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WKIQ

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WKIQ
Broadcast areaOrlando
Frequency1240 kHz
BrandingLa Que Buena
Programming
FormatRegional Mexican
Ownership
Owner
  • Shanti Persaud
  • (Unity Broadcasting LLC)
WLAA, WNTF, WOKB
History
Former call signs
WLCO, WEUS, WLCF, WWLB
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID29339
ClassC
Power790 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
28°50′19″N 81°41′46″W / 28.83861°N 81.69611°W / 28.83861; -81.69611
Translator(s)107.1 MHz W296DO (Eustis)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live

or Listen Live - requires media player

or Listen Live - direct streaming URL - requires media player

WKIQ (1240 AM) is a 790-watt radio station. Licensed to Eustis, Florida, United States, it serves the Orlando area. The station is owned by Shanti Persaud, through licensee Unity Broadcasting LLC, and is running a Regional Mexican format.

History

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Until December 2010 the station carried Yahoo! Sports Radio (formerly Sporting News Radio) and had a local program called The Winning Drive which ran Monday to Friday from 4-6 pm.

Between 1995 and 1998, WKIQ aired a mixture of local and syndicated talk programming, before a switch to satellite-fed Classic Country music took place in March 1998, just prior to the station being sold. News was provided by NBC News at top of every hour during this period, with Florida's FRN News on the half hour.[2]

Due to co-ownership by Gateway Broadcasting and Internet, the radio stations of WKIQ and WQBQ were sister stations for a period of time between 1998 and 2003.[2]

WKIQ was silent for much time between 2003 and 2005, as the previous owner had declared bankruptcy and shuttered the WKIQ and WQBQ stations.[2]

According to FCC filings in October 2017, the station tower collapsed during Hurricane Irma in September 2017 and the station resumed broadcasting in October 2017.

As of 2018, WKIQ 1240 AM broadcasts a Regional Mexican format under the name "La Nueva Que Buena", which was previously on WLAA 1600 AM.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKIQ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ a b c "WKIQ-AM 1240 Eustis".
  3. ^ "Privacy error".
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