KYQQ
| City | Arkansas City, Kansas |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Wichita |
| Branding | "Radio Lobo 106.5" |
| Frequency | 106.5 (MHz) |
| First air date | 1979 |
| Format | Spanish |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 390 meters |
| Class | C0 |
| Owner |
E.W. Scripps Company (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) |
| Website | http://www.radiolobo1065.com/ |
KYQQ is a radio station operating in Wichita, Kansas, in the United States, and licensed to Arkansas City, Kansas. Calling itself "Radio Lobo 106.5," the station airs a Spanish format and is owned by the E.W. Scripps Company. Its studios are co-located with radio stations KFDI-FM, KICT-FM, KFXJ-FM and KFTI in Wichita. The transmitter is located north of Winfield, Kansas.
Signed on the air in 1979 as KBUZ under owners Gary & Ann Violet. KBUZ was very much a small family business. The Violets literally built the station with their own hands -- Gary being a certified radio engineer. He not only did the engineering but actually designed the building and built much of it at Strother Field between Winfield and Arkansas City. Gary and Ann also ran the station along with Gary's mother. The entire family lived in a set of two mobile homes just a few yards south of the station. Under Gary's ownership, the station tried a number of formats including Country, Top-40, and Hot AC. From 1980 through 1982 the station was an eclectic mix of album-oriented rock that attempted to strike a balance in the Wichita radio market between the hard-edged KICT-95 and the more mainstream KEYN. The station was programmed by Bruce Adamek. In 1981, it featured an evening show by Kevin Craig, a noted Wichita announcer whose distinctive voice was best known as the voice of the Dillons Grocery store chain on radio and TV. Later in 1983 Jeff Garrett, did a stint in the evening slot.
In the summer of 1983 Violet was approached by a Wichita night club owner through his primary club DJ Joe Turner, who at the time went by the moniker Captain Disco or Captain D. They proposed adding a Sunday evening black-contemporary format. Violet was initially very skeptical. This was at a time when Michael Jackson had only recently breached the color barrier on MTV, leading to a resurgence of black-influenced music on the Top-40 charts. Prince had just begun to emerge as an artist. The proposed format, even for a few hours on Sunday, would be a striking contrast to the rest of the KBUZ air time. However, Turner and his boss successfully convinced Violet that this insurgence of black contemporary music would move beyond the Wichita black community into the young adult and youth demographic. They also promised a tremendous outpouring of commercial support from the black community.
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