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| Broadcast area | Victor Valley, California |
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| Frequency | 1590AM & 106.1 FM (kHz) |
| Branding | "Qué Buena 106.1 FM" |
| Programming | |
| Format | Regional Mexican |
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| History | |
First air date | September 1,1961 |
Former call signs | KCIN (1961–1995) KROY (1995–2001) KATJ (2001–2003) KRSX (2003–2013) |
Call sign meaning | VicToRville |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Class | D |
| Power | 500watts day 131 watts night |
| Translator(s) | 106.1 K291CM (Victorville) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
KVTR (1590AM, "Qué Buena 106.1 FM") is a commercialradio station that islicensed toVictorville, California and serves theVictor Valley area. The station is owned by RuDex Broadcasting and broadcasts aregional Mexican music format branded as "Qué Buena 106.1 FM", referring to its three-wattFMtranslatorK291CM on 106.1 MHz in Victorville.
The station first went on-air September 1, 1961, asKCIN, a 500-wattdaytimer originally owned by Victor Valley Broadcasters.[1] In 1966, Top-Dial Broadcasters bought the station for $66,000;[2] that company sold it to Dynamic Radio Broadcasting, led by Roger P. Brandt, for twice that amount in 1976.[3] In 1978, Sidney King purchased KCIN for $160,000.[4]
In August 1989, King's Crown Broadcasting attempted to sell KCIN andsister stationKATJ-FM (100.7 FM) to Victor Valley Broadcasting (a different entity from the aforementioned company) for $1.36 million. The potential buyer was a company led by Kenneth Devine, Peter Trosclair, and John Binsfield, all partners in aNew Orleans–based engineering company.[5] However, that transaction was unsuccessful. Crown then struck a deal with Island Broadcasting Corporation, headed by Scott Brady and Richard Sadowsky, in October 1990 to purchase the combo for $1.575 million.[6][7] TheFederal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the transfer of both stations' licenses to the new owner December 21.[8]
In January 1995, Island Broadcasting sold KCIN and KATJ-FM to Park Lane Group for $1.8 million.[9] The new owner flipped the station fromoldies tocountry music and changed itscall letters toKROY in honor of country musicianRoy Rogers, who lived in nearbyApple Valley. KROY also aired live coverage of theHigh Desert Mavericks, a now-defunctMinor League Baseball team playing in theCalifornia League.
In June 1997,Regent Communications purchased Park Lane Group's 16 stations in California andArizona, including KROY, for a total of $23.5 million.[10]
In April 2000,Clear Channel Communications proposed a complex station swap with Regent Communications which would have involved 20 stations nationwide, including KROY, and a payment of over $67 million by Regent to Clear Channel. This deal was one of many divestitures required of Clear Channel and AMFM, Inc. by the FCC as a condition of their merger, in order to satisfy ownership caps in each affected media market.[11] While this exchange was not implemented fully, Clear Channel did acquire KROY and KATJ-FM.[12] The call sign changed toKATJ in 2001, then toKRSX in 2003, and finally toKVTR in 2013.
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