KQMR

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KQMR
Image:KQMR logo.png
City of license Globe, Arizona
Broadcast area Phoenix, Arizona
Branding Recuerdo 100.3/106.3
Frequency 100.3 MHz
Format Spanish Adult Hits
ERP 90,000 watts
HAAT 624 meters (2047 feet)
Class C
Facility ID 22977
Transmitter Coordinates 33°17′23″N, 110°51′53″W
Former callsigns KGRX, KZRX, KHOT-FM, KDDJ, KMRR[1]
Owner Univision Communications, Inc.
(Univision Radio License Corporation)
Sister stations KKMR, KOMR
Webcast Listen Live
Website KQMR Online

KQMR (100.3 FM, "Recuerdo 100.3/106.3") is a radio station licensed to serve Globe, Arizona, USA. The station is owned by Univision Communications, Inc., and licensed to Univision Radio License Corporation. It airs a Spanish language Adult Hits music format in conjunction with KOMR (106.3 FM).[2]

The station was assigned the KQMR call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on September 16, 2005.[1]

[edit] History

KQMR was originally KEYX when it began targeting Phoenix in 1988 and went from Adult Alternative to Smooth Jazz in 1990 to Active Rock KZRX in 1991 to simulcasting KEDJ in 1995.

KZRX was a hard rock format, which was at the height of its success in 1992-1993. The station went head to head with KUPD, with high profile jocks like KC Kennedy, Madd Maxx Hammer, The G-Ster, Jan Williams, Larry Mac, Rob Trygg, Twisted Tim, Tracy Lea and many other veteran KUPD jocks. On-air slogans included "Get Hard", "Arizona's Rockradio Superstation", "Arizona's Hardest", and "Z-Rock" in its first year.

In 2001 Univision (when it was Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation) acquired the station and flipped it to a Spanish-language Adult Contemporary station called "Amor". In October 2005, Univision made adjustments to the "Amor" format making it more Oldies-driven, and changed the name to "Recuerdo".

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Call Sign History. FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ^ Station Information Profile. Arbitron.

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