KLNV

KLNV

City of license	San Diego, California
Broadcast area	San Diego
Branding	La Nueva 106.5
Slogan	Qué más te gustan
Frequency	106.5 (MHz)
First air date	June 26, 1960 (as KPRI)
Format	Regional Mexican
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	134 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	51515
Transmitter coordinates
Callsign meaning	K La NueVa
Former callsigns	KPRI (1960-1984) KLZZ (1/1984-12/1984) KLZZ-FM (1984-1987) KKLQ-FM (1987-1997) KKLQ (1997-1998) KEBN (9/1998-10/1998)
Owner	Univision Radio (Univision Radio License Corporation)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	KLNV Online

KLNV (106.5 FM, "La Nueva 106.5") is a Spanish language radio station broadcasting to the San Diego metropolitan area. It is owned by Univision Radio. Its antenna is located at the same site of KSON and KOGO.

History

106.5 FM started as KPRI in 1960, and aired a freeform format, which would later evolve into album-oriented rock.

In January 1984, the station flipped to classic rock as "California Classics", KLZZ.

In July 1987, after KLZZ was purchased by Edens Broadcasting, KLZZ flipped to a dance-leaning Top 40 format, branded as "Q106" and adopted the KKLQ call letters. KKLQ was also heard on KOGO, 600 AM, as part of a simulcast, and later on now-Talk formatted KCBQ. Q106 was co-owned with KKBQ (93Q) in Houston, Texas, KOY-FM (Y95) in Phoenix, Arizona, WRBQ-FM (Q105) in Tampa, Florida, and WRVQ (Q94) in Richmond, Virginia. All 5 stations were top 40 stations. Edens also owned WWDE (2WD) in Norfolk, Virginia, during this time, but that station was Adult Contemporary. Q106 competed against KFMB-FM ("B100").

Q106 enjoyed high ratings success, as the station was ranked #1 for 12 continuous ratings periods. However, in April 1990, XHITZ-FM flipped from classic rock to a dance-leaning CHR format as "Jammin' Z90", and took away much of Q106's audience. To counter this, the station shifted towards a more mainstream Top 40 format by early 1991. In 1992, Edens went into receivership as the company lost large amounts of money due to the fallout of WRBQ from competitor WFLZ-FM. Par Broadcasting, owned by local brewing company mogul Leon Parma, bought the station that year. Ratings slightly improved, but not to the unprecedented levels the station attained in the beginning.

Jacor, ironically the owners of WFLZ who also purchased KECR-FM, bought the station in 1996. Morning hosts Jeff and Jer left for KFMB-FM (which flipped to Hot AC as "Star 100.7" in June 1994) due to tensions between the duo and the new owners. In addition, the station again shifted its format, this time to Hot AC. The station's ratings still didn't improve.

In July 1998, due to the Jacor/Clear Channel merger and in order to meet ownership limits, KKLQ was sold to Hispanic Broadcasting Company, forerunner to today's Univision, who announced a format change to Regional Mexican. During the last week of July, KKLQ aired "11 Years of the Q", airing various airchecks, jingles, and promotions from the station's 11-year history, while also redirecting listeners to KHTS-FM. KKLQ officially flipped to the new format in August of that year.

External links

• La Nueva 106.5
• La Nueva 106.5 on Facebook
• La Nueva 106.5 on Twitter
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KLNV
• Radio-Locator information on KLNV
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KLNV