Republic. 19 July 1994. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ^ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1997/RR-1997-10-17.pdf [bare URL PDF]
External links
- Que Buena's website
- KHOT in the FCC FM station database
- KHOT in Nielsen Audio's FM station database