KLNV is a Spanish language

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 radio station. It is owned, along with KLQV

KLQV

KLQV or Recuerdo 102.9 is a Spanish oldies radio station. Their antenna is located on top of Mount Soledad in La Jolla. They are owned by Univision along with KLNV. Formerly, they were known as VIVA 102.9, but because XHOCL became Spanish oldies, KLQV decided to convert to Spanish oldies. KLQV's...

, by Univision

Univision

Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...

. Its antenna is located at the same site of KSON

KSON-FM

KSON is a radio station licensed to serve San Diego, California, USA. The station, founded in 1964, is owned by Lincoln Financial Media and the broadcast license is held by Lincoln Financial Media Company of California....

 and KOGO.

History

For years, this was KKLQ, "Q106," a top 40 hit station. KKLQ was also heard on KOGO, 600 AM, as part of a simulcast

Simulcast

Simulcast, shorthand for "simultaneous broadcast", refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at the same time. For example, Absolute Radio is simulcast on both AM and on satellite radio, and the BBC's Prom concerts are often...

, and later on now-Talk formatted KCBQ

KCBQ

KCBQ is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format and is owned by Salem Communications. The station offers Conservative talk programming such as Mike Gallagher, Dennis Prager and Michael Medved...

. Before KKLQ, this was the original KPRI

KPRI

KPRI is an AAA Station in San Diego, California, that plays blues, reggae, folk, pop, and rock music from the mid-1960s through the present....

, playing a rock format. Popular San Diego Morning Team Jeff and Jer were once part of KKLQ , but later went to KFMB-FM

KFMB-FM

KFMB-FM is a commercial radio station located in San Diego, California, broadcasting on 100.7 FM. KFMB-FM airs an adult hits music format branded as "Jack FM".-History:...

, KMYI

KMYI

KMYI is a commercial radio station in San Diego, California, broadcasting on 94.1 FM and in HD Radio. KMYI airs a hot adult contemporary music format branded as "Star 94.1".-History:...

 and are now at KYXY

KYXY

KYXY is a San Diego, California, radio station with an adult contemporary music format. Its name is pronounced Kicksy.KyXy 96.5 broadcasts in HD Radio...

.

Q106 was owned by Edens Broadcasting, along with KOY-FM (Y95) in Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

, WRBQ

WRBQ

WRBQ-FM is a commercial classic hits music formatted radio station in Tampa, Florida.-History:Formerly WPKM and later WEZX, 104.7 switched to a rock ’n roll format as Q105 in December 1973, home to the Q-Morning Zoo, Cleveland Wheeler, Scott Shannon, Dave Saint, Jack Harris, Bill Garcia, Uncle...

 (Q105) in Tampa, Florida

Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....

, and WRVQ

WRVQ

WRVQ is a Contemporary Hit Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Richmond, Virginia, serving Central Virginia. WRVQ is owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications.-External links:*...

 (Q94) in Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...

. All 4 stations were top 40 stations. Edens also owned WWDE( 2WD ) in Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....

, during this time , but that station was Adult Contemporary.

External links

• La Nueva 106.5