KYQQ
MHz | |
Branding | Radio Lobo 106.5 |
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Programming | |
Format | Regional Mexican |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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KICT-FM, KFTI, KFDI-FM, KFXJ | |
History | |
First air date | November 1, 1979 (as KBUZ) |
Former call signs | KBUZ (1979-1987) KWKL (1987-1990) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 37121 |
Class | C0 |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 390 meters (1,280 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°21′24″N 96°57′55″W / 37.35667°N 96.96528°W |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | www.radiolobo1065.com |
KYQQ (106.5
History
KYQQ signed on the air on November 1, 1979 as KBUZ under owners Gary and Ann Violet. KBUZ was very much a small family business, as the Violets literally built the station with their own hands, as Gary was a certified radio engineer. He not only did the engineering, but actually designed the building and built much of it at
In the summer of 1983, Violet was approached by a Wichita night club owner through his primary club DJ Joe Turner, who at the time went by the moniker "Captain Disco" or "Captain D". They proposed adding a Sunday evening black-contemporary format. Violet was initially very skeptical; this was at a time when Michael Jackson had only recently breached the color barrier on MTV, leading to a resurgence of Black-influenced music on the Top 40 charts, and Prince had just begun to emerge as an artist. The proposed format, even for a few hours on Sundays, would be a striking contrast to the rest of the KBUZ broadcast schedule. However, Turner and his boss successfully convinced Violet that this insurgence of Black contemporary music would move beyond Wichita's Black community into the young adult and youth demographic. They also promised a tremendous outpouring of commercial support from the Black community.
Still not expecting much, Violet turned the project over to Wes Crenshaw, a weekend and fill-in air staff member, who was, at the time, covering afternoon drive. Crenshaw trained the new staff and oversaw commercial production through the debut of the show. The new format, which followed an
In August 1987, the Violets sold KBUZ to Kelsey Broadcasting Corporation of
On July 3, 1990, KWKL dropped the oldies format and began
On July 17, 1992, KYQQ flipped to Country as "Hot Country 106.5" (and would later be renamed back to "Q-106.5") to compete against country powerhouses KFDI-FM and KZSN.[7][8] KYQQ had limited success against the two stations. In March 1994, Lesso, Inc., owned by Larry Steckline, bought the station.[9] KFDI's owners, Great Empire Broadcasting, purchased KYQQ in December 1996.[10] Great Empire sold its stations to Journal Broadcast Group in June 1999.[11][12] On March 30, 2002, the Country format was dropped for its current Regional Mexican format.[13][14] It first signed on as "La Maquina Musical" and later changed to "Radio Lobo".
On March 28, 2009, the KYQQ 1250' broadcast tower collapsed following more than two inches of freezing rain. The station resumed broadcasting the following day from a backup site at reduced power output.
On July 30, 2014, it was announced that the E. W. Scripps Company would acquire Journal Communications in an all-stock transaction. The combined firm retained their broadcast properties and spun off their print assets as Journal Media Group.[15] KYQQ, their sister radio stations in the Wichita area and 2 TV stations were not included in the merge; in September, Journal filed to transfer these stations to Journal/Scripps Divestiture Trust (with Kiel Media Group as trustee).[16][17] Scripps exited radio in 2018; the Wichita stations went to SummitMedia in a four-market, $47 million deal completed on November 1, 2018.[18]
References
- ^ Gordon M. Henry, "Urban Contemporary Sound Approach for KBUZ", The Wichita Eagle-Beacon, November 16, 1984.
- ^ Bud Norman, "Airwaves carry shock waves for black music fans", The Wichita Eagle-Beacon, August 6, 1987.
- ^ Bob Curtright, "Station 'kooly' changes from lite", The Wichita Eagle-Beacon, May 28, 1989.
- ^ Ellen Dyer, "Wichitan, partner buy KWKL-FM radio", The Wichita Eagle, March 10, 1990.
- ^ KWKL-KYQQ/Wichita Radio Format Change - July 5, 1990
- ^ Bob Curtright, "KWLK becomes KYQQ", The Wichita Eagle, July 7, 1990.
- ^ Ranjit Arab and Laurie Kalmanson, "City airwaves ring to the battle of the formats", The Wichita Eagle, August 7, 1992.
- ^ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1992/RR-1992-07-24.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1995/B-Radio-All-YB-1995.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1998/D-Radio-All-BC-YB-1998.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Diane Samms Rush, "KFDI's Ol' Mike signs off", The Wichita Eagle, June 5, 1999.
- ^ https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2001/D-Radio-All-BC-YB-2001.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Joe Rodriguez, "Wichita to get a new all-Spanish FM station", The Wichita Eagle, March 28, 2002.
- ^ "KYQQ to switch from country to Hispanic format".
- ^ Glauber, Bill (30 July 2014). "Journal, Scripps deal announced". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. September 2, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ "Description of the Proposed Transaction". Federal Communications Commission. September 2, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ "Scripps Completes Two More Pieces Of Radio Division Sale". Inside Radio. November 2, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
External links
- Station website
- KYQQ in the FCC FM station database
- KYQQ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- KSN TV - Ice Brings tower down