KQIE

KQIE
City Redlands, California
Broadcast area Riverside-San Bernardino, California
Branding Old School 104.7
Slogan "Your Old School Station" (general)
"Jammin' the Inland Empire's Old School" (secondary)
Frequency 104.7 MHz
First air date 1963 (as KDES-FM)
Format Rhythmic oldies
ERP 1,350 watts
HAAT 213 meters
Class A
Facility ID 67354
Callsign meaning Q104.7 (former branding)
Inland Empire
Former callsigns KDES-FM (1963-2010)
KKIE (2 February 2010 - 10 February 2010)
Owner LC Media LP
Sister stations KCAQ, KFYV, KOCP, KOSJ, KQAV, KWIE, KXFM
Webcast Listen Live
Website oldschool1047.com

KQIE (104.7 MHz, "Old School 104.7") is a commercial FM radio station which is licensed to Redlands, California and serves the Riverside-San Bernardino, California area. The station is owned by LC Media and airs a rhythmic oldies music format. KQIE's studios are located in San Bernardino and the transmitter tower is in Yucaipa. The station is partially simulcast on sister station KOCP in Oxnard, California, also on 104.7 MHz.

History

KDES-FM (1963-2010)

The station began broadcasting as KDES-FM on February 10, 1963. Owned by KDES Inc., it was originally licensed to Palm Springs, California.[1]

Q104.7 (2010-2015)

In January 2010, R&R Radio sold KDES-FM to LC Media for $7.5 million. The new owner then changed the station's city of license to Redlands, California in the Riverside-San Bernardino radio market, thereby vacating the 104.7 FM frequency in Palm Springs.[2] Upon relocating KDES-FM, LC Media changed its call letters to KKIE,[3] then to KQIE, and took the station silent.[4]

In September 2010, over Labor Day weekend, KQIE returned to the air with a Rhythmic Top 40 format based on that of its sister station KCAQ in Oxnard, California.[5] The new call sign reflected both its on-air moniker ("Q104.7") and its new service area (the Inland Empire). The KDES-FM call sign remained in Palm Springs but was reassigned to the former KWXY-FM on 98.5 FM as part of a complex rearranging of stations in the market.[6]

During its five years as Q104.7, the station simulcast KCAQ, but inserted local advertising and promotions that were customized for the area.

Old School 104.7 (2015-present)

On February 12, 2015, KQIE flipped to rhythmic oldies as "Old School 104.7", filling the format void in the Inland Empire left by the departures of KHHT in Los Angeles six days earlier and KDEY's return to a simulcast of KDAY in Redondo Beach in 2010.[7]

On July 1, 2016, a signal swap in Ventura County enabled sister station KOCP to begin transmissions on 104.7 as well which, in effect, increased the reach of the "Old School" brand from the Inland Empire to Ventura County on 104.7 FM.[8]

KQIE is a partial simulcast of KOCP, as KQEV-LP in Walnut uses the 104.7 frequency in the San Gabriel Valley and interferes with the KQIE/KOCP signals in fringe areas.

On October 6, 2017, Old School 104.7 began streaming online.

References

  1. ↑ "Directory of AM and FM Stations in the U.S." (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. Broadcasting Publications Inc. January 1965. p. B-19. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ Venta, Lance (February 1, 2010). "Palm Springs Station Shuffle". RadioInsight. RadioBB Networks. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Call Sign History: KQIE". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Two Iowa FMs Sold; Capitol Sells North Carolina CP". AllAccess.com. All Access Music Group. March 3, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  5. ↑ Venta, Lance (September 6, 2010). "KQIE Riverside/San Bernardino Debuts". RadioInsight. RadioBB Networks. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  6. ↑ Venta, Lance (September 10, 2015). "Alpha Completes Palm Springs Shakeup With 98.5 The Bull". RadioInsight. RadioBB Networks. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  7. ↑ Venta, Lance (February 12, 2015). "KQIE Restores Old School To Inland Empire". RadioInsight. RadioBB Networks. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  8. ↑ Venta, Lance (June 30, 2016). "Gold Coast's KCAQ & KOCP To Swap Frequencies". RadioInsight. RadioBB Networks. Retrieved December 31, 2017.

Coordinates: 34°02′13″N 116°58′08″W / 34.037°N 116.969°W / 34.037; -116.969

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