KQQK
Encyclopedia
KQQK is a radio station
broadcasting a Regional Mexican
format. Licensed to Beaumont, Texas
, USA, the station is currently owned by Liberman Broadcasting
.
The station was previously a rock
radio station as KWIC. It moved to its current facility in Devers, Texas
to include service into Houston in mid-1993 as KXTJ, "Super Tejano 108". It rivaled KQQK with a similar contemporary Spanish, "Tejano" format. In 1995, El Dorado Communications purchased the signal and began simulcasting KQQK. Not long after the signal was spun off with "La Nueva Z" a regional Spanish format. In 2001, KQQK was moved to 107.9 after the 106.5 frequency was purchased by Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation, where it moved its successful "K-Love" format from 93.3 FM.
On January 3, 2010, KQQK and sister station KXGJ Bay City began simulcasting the programming of KNTE
El Campo.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
broadcasting a Regional Mexican
Regional Mexican
Regional Mexican is a radio format for music radio, typically defined to include Banda, Ranchera, Mariachi and Norteña. It is the most popular radio format targeting Hispanic Americans in the United States....
format. Licensed to Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont is a city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's population was 118,296 at the 2010 census. With Port Arthur and Orange, it forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area on the...
, USA, the station is currently owned by Liberman Broadcasting
Liberman Broadcasting
Liberman Broadcasting is a media company based in Burbank, California. Liberman Broadcasting primarily caters to the Spanish-speaking Hispanic community and owns television and radio stations in several of the top Hispanic markets.-History:...
.
The station was previously a rock
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
radio station as KWIC. It moved to its current facility in Devers, Texas
Devers, Texas
Devers is a city in Liberty County, Texas, United States. The population was 416 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Devers is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
to include service into Houston in mid-1993 as KXTJ, "Super Tejano 108". It rivaled KQQK with a similar contemporary Spanish, "Tejano" format. In 1995, El Dorado Communications purchased the signal and began simulcasting KQQK. Not long after the signal was spun off with "La Nueva Z" a regional Spanish format. In 2001, KQQK was moved to 107.9 after the 106.5 frequency was purchased by Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation, where it moved its successful "K-Love" format from 93.3 FM.
On January 3, 2010, KQQK and sister station KXGJ Bay City began simulcasting the programming of KNTE
KNTE-FM
KNTE-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish-language rhythmic oldies format. Licensed to El Campo, Texas, USA, it serves the Texas Gulf coast area. The station is currently owned by Liberman Broadcasting....
El Campo.
Callsign and Moniker History
- KWIC - 1982-1997 - as Radio Impacto
- KWIC-FM - 5/16/1986 [Quick 108, Rock 108]
- KXTJ - 6/1/1993 [Super Tejano 108, La Nueva Z]
- KQQK - 7/30/2001 - 1/2/2010 [107.9 KQQK, XO 107.9]