KQMR

KQMR (100.3 FM) is a radio station in Globe, Arizona, USA, owned by Univision Communications and licensed to Univision Radio License Corporation. The station was assigned the KQMR call letters by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on September 16, 2005. It airs a Spanish language Latin Pop music format.

History

100.3 signed on in 1980 as KIKO-FM, owned by Willard "Willy" Shoecraft owner of KIKO (AM), who began operating his FM station from a ridge above Globe (the east end used by the local two way users).

100.3 ran 30,000 watts from a transmitter site 3,700 feet above average terrain. In the late 1980s it was decided that the station would be able to reduce height and increase power toward the 100,000 limit allowed for the class of the station. A site on the west side of the ridge required new roads and special construction. The site was miles from commercial power, and no power lines were available. The transmitter went on air with locally generated power.

100.3 was known as KGRX and then KEYX "Key 103" when it began targeting Phoenix in 1988. The station went from Adult Alternative to Smooth Jazz in 1990, and then to Active Rock KZRX in 1991 simulcasting KEDJ in 1995.

KHOT-FM

KHOT-FM (105.9 MHz) is a radio station licensed to Paradise Valley, Arizona. Carrying a Regional Mexican format, the station serves the Phoenix area. The station, owned by Univision, is known as "La Nueva 105.9".

History

KXLL/KBUQ

KHOT signed on the air on July 19, 1996, carrying a country music format known as "Young Buck Country". Before the station was on the air, the call letters were KXLL. The call letters were changed shortly after sign on to KBUQ to complement the "Young Buck Country" branding.

KHOT

On October, 10 1997, the format changed to Urban Adult Contemporary with a call letter change to complement the new branding, "Hot 105.9". The station then changed call letters to KHOT, which moved from 100.3 FM in 1997. At that time, the station was owned by New Century Arizona Broadcasting.

KHOT dropped most of its current R&B hits to focus more on a Rhythmic Oldies direction, playing mostly 1970s and 1980s R&B and Disco, which most similarly-formatted stations at that time were doing. In 1999, KHOT was sold to Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation and flipped to its current format on April 5 of that year. The 105.3 frequency was added in 2001, creating a simulcast.