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XHQS 95.7

T

thebeach33445

Hey Guys:

I was wondering if anybody can help me with this.

I know XHERS 100.1 (HERS-FM) was Mellow Rock and XHIS 90.3 (HIS-FM) was Progressive Rock.

Would anybody know what XHQS 95.7 (OURS-FM) format was?

Thanks
T.J
 
It was SP music for the Tijuana market. It's overmodulation interfered with clear reception of KLOS in most parts of S.D. .
Coverage was minimal, with only 2900 watts and 300' antenna; esp. when compared to 91.1 and 104.5 ...

Big 121
 
At one time XHQS was briefly "Soul 96" back around 1975. First XSOL signed on as Soul 104. Then moved to Soul 90. Then ended up on XHQS as "Soul 96". All three stations must have been owned by the same person or company. The Union-Tribune even listed the radio station as "XSOL Soul Music 24 hours".

Funny that you mentioned interference to KLOS. X96 "Fiesta Mexicana" actually moved to 95.5 for a while then moved back to 95.7!
 
BecTero:

Thanks for that info!! I did not know that. All 3 stations where owned by the same person. I can't remember off hand but I have that info in my notes.


Question: When did XSOL 104.5 sign on with the R&B format?

And would you know when did it move to 90.3?

I have this info from SanDiego Wiki space that I found:

104.5-Tijuana, BCN
This was a sister station complementing XHIS 90.3, XHERS "hers radio" playing soft rock around the early 70's. The original frequency of this station was 100.1 FM until circa 1974. Switched to latino love sometime and became XLTN.

Owners 100.1 FM then 104.5 FM
Joaquin Vargas Gomez December 1971
His and Hers Radio stations (Paul Schafer) (Sales Rights) December 1971
Califormula Radio Group (Victor Diaz Romo) By 1998

History 100.1 FM then 104.5 FM
Date Call Freq Power Network Format
1971 XHOK-FM 100.1 120,000 Spanish
December 1971 XEHERS-FM 100.1 120,000 Eng: AOR
April 1974 XESOL-FM 100.1 120,000 Eng: Soul
September 1981 Off
November 1981 XESOL-FM 100.1 120,000 Spanish
198? XHLTN-FM 104.5 120,000 Spanish
1999 XHLTN-FM 104.5 57, 300 Sp: AC
March 15th 2004 XHLTN-FM 104.5 57,300 Sp: Talk


90.3-Tijuana, BCN
In the early 70s, this was XHIS ("his radio", formatted in english) playing progressive rock. Then it switched to playing a Mexican music format, then in 1983, it played Top 40 music, in 1984, became Hits-FM playing R&B-oriented top 40, in summer of 1985, became Z-90 playing progressive rock and roll until April 1990 when it added the "Jammin'" to the "Z-90" and switched to an urban music format.

Owners
Victor Diaz Romo September 1971
His and Hers Radio stations (Paul Schafer) (Sales Rights) September 1971
Califormula Radio Group (Victor Diaz Romo) By 1998
XETRA Communicaciones, S. A. de C. V. 2002 ?
Clear Channel Communications (Sales Rights) 2002
Finest City Broadcasting (Sales Rights) Summer 2005

History
Date Call Freq Power Network Format
September 1971 XEHIS-FM 90.3 100,000 English: AOR
12 September 1980 Off
21 Mar 1981 XEHIS-FM 90.3 100,000 Noventa FM-90 Eng/Span
November 1981 XEHIS-FM 90.3 100,000 Spanish
1 Aug 1983 XHZ-FM 90.3 100,000 English AOR Z-90
12 Aug 1984 XHITZ-FM 90.3 100,000 English Noventa FM Rock/Disco/Top 40
1985 ? XHITZ-FM 90.3 100,000 Top 40
198? XHITZ-FM 90.3 100,000 Classic Rock
198? XHITZ-FM 90.3 100,000 AC
198? XHITZ-FM 90.3 100,000 Rock 40
April 1990 XHITZ-FM 90.3 100,000 Top 40/Churban
199? XHITZ-FM 90.3 100,000 English Dance
1998 XHITZ-FM 90.3 100,000 Hip Hop

I am not sure if 90.3 is correct. If anybody wants to add imput please go right ahead.

Thnaks

T.J.
 
Hey Guys:

I forgot about 95.7 info as well.

95.7-Tijuana, BCN
XHKY, which plays a Mexican language music format, once originated at 95.7 sometime in the 70s I believe and occupied this frequency until about 1992. To make a long story short, when the nearby Carlsbad radio station, which was then at 95.9, got tired of having adjacent-channel interference from the nearby TJ station for many years, and eventually, the owners of the 95.7 and 95.9 channels got both the U.S. and Mexican governments involved in a complex frequency swap (which also involved the frequencies of 95.3 and 99.3 as well.) As a result, XHKY originally made the move to 95.5, but it interfered with the KLOS station from Los Angeles, so it moved back to 95.7 for a while, then in 1992, it finally made the move to the 99.3 frequency, allowing the Carlsbad station at 95.9 to move to 95.7 in 1995. A Tecate station moved from 99.3 to 95.3 while the 95.9 frequency was given to Mexico for its Ensenada radio market.
XHKY Fiesta Mexicana during the 1980's. In the 1990's, it moved to 99.3 while KKOS 95.9 moved into this frequency.

95.5-Tijuana, BCN
XHKY (95.7, now at 99.3) occupied this frequency for a short while in 1991, but it interferred with nearby Los Angeles station KLOS at the same frequency, and then it moved back to 95.7.

99.3-Tijuana, BCN
XHKY originated at the frequency of 95.7 in the 1970's? until its present move to this frequency in 1992. In June 1999, it became XHCR Hot Country Radio.

Owners
? 1971
Califormula Radio Group (Victor Diaz Romo) By 1998
XETRA Communicaciones, S. A. de C. V. 2002
Clear Channel Communications (Sales Rights) 2002
MVS International Radio Corporation (Sales Rights) February 2007

History
Date Call Freq Power Network Format
1971 XHRM-FM 99.3 5,000 Spanish
1981 ? XHQS-FM? 99.3 5,000 Spanish
1991 ? XHKY-FM 95.7 Spanish
1992 XHKY-FM 95.5 Spanish
1994 ? XHKY-FM 99.3 25,000 Spanish
1998 XHKY-FM 99.3 25,000 Spanish
July 26th 1999 XHCR-FM 99.3 25,000 Eng: CW
January 5th 2004 XHOCL-FM 99.3 25,000 Eng: Oldies
March 2nd 2004 XHOCL-FM 99.3 25,000 Eng: Oldies
September 1st 2005 XHOCL-FM 99.3 25,000 Sp: Oldies
August 2007 XHOCL-FM 99.3 25,000 Sp: Le Mejor FM

I know some of this is not correct as well.

T.J.
 
Sidenote:
For a few years until XHKY moved to 99.3, KBST 95 had a 99.3 translator on Rattlesnake Mountain, east of Gillespie Field, for
filling in where the main Soledad signal was low...

Big 121
 
That one I remember well, but I'm fuzzy about the year range. I'm guessing between 1987 and 1989.

Big 121 said:
Sidenote:
For a few years until XHKY moved to 99.3, KBST 95 had a 99.3 translator on Rattlesnake Mountain, east of Gillespie Field, for
filling in where the main Soledad signal was low...

Big 121
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tj : I don't recall when XSOL signed on, but they played a loop of two Billy Preston songs, one was "Space Race" and "everybody likes some kind of music".

The top of the hour ID had the intro of "Sly" by Herbie Handcock with the Spanish ID followed by "This is Soul Radio, FM 104, The heart and soul of San Diego!" (I still have on cassette tape)

The automated voice said their "studios" were at "the Royal Inn at the Wharf Downtown San Diego"

They did a simucast of music on 90.3 and 95.7 when they announced the move from 90 FM to Soul 96.

I still have a song playlist with a stylized "Soul 96" logo on the front and a "coverage map" on the back.
 
t.j. said:
BecTero:



104.5-Tijuana, BCN
This was a sister station complementing XHIS 90.3, XHERS "hers radio" playing soft rock around the early 70's. The original frequency of this station was 100.1 FM until circa 1974. Switched to latino love sometime and became XLTN.

Owners 100.1 FM then 104.5 FM
Joaquin Vargas Gomez December 1971
His and Hers Radio stations (Paul Schafer) (Sales Rights) December 1971
Califormula Radio Group (Victor Diaz Romo) By 1998

History 100.1 FM then 104.5 FM
Date Call Freq Power Network Format
1971 XHOK-FM 100.1 120,000 Spanish
December 1971 XEHERS-FM 100.1 120,000 Eng: AOR
April 1974 XESOL-FM 100.1 120,000 Eng: Soul
September 1981 Off
November 1981 XESOL-FM 100.1 120,000 Spanish
198? XHLTN-FM 104.5 120,000 Spanish
1999 XHLTN-FM 104.5 57, 300 Sp: AC
March 15th 2004 XHLTN-FM 104.5 57,300 Sp: Talk
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I'm surprised that XHLTN 104.5 was 120,000 watts back then now they only broadcast 57,300 watts. WHy the drop in power from 120,000wtts to 57,300watts?
 
e-dawg said:
I'm surprised that XHLTN 104.5 was 120,000 watts back then now they only broadcast 57,300 watts. WHy the drop in power from 120,000wtts to 57,300watts?
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Until very recently, Mexican FMs added the vertical and the horizontal power for the total power. In other words, it would be the same as a conforming B in CA saying it had 100 kw by adding the V and H power.
 
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