KBOQ
For information about prior use of KBOQ, please see KKHK
| City of license | Seaside, California |
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| Broadcast area | Monterey/Salinas/Santa Cruz, California |
| Branding | Classic Hits Q103.9 |
| Slogan | Monterey's Greatest Hits |
| Frequency | 103.9 MHz |
| First air date | 1995 (as KJMY) |
| Format | Classic hits |
| ERP | 1,500 watts |
| HAAT | 199 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 15936 |
| Callsign meaning | BOQ is "Bach" phonetically (previous classical format) |
| Former callsigns |
KKHK (2/14/08-2/26/08) KMBY-FM (9/05/02 - 2/14/08) KTEE (12/17/99 - (9/05/02) KISE (11/01/96 - 12/17/99) KJMY (1/19/95 - 11/01/96) KLMY (5/28/93 - 1/19/95) 880629MC (?? - 5/28/93) |
| Owner |
Saul Levine (Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters, Inc.) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | q1039thehits.com |
KBOQ ("Q103.9") is a commercial classic hits radio station in Monterey, California, broadcasting to the Santa Cruz-Carmel-Salinas, California, area on 103.9 FM. Its studios are in Monterey while its transmitter is located on Mount Toro, south of Salinas.
K-Bach had been broadcasting on 95.5 FM until the format was moved to 103.9 on February 9, 2008, essentially putting an end to the Modern Rock/Hard Rock/Alternative/Hip Hop hybrid music format branded as "X103.9".
The spot vacated by K-Bach's move has been filled by a country music format. On February 14, 2008, the call sign was changed to KKHK and then finally swapped with the KBOQ call sign on February 26, 2008.
On October 17, 2011 KBOQ changed their format from classical to soft AC, branded as "B103.9".[1] In May of 2014, Mapleton Communications agreed to sell KBOQ to Saul Levine's Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters, Inc. Mapleton had to divest one station after buying KWAV from Buckley Broadcasting. Levine owns country KKGO and classical KMZT/KMZT-FM in Los Angeles. [2] That July, the website q1039thehits.com was registered, leading to reports of a format change to CHR as Q103.9. On September 5, 2014, the station, upon officially being bought by Mount Wilson FM at a purchase price of $200,000, indeed became Q103.9, but rather than flipping to CHR, flipped to classic hits.
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References
External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KBOQ
- Radio-Locator information on KBOQ
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KBOQ
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This station was carried by Comcast Cable on its free FM links at 90.7 in the Santa Cruz area, but they have not bothered to tune to the new on air frequency in violation of their franchise agreement with Santa Cruz County.