Radio station in San Antonio
KQXT-FM
(101.9
MHz
, "Q101.9") is a
commercial
radio station
in
San Antonio
,
Texas
. The station is owned by
iHeartMedia
, airing an
adult contemporary
radio format
, switching to
Christmas music
for much of November and December. On weekdays, it carries the
syndicated
Kidd Kradick Morning Show
from co-owned
KHKS
Dallas
as well as
Ellen K
on Saturday mornings. KQXT's studios are in
Stone Oak
.
KQXT has an
effective radiated power
(ERP) of 100,000
watts
, the current maximum for FM stations. It
transmits
from an
antenna
atop the
Tower of the Americas
in Downtown San Antonio.
History
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The station
signed on
the air on November 1, 1967
; 56 years ago
(
1967-11-01
)
.
[1]
Its original
call sign
was
KCOR-FM
, the
sister station
to KCOR 1350 AM (now
KXTN
). It shared an antenna with the AM station on Abe Lincoln Road in northwest San Antonio. KCOR was an established
Regional Mexican
station, going back to 1946. The FM was always separately programmed from the AM, and in 1971, switched its call sign to
KQXT
. The call letters are an approximation of the word "Quiet" with the station playing
beautiful music
.
KCOR and KQXT were sold in 1975 to Harbenito Radio (later known as Tichenor Media). The FM's transmitter moved from Abe Lincoln Road to the
Tower of the Americas
site in downtown San Antonio in 1972. Then in 1984, KQXT was sold to
Westinghouse's Group W Broadcasting
which had easy listening music on most of its FM stations. But by the late 1980s, the easy sound was attracting older listeners while most advertisers seek a young to middle-aged demographic.
In 1990, KQXT moved away from its longtime easy listening image to an updated, all-vocal,
soft adult contemporary
playlist
.
[2]
It began using the slogan, "Continuous Soft Favorites" and was re-branded as "KQ-102". The station achieved great success in the early 1990s, and, at one point was the top adult station in San Antonio. It was acquired by
Clear Channel Communications
in 1993, a company that already owned
WOAI
and several other local stations.
Previous logo
In 2000, KQXT was re-branded as "Soft Rock 101.9" in an effort to move to a more upbeat playlist. On January 2, 2007, the station rebranded as "Q101.9". The format was similar but some rhythmic adult songs were added. In 2014, parent company Clear Channel Communications changed its name to iHeartMedia.
The syndicated call-in and request show
Delilah
was previously heard on KQXT until 2011, when the station dropped her show. On July 3, 2017, KQXT brought her back. Delilah was dropped again in August 2018. It is syndicated by co-owned
Premiere Networks
. On November 9, 2020, KQXT added the nationally syndicated
Kidd Kraddick Morning Show
in AM
drive time
.
K289BN/KQXT-HD3
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In May 2012, KQXT-HD3 was activated and began simulcasting
talk radio
sister station
WOAI
1200 AM, which fed
FM translator
K289BN at 105.7 MHz.
On September 19, 2012, K289BN began simulcasting
KRPT
, and changed to a
Rhythmic contemporary
sound, branded as "Wild 92.5/105.7".
On February 22, 2013, KRPT changed to
Classic Country
. K289BN kept the rhythmic CHR format and "WiLD" brand until the station changed to
Regional Mexican
, branded as "La Preciosa" on January 17, 2014.
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