KLNV

KLNV
San Diego, California ; United States;
Broadcast area	San Diego County, California / Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Frequency	106.5 MHz
Branding	Que Buena 106.5
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish
Format	Regional Mexican
Ownership
Owner	Uforia Audio Network ; (Univision Radio Stations Group, Inc.);
Sister stations	KLQV
History
First air date	June 26, 1960 (as KPRI)
Former call signs	KPRI (1960–1984); KLZZ (1/1984-12/1984); KLZZ-FM (1984–1987); KKLQ-FM (1987–1997); KKLQ (1997–1998); KEBN (9/1998-10/1998)
Call sign meaning	"La Nueva" (previous branding)
Technical information
Facility ID	51515
Class	B
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	134 meters (440 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	32°43′19″N117°04′07″W / 32.72194°N 117.06861°W
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	KLNV Online

Last updated August 20, 2024

KLNV (106.5 FM, "Que Buena 106.5") is a Regional Mexican radio station broadcasting to the San Diego metropolitan area. It is owned by TelevisaUnivision, and is a part of the Uforia Audio Network. Studios are located on West Broadway in San Diego, with its antenna located near 60th Street and Tooley Street in San Diego's Emerald Hills neighborhood, and is co-located with KOGO.

History

106.5 FM started as KPRI in 1960 and broadcast an MOR-Easy Listening format with the slogan "Island of Capri" (K-PRI) ; Beginning in December 1967, it began airing a freeform format in the overnight hours (Midnight to 3:00 AM), which would become full-time by June 1968, and would later evolve into album-oriented rock by 1973.

In January 1984, the station flipped to an Adult Contemporary format as KLZZ, "Class FM." KLZZ switched formats once again in September 1986, to classic rock as "California Classics", retaining the KLZZ callsign. The KLZZ calls are now used by a classic rock station in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

On March 5, 1987, at 6 p.m., after KLZZ was purchased by Edens Broadcasting, KLZZ flipped to a dance-leaning Top 40 format, branded as "Q106" and adopted the KKLQ call letters. The first song on "Q106" was "Sign o' the Times" by Prince.^[3] KKLQ was also heard on KOGO, 600 AM, as part of a simulcast, and later on now-Talk formatted KCBQ. Q106 was co-owned with KKBQ (93Q) in Houston, Texas, KOY-FM (Y95) in Phoenix, Arizona, WRBQ-FM (Q105) in Tampa, Florida, and WRVQ (Q94) in Richmond, Virginia. All 5 stations were top 40 stations. Edens also owned WWDE (2WD) in Norfolk, Virginia, during this time, but that station was Adult Contemporary. Q106 competed against KFMB-FM ("B100").

Q106 enjoyed high ratings success, as the station was ranked #1 for 12 continuous ratings periods. However, in April 1990, XHITZ-FM flipped from classic rock to a dance-leaning CHR format as "Jammin' Z90", which took away much of Q106's audience. To counter this, the station shifted towards a more mainstream Top 40 format by early 1991. In 1992, Edens went into receivership, as the company lost large amounts of money due to the fallout of WRBQ from competitor WFLZ-FM. Par Broadcasting, owned by local brewing company mogul Leon Parma, bought the station that year. Ratings slightly improved, but not to the unprecedented levels the station attained in the beginning.

Jacor, ironically the owners of WFLZ who also purchased KECR-FM, bought the station in early 1997. Morning hosts Jeff and Jer left for KFMB-FM (which flipped to Hot AC as "Star 100.7" in June 1994) in April 1997 due to tensions between the duo and the new owners. In addition, the station shifted towards a more adult lean. The station's ratings still didn't improve.

In July 1998, due to the Jacor/Nationwide merger and in order to meet ownership limits, KKLQ was sold to Hispanic Broadcasting Company, forerunner to today's Uforia Audio Network, who announced a format change to Regional Mexican. During the last week of July, KKLQ aired "11 Years of the Q", airing various airchecks, jingles, and promotions from the station's 11-year history, while also redirecting listeners to KHTS-FM. After the farewell concluded, during the first week of August, KKLQ began stunting with a loop of "Macarena" by Los Del Rio, and again redirected listeners to KHTS. KKLQ officially flipped to the new format on August 10 of that year.^[4] The current KLNV call letters would be adopted on October 12, 1998. The KKLQ calls have since been reassigned to 100.3 FM in Los Angeles.

In March 2016, KLNV rebranded as "Que Buena 106.5".

Three years later, Univision placed all their radio stations into the Uforia mobile application and platform; this took effect on March 15, 2019.

Previous logo

(KLNV's logo under previous "La Nueva 106.5" branding)

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References

↑ "KLNV-FM Radio Station Information" . Retrieved 16 April 2011.
"KLNV-FM Radio Station Information" . Retrieved 16 April 2011.
↑ "San Diego's Q-106 Hits The Air As CHR" (PDF). Radio & Records. March 13, 1987. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
↑ "Heftel Launches SD Spanish Duo" (PDF). Radio & Records. August 14, 1998. Retrieved August 19, 2024.

External links

Que Buena 106.5
Que Buena 106.5 on Facebook
Que Buena 106.5 on X
Facility details for Facility ID 51515 (KLNV) in the FCC Licensing and Management System

KLNV in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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[1] "KLNV-FM Radio Station Information" . Retrieved 16 April 2011.

[2] "KLNV-FM Radio Station Information" . Retrieved 16 April 2011.

[3] "San Diego's Q-106 Hits The Air As CHR" (PDF). Radio & Records. March 13, 1987. Retrieved August 19, 2024.

[4] "Heftel Launches SD Spanish Duo" (PDF). Radio & Records. August 14, 1998. Retrieved August 19, 2024.

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Defunct	KDBV – Salinas KDDF – Mecca KESQ – Indio KFVR – Crescent City KNCR – Fortuna KSKD – Livingston
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in California See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other