KBUE
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| City of license | Long Beach, California San Fernando, California Garden Grove, California |
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| Broadcast area | Los Angeles/Orange County, California |
| Branding | Que Buena 105.5/94.3 FM |
| First air date | 1958 as KVFM (San Fernando) 1960s as KNAC (Long Beach) 1980 as KIKF (Garden Grove) 1995 as KBUE |
| Frequency | 105.5 MHz 94.3 MHz |
| Format | Regional Mexican |
| ERP | 3000 watts 6000 watts |
| Class | A |
| Callsign meaning | K(Que) BUEna K(Que) BUenA KE(Que) BueNa |
| Owner | Liberman Broadcasting |
| Website | www.aquisuena.com |
KBUE 105.5 FM, Long Beach, California, KBUA 94.3 FM, San Fernando, California, and KEBN 94.3 FM, Garden Grove, California, are the three simulcasting radio stations comprising Que Buena 105.5/94.3 FM, a Spanish language regional Mexican music station owned by Liberman Broadcasting. "Que Buena" is Spanish for "So Good".
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[edit] History
[edit] 105.5 FM
105.5 FM was formerly KNAC, a heavy metal music station until February 15, 1995, after the station was sold to Liberman, a Spanish language broadcasting company. It acquired the KBUE call letters a few weeks later on March 6. KBUE's weak signal only reached the southern portion of Los Angeles County and northwestern Orange County.
[edit] 94.3 FM
94.3 FM in San Fernando first signed on the air as KVFM in 1958, but for a long time it was KGIL-FM, a radio station playing pop standards, and sister station to KGIL AM. On August 5, 1989, it became KMGX, "Magic 94.3".
94.3 FM in Garden Grove was formerly KIKF "KIK-FM", a country music station.
On November 18, 1994, the two stations on 94.3 began simulcating the same country music format and 94.3 in San Fernando became KYKF. This lasted until October 31, 1996, after the San Fernando station was sold to Liberman and started simulcasting KBUE, and on January 31, 1997 it acquired the KBUA call letters. "Que Buena" now reached most of metropolitan Los Angeles County, though reception remains difficult in some regions, such as the San Gabriel Valley and Malibu. A booster station, KBUA-FM1 in Santa Clarita, California, extends the signal's reach into the Santa Clarita Valley.
On June 25, 2000, 94.3 in Garden Grove became "Cool 94.3", with a "cool AC" format (somewhat of a precursor to the Jack FM format), and the call letters changed to KMXN on September 29, the call letters likely being chosen because the format was similar to a previous Orange County station known as "Mix 95.9" (now KFSH-FM). Liberman acquired KMXN in 2003 and on January 7 started simulcasting the KBUE/KBUA signal, giving "Que Buena" coverage in nearly all of Orange County. On May 15, the call letters became KEBN.
[edit] External links
- Que Buena website (in Spanish)
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KBUE
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KBUA
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KEBN
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