KRQQ
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| City of license | Tucson, Arizona |
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| Broadcast area | Tucson, Arizona |
| Branding | 93.7 KRQ |
| Slogan | Today's Best Music |
| First air date | December 15, 1987 |
| Frequency | 93.7 MHz |
| Format | Top 40 |
| ERP | 96000 watts |
| Class | C |
| Callsign meaning | Call letters are shortened to be pronounced KRQ |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications |
| Website | http://www.krq.com |
KRQQ is an FM radio station in Tucson, Arizona which is licensed to broadcast on the frequency of 93.7 MHz with a power of 96,000 watts, and is owned by Clear Channel Communications. Its transmitter is on Tower Peak in the Tucson Mountains and the signal is mildly directional to avoid overlap with sister station KZZP in Phoenix, Arizona, under FCC rules that were in effect when the antenna was erected. Oddly enough, this is not vice versa. Known as 93.7 KRQ, the station plays Top 40/CHR music, and its primary audience or demographic is teens and young adults.
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[edit] History
KRQQ began its life as KXEW-FM, a Spanish station, and was purchased by Western Cities Broadcasting, which made it a top 40 station in the late 1970s. The station was sold to Nationwide Communications in the 1980s.
According to radio industry trade publication Radio and Records, during the late 1980s, KRQQ was the highest-rated Top 40 station in the United States under its then program director Clarke Ingram. Nationwide later sold its Tucson stations to Tucson Radio Partners, which in turn was absorbed by Prism Radio and then Clear Channel Communications in the 1990s. The radio station is currently one of the best rated Top 40 stations in Arizona.
[edit] Programs
[edit] Monday-Friday
The current morning show on KRQ is Johnjay and Rich, which has been on the air since 2001. Johnjay and Rich were syndicated to Clear Channel owned KZZP in Phoenix in January 2006. Coincidentally, the Program Director at KZZP at the time was a former employee of KRQ. The deal has the show splitting broadcasting time from Tucson and Phoenix, both live. Previous morning shows have included Mojo and Betsy, and the team of Mike Elliott and Jimmy Kimmel.
Middays features Melissa Santa Cruz, afternoons with Chris P., nights with Seth O'Brien, and overnights are with DeWayne Chavez. Jojo is often heard various times weekdays and weekends as well as Je Boogie.
[edit] Weekends
Like many top 40 staions, KRQ carries American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest on Saturday mornings.
The station carries Backtraxx USA with Kidd Kelly on Sunday nights which plays two hours of all 90's music, mostly pop and rock rather than hip-hop or urban, which replaced American Top 40 with Rick Dees.
[edit] Music
Music on the station stays with in the CHR genre. However, their playlist moves with the audience. During the daytime, the playlist consists of mostly mainstream CHR songs, Hot AC, and strong golds, being light on urban and rhythmic. During the late afternoon, evening, and overnight hours, the playlist is much heavier on urban and rhythmic tracks, with mainstream songs mixed in.
KRQ also includes a very strong 'gold' and 'recurrent' tracks mixed in the playlist, mostly during the daytime. Some of these artists include Bon Jovi, and the song Pour Some Sugar On Me from Def Leppard.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
| Clear Channel Communications, Inc. |
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Corporate officers: Lowry Mays | Mark Mays | Randall Mays | Tom Hicks |
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Radio / Television stations: (See List of broadcast stations owned by Clear Channel) |
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¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (PBS)
