KXQQ-FM

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KXQQ-FM
Broadcast area Las Vegas metropolitan area
Frequency 100.5 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingQ100.5
Programming
Language English
Format Rhythmic adult contemporary
Subchannels HD2: Talk radio (KXNT)
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
October 26, 1981 (1981-10-26)
Former call signs
  • KMZQ-FM (1981–2005)
  • KKJJ (2005–2010)
  • KXNT-FM (2010–2015)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 12560
Class C
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 357 meters (1,171 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 36°00′30″N115°00′23″W / 36.0083°N 115.0064°W / 36.0083; -115.0064
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live (via  Audacy)
Website www.audacy.com/q100vegas

KXQQ-FM (100.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Henderson, Nevada, United States, and serving the Las Vegas Valley. Owned by Audacy, Inc., it features a rhythmic adult contemporary format as "Q100.5". Studios are located in Spring Valley [2] and the transmitter is atop Black Mountain. [3] In addition to a standard analog transmission, KXQQ broadcasts over two HD Radio subchannels and is available online via Audacy; the second subchannel simulcasts KXNT's talk radio format. [4]

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History

Klassy, Lite and Jack-FM

The station signed on the air on October 26, 1981. [5] The original call sign was KMZQ-FM and the station was owned by Pargo Broadcating. It aired an easy listening format. KMZQ went through many changes over its 12-year run. At times, KMZQ was known as "Q-100" and "Klassy 100", playing adult contemporary music. From 1995 to 2005, it was known as "Lite 100.5 FM" playing Soft AC.

On June 24, 2005, at 2 pm, after playing "Leaving Las Vegas" by Sheryl Crow, KMZQ-FM began stunting with Christmas music. Then, 45 minutes later, the stunt shifted to movie theme songs with the sound of a Roulette wheel in between. At 3 pm, the stunt ended with the station's new voiceover artist Howard Cogan asking to "please cut the cheesy Roulette wheel sound effect." He declared that Vegas needed a new radio station, as well as revealing that he was the new "operator" of the station, winning it in a poker match from "some guy named Joel" (most likely a reference to then-CEO of Infinity Broadcasting Joel Hollander). Shortly thereafter, "Lite 100.5" became JACK-FM, with a variety hits format. The call letters were quickly changed to KKJJ. The first song on "Jack FM" was The Flying Lizards' cover of "Money (That's What I Want)". KMZQ-FM's call letters were moved to a station on 99.3 FM in Payson, Arizona, co-owned with KMZQ (670 AM) in Las Vegas Valley.

Logo as KXNT-FM KXNT.png
Logo as KXNT-FM

Talk and Rhythmic AC

In July 2010, CBS Radio announced that starting on August 16, KKJJ would be replaced with a simulcast of sister station KXNT. [6] On August 16, at 5:03 pm, after playing "Talk Talk" by Talk Talk, KKJJ began simulcasting KXNT. With the change, the station changed call letters to KXNT-FM. [7] [8]

On September 4, 2015, at 9 am, after stunting for an hour with songs from multiple genres and liners redirecting KXNT listeners to 840 AM, KXNT-FM flipped to rhythmic hot AC as "Q100.5". [9] The first song on "Q100.5" was "This Is How We Do It" by Montell Jordan. [10] The station changed to its current KXQQ-FM call sign on September 28, 2015.

On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with Entercom. [11] The merger was approved on November 9, and was consummated on November 17. [12] [13]

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KXQQ-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Audacy.com/q100vegas/contact-us
  3. ↑ FCCdata.org/KXQQ
  4. ↑ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=38 Archived September 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine HD Radio Guide for Las Vegas
  5. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1984 page B-160. Retrieved Jan. 20, 2026.
  6. ↑ "KXNT/Las Vegas to Launch FM Simulcast".
  7. ↑ Bornfield, Steve (January 20, 2010). "AM stations try to seduce FM listeners via simulcasts". Las Vegas Journal-Review. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
  8. ↑ "The last of 100.5 JACK FM Las Vegas". YouTube . Archived from the original on December 5, 2021.
  9. ↑ KXNT-FM Becomes Q100.5
  10. ↑ "100.5 KXNT-FM Las Vegas Flips To Rhythmic Hot AC Q100.5" RadioInsight, September 4, 2015.
  11. ↑ CBS Radio to Merge with Entercom
  12. ↑ "Entercom Receives FCC Approval for Merger with CBS Radio". Entercom. November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  13. ↑ Venta, Lance (November 17, 2017). "Entercom Completes CBS Radio Merger". Radio Insight. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
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