KQBU-FM

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KQBU-FM
Simulcast of KDXX
Broadcast areaWestern areas of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
Frequency 107.1 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingLatino Mix 107.9 y 107.1
Programming
Language Spanish
Format CHR/Latin pop
Ownership
Owner
KDXX, KLNO; KUVN and KSTR television
History
First air date
January 1990 (1990-01)
Former call signs
  • KFII (1987–1988, CP)
  • KYOT-FM (1988–1992)
  • KCYT (1992–1995)
  • KCKK (1995)
  • KMRT-FM (1995–1998)
  • KDXT (1998–2003)
  • KDXX (2003–2012)
  • KFZO (2012–2013)
  • KESS-FM (2013–2025)
Call sign meaning
Que Buena (Former call sign of 93.3 MHz Port Arthur–Houston, Texas)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 Federal Communications Commission
Facility ID 21599
Class C1
ERP 74,000 watts
HAAT 320 meters (1,050 ft)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
Website www.univision.com/dallas/kdxx

KQBU-FM (107.1 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Benbrook, Texas, United States, serving communities in the western sections of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. It is owned and operated by the Uforia Audio Network, a division of TelevisaUnivision. It has a Spanish-language contemporary hit radio format, simulcast with co-owned 107.9 KDXX in Lewisville, Texas.

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KQBU-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for non-grandfathered FM stations. The transmitter is off Tin Top Estates Road in Horseshoe Bend. [1] While simulcast partner KDXX has a signal covering Dallas, Fort Worth and communities north of the Metroplex, into Oklahoma, KQBU-FM has a signal covering communities west of Fort Worth. KQBU-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology. [2]

History

This facility began broadcasting as KYOT-FM 106.7 in Granbury, Texas, in January 1990. [3] It broadcast a big band and adult standards format from a transmitter in Erath County, 9 miles (14 kilometres) from Bluff Dale. Its original owner was David Carter, a former KTVT employee and owner of the Johnson County News newspaper. [4] The station had its studios at the transmitter site and business offices in Fort Worth. [5] The call sign was changed to KCYT in 1992. [1] After KAAM (1310 AM) flipped from big band to sports in 1993, KCYT was the only local station in the format. [6]

In 1995, Carter sold the station to Heftel Broadcasting, which flipped it to a Tejano music format. Heftel owned two other facilities [7] Heftel paired it with stations at 99.1 FM and 107.9 FM to create Kick, a regional trimulcast serving areas from Waco to Wichita Falls. [8]

When Hispanic Broadcasting Company bought the 94.1 MHz facility and flipped it to KLNO "Estéreo Latino", it was originally simulcast on 106.7 until 2000, when the stations other than KLNO flipped to a soft adult contemporary format known as Amor. [9] In 2002, Hispanic Broadcasting Company moved the station from Granbury to Benbrook at 107.1 MHz. [10] The change was part of a 17-station shuffle in Texas and Oklahoma that moved KXGM into the market. [11] The Amor format was simulcast on 107.9 until January 2003. [12]

The station had been branded as "Estereo Latino" until February 19, 2009, when "La Que Buena" was moved from 107.9 FM (KESS-FM) and simulcast on 99.1 FM (KFZO). The Reggaeton station known as "La Kalle" was then moved to 107.9 FM and retooled to Latin Pop/CHR.

On June 23, 2011, KDXX changed its format from a simulcast of Regional Mexican-formatted KFZO 99.1 FM, known as La Jefa, [13] to Spanish adult hits, branded as "Recuerdo 107.1". A year later, Univision broke up the simulcast and moved the La Jefa format back to the 107.1 frequency, which changed call signs from KDXX to KFZO. [14]

On July 29, 2013, KFZO flipped to a simulcast of Spanish AC KDXX 99.1. The following month, on August 9, 2013, KFZO swapped call signs with KESS. On September 28, 2014, 107.1 rebranded as "Latino Mix" as part of the implementation of the brand in seven markets. [15]

On October 8, 2025, Univision flipped the format of KQBU-FM 93.3 in the Houston market to "Estéreo Latino 93.3". It moved the KESS call sign to that facility and KQBU-FM to Benbrook. [16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Facility Technical Data for KQBU-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=10 Archived 2015-11-23 at the Wayback Machine HD Radio Guide for Dallas-Ft. Worth
  3. ↑ "KYOT-FM". Broadcasting & Cable Market Place. 1992. p. A-340.
  4. ↑ Saltarelli, Mary G. (November 25, 1991). "The sound of music". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. pp. 11A, 14A . Retrieved October 14, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ McConal, Jon (February 21, 1994). "Ex-Fort Worth rocker changes tune in big way". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 18A. Retrieved October 14, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Cole Smith, Steven (December 1, 1993). "Miss the big band beat? Howl with Coyote". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 19A. Retrieved October 14, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Heritage sells radio station". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. January 14, 1995. p. 2B. Retrieved October 14, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Mena, Jennifer (March 14, 1995). "Tex-Mex Music: First trimulcast spreads the Tejano sound across area". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. pp. 1E, 3E . Retrieved October 14, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Philpot, Robert (April 16, 2000). "Get out the vote: Online poll results differ from Arbitron's". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 3D. Retrieved October 14, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Philpot, Robert (July 22, 2002). "Tarrant is country music's territory". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 11D. Retrieved October 14, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Brumley, Al (August 27, 2000). "Radio One could bring urban format". The Dallas Morning News . p. 3C.
  12. ↑ Philpot, Robert (January 13, 2003). "Readers select 2002's most played-out tune". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 11E. Retrieved October 14, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ Venta, Lance (July 3, 2010). "Univision Flips In Dallas And Las Vegas". RadioInsight. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
  14. ↑ Venta, Lance (June 28, 2012). "Univision Launches "Radio H2O" 107.9 Dallas". RadioInsight.
  15. ↑ Venta, Lance (September 28, 2014). "Univision Rebrands Stations In Seven Markets". RadioInsight. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
  16. ↑ Venta, Lance (October 8, 2025). "Estereo Latino Returns To Houston". RadioInsight. Retrieved October 14, 2025.

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