KLQV

KLQV
City	San Diego, California
Broadcast area	San Diego metropolitan area
Branding	"Amor 102.9"
Frequency	102.9 MHz
First air date	1963 (as KBBW)
Format	Spanish AC
Language(s)	Spanish
ERP	30,000 watts
HAAT	192.7 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	51164
Callsign meaning	K-LQVe (first Spanish format K-Love)[1]
Former callsigns	KBBW (1963-1972); KPSE (1972-1974); KEZL (1974-1984); KSDO-FM (1984-1987); KSWV (1987-1989); KSDO-FM (1989-1992); KCLX (1992-1995); KKBH (1995-1997); KJQY (1997-1998); KCDE (10/17/1998-10/28/1998)
Owner	Univision Radio ; (Univision Radio Illinois, Inc.)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	Amor 102.9

KLQV, branded as "Amor 102.9", is a Spanish AC radio station in San Diego, California, broadcasting from an antenna located on top of Mount Soledad in La Jolla. The station is owned by Univision Radio along with KLNV.

History

The station signed on in 1963 as KBBW and was owned by the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. While the application had been filed in 1959, several changes, including a callsign change and a frequency change from the original 102.5 MHz, had occurred before the station went on air.

In 1970, the Bible Institute, then doing business as Biola Schools and Colleges, sold KBBW and sister station KBBI in Los Angeles to PSA Broadcasting, a subsidiary of San Diego-based Pacific Southwest Airlines, for $1.15 million.^[2] PSA changed KBBW's callsign to KPSE, then to KEZL in 1974. The company operated four stations in California, all with easy listening formats.

In 1984, KEZL dropped easy listening to become Top 40-formatted KSDO-FM, known on air as "KS103". Several different formats followed in the late 1980s and 1990s. On September 25, 1987, the station was renamed KSWV and began a two-year stint with a smooth jazz format known as "The Wave".^[3] On August 31, 1989, the station flipped to classic rock as KSDO-FM ("Classic 103"), changing call letters to KCLX in March 1992; this format lasted until April 1995.^[4] The classic rock format was then changed to 70s Hits and later a Soft AC format as KKBH ("The Beach"), followed by adult contemporary with the branding "Mix 102.9".^[5]

In the fall of 1997, after market research showed some ratings reporters still wrote KJQY in their diaries, "K-Joy" was launched on 102.9 FM, marking the return of the callsign that had formerly existed on 103.7.

Jacor, which owned KJQY along with other stations, bought Nationwide Broadcasting, which owned additional stations in the San Diego radio market, in 1997. The combination of the two clusters necessitated a sale to stay under FCC ownership limits. Jacor shed KJQY, along with KKLQ at 106.5, to Heftel Broadcasting, a forerunner to today's Univision Radio, and moved the KJQY calls and format to 94.1 MHz.

Heftel, an operator of primarily Spanish-language radio stations, set up shop in San Diego, changing the station's calls to KLQV after 11 days with a placeholder callsign. After a stint as "K-Love 102.9" (no relation to the Christian radio network of the same name and, coincidentally, a name used by Los Angeles sister station KLVE, the station rebranded as "Viva 102.9" in 2004.^[1]

In early 2006, prompted by the flip of XHOCL-FM to Spanish oldies, KLQV flipped to the format as well to provide competition. The move resulted in an immediate ratings boost; after the station rated a 1.0 in the fall 2005 Arbitron ratings, the number soared to 3.4, making it the #1 rated Spanish language radio station in the San Diego radio market. In April 2014, KLQV switched to Spanish Adult Hits as 102.9 FM Más Variedad.

On February 6, 2018, KLQV rebranded as "Amor 102.9".

References

1 2 Soto, Hiram (5 April 2004). "La Super K is the latest to change among local Spanish radio stations". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
↑ "San Diego airline buys two FM outlets" (PDF). Broadcasting. 1970-08-17. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1980s/1987/RR-1987-10-02.pdf
↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1980s/1989/RR-1989-09-01.pdf
↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1995/RR-1995-04-21.pdf

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for KLQV

Radio-Locator information on KLQV

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KLQV

Coordinates: 32°50′24″N 117°14′56″W / 32.840°N 117.249°W / 32.840; -117.249

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[ut-1] 1 2 Soto, Hiram (5 April 2004). "La Super K is the latest to change among local Spanish radio stations". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

[2] "San Diego airline buys two FM outlets" (PDF). Broadcasting. 1970-08-17. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

[3] ttp://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1980s/1987/RR-1987-10-02.pdf

[4] ttp://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1980s/1989/RR-1989-09-01.pdf

[5] ttp://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1995/RR-1995-04-21.pdf

Radio stations in San Diego
By AM frequency	600 760 910 1000 1040 1130 1170 1210 1240 1320 1360 1450 1610
By FM frequency	88.3 88.9 89.1 89.5 91.3 92.1 93.3 94.1 94.9 95.7 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.3 98.1 100.1 100.7 101.5 102.1 102.9 103.3 103.3 103.3 103.7 104.9 105.3 106.5 107.1 107.9 107.9
HD Radio	600 88.3-1 88.3-2 89.5-1 89.5-2 89.5-3 93.3-1 93.3-2 94.1-1 94.1-2 94.9-1 94.9-2 94.9-3 95.7-1 95.7-2 96.5-1 96.5-2 96.5-3 97.3-1 97.3-2 97.3-3 98.1-1 98.1-2 101.5-1 101.5-2 102.9-1 103.7-1 103.7-2 105.3-1 105.3-2 106.5-1
NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.4 162.425
By callsign	K277DG K277DH K292CR KBRT KBZT KCBQ KCEO KCR¹ KECR KEC62 KFMB KFMB-FM KFSD KGB-FM KHTS-FM KIOZ KKLJ KKSM KLNV KLQV KLSD KLVJ KMYI KNSN KNSJ KOGO KPBS-FM KPRI KPRZ KRLY-LP KSDW KSDO KSDS KSON KSSD KSSX KURS KWFN KWVE-FM KXSN KYDO KYDQ KYXY WNG637
Defunct	KJQY KPLN KMJC KHHS-LP
¹ unofficial call-sign of a carrier current station Nearby radio markets Imperial Valley Inland Empire Los Angeles Palm Springs Tijuana See also List of radio stations in California

Spanish-language radio stations in the state of California
Stations	KAEH – Beaumont KAFY – Bakersfield KALI – West Covina KATD – Pittsburg KBAA – Grass Valley KBBF – Santa Rosa KBBU – Modesto KBHH – Kerman KBKY – Merced KBLA – Santa Monica KBLO – Corcoran KBRG – San Jose KBTW – Lenwood KBUA – San Fernando KBUE – Long Beach KBYN – Arnold KBYN – City of Angels KCAL – Redlands KCFA – Arnold KCHJ – Delano KCHJ-FM - Bakersfield KCVR – Lodi KCVR-FM – Columbia KDBV – Salinas KEBN – Garden Grove KEPD – Ridgecrest KERU – Blythe KESQ – Indio KEXA – King City KEYQ – Fresno KFOO - Riverside KFSD – Escondido KFSG – Roseville KFSO-FM – Visalia KGEN – Tulare KGEN-FM – Hanford KGRB – Jackson KGST – Fresno KGZO – Shafter KHDC – Chualar KHJ – Los Angeles KHPY – Moreno Valley KHSQ – Trinidad KIDI-FM – Lompoc KIQI – San Francisco KIQQ – Barstow KIQQ-FM – Newberry Springs KIQS – Willows KIST-FM – Carpinteria KIWI – Mcfarland KJDJ – San Luis Obispo KJOR – Windsor KKSF - Oakland KLAX-FM – East Los Angeles KLBN – Fresno KLJR-FM – Santa Paula KLLE – North Fork KLMG – Esparto KLMM – Morro Bay KLNV – San Diego KLOB – Thousand Palms KLOK-FM – Greenfield KLOQ-FM – Winton KLQV – San Diego KLTX – Long Beach KLUN – Paso Robles KLVE – Los Angeles KLYY – Riverside KMAK – Orange Cove KMBX – Soledad KMEN – Mendota KMIX – Tracy KMJE – Placerville KMJV – Soledad KMLA – El Rio KMLM-FM - Grover Beach KMPG – Hollister KMPO – Modesto KMQA – East Porterville KMRO – Camarillo KMYX-FM – Arvin KNCR – Fortuna KNTO – Chowchilla KODV – Barstow KOND – Hanford KOXR – Oxnard KPRC-FM – Salinas KPSL-FM – Bakersfield KPST-FM – Coachella KQLB – Los Banos KRAY-FM – Salinas KRCD – Inglewood KRCV – West Covina KRCX-FM – Marysville KRDA – Clovis KRHM-LP – Bakersfield KRQK – Lompoc KRRS – Santa Rosa KSCA – Glendale KSDO – San Diego KSDT – Hemet KSEA – Greenfield KSEH – Brawley KSES-FM – Seaside KSJV – Fresno KSKD – Livingston KSLK – Visalia KSMY – Lompoc KSOL – San Francisco KSPA – Ontario KSPE – Santa Barbara KSQL – Santa Cruz KSRT – Cloverdale KSSC – Ventura KSSD – Fallbrook KSSE – Arcadia KTAP – Santa Maria KTGE – Salinas KTMZ – Pomona KTNQ – Los Angeles KTOR – Gerber KTQX – Bakersfield KTSE-FM – Patterson KUBO – Calexico KUFW – Woodlake KUNA-FM – La Quinta KVMX – Olivehurst KVTR – Victorville KVUH – Laytonville KVVF – Santa Clara KVVZ – San Rafael KWAC – Bakersfield KWIZ – Santa Ana KWKW – Los Angeles KWRN – Apple Valley KWRU – Fresno KWST – El Centro KXLM – Oxnard KXOL-FM – Los Angeles KXOS - Los Angeles KXRS – Hemet KXRS – Hemet KXSB – Big Bear Lake KXSE – Davis KXSM – Chualar KXTS – Geyserville KXXZ – Barstow KXZM – Felton KZER – Santa Barbara KZNB – Petaluma KZSF – San Jose KZSJ – San Martin
Defunct	KFVR – Crescent City
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