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| Broadcast area | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Frequency | 105.9MHz |
| Branding | Qué Buena 105.9 y 105.1 |
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| Format | Regional Mexican |
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| History | |
First air date | July 19, 1996 (1996-07-19) |
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Call sign meaning | "Hot" (former brand and reference to Phoenix's extreme climate) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 59422 |
| Class | C2 |
| ERP | 36,000 watts |
| HAAT | 176 meters (577 ft) |
| Repeater | 105.1 KHOV-FM (Wickenburg) |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | univision |
KHOT-FM (105.9MHz) is a commercialradio station licensed toParadise Valley, Arizona, United States, and serving thePhoenix metropolitan area. Owned byTelevisaUnivision, it airs aregional Mexican format, calling itself "Que Buena 105.9 y 105.1."
KHOT-FM has aneffective radiated power of 36,000 watts. It also transmits on a 7,000-wattbooster station at 105.9 inGlendale. Programming is simulcast onKHOV-FM at 105.1 MHz inWickenburg.
The station signed on the air on July 19, 1996. It carried acountry music format known as "Young Buck Country".[2] Before the station was on the air, the call sign was KXLL. The call sign was changed shortly after sign-on to KBUQ to complement the "Young Buck Country" branding.
Attempts to put this station on the air had been ongoing for years prior to the 1996 sign-on. It was originally owned by Scottsdale Talking Machine and Wireless Co., Inc., and its primary quandary was where to put a tower in one of the Valley's richest areas. The new station desired to place its tower on Mummy Mountain, which met with aesthetic challenges. At one point, it proposed covering its antenna and tower in a fiberglass housing designed to look like a cactus,[3] which was rejected by residents.[4] The station ultimately signed on from a tower inFountain Hills.
On October 10, 1997, the format changed tourban adult contemporary, known as "Hot 105.9".[5] The station then changed its call sign to KHOT-FM, which moved from 100.3 FM in 1997. At that time, the station was owned by New Century Arizona Broadcasting.
KHOT-FM dropped most of its current R&B hits to focus more on arhythmic oldies direction, playing mostly 1970s and 1980s R&B and Disco, which most similarly-formatted stations at that time were doing. In 1999, KHOT-FM was sold to Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation and flipped to its current format on April 5 of that year. The 105.3 frequency was added in 2001, creating a simulcast.
KHOT-FM during this time carriedPiolín Por La Mañana ("Tweety in the Morning"), hosted byEddie "Piolín" Sotelo. The program originated fromLos Angeles-based sister stationKSCA and was popular among Spanish-speaking Hispanics in Phoenix. Univision Radio dismissed Piolín in 2013.
The PM drive show is known asEl Show Del Gatillero Del La Tarde.
In March 2016, KHOT-FM rebranded as "Qué Buena 105.9".
On May 24, 2023, KHOT-FM resimulcasted with former simulcast partnerKHOV-FM, which beforehand simulcasted with Latin Pop sister stationKQMR, and rebranded as "Qué Buena 105.9 y 105.1". Both of these stations have full coverage of the Phoenix area, with KHOV-FM covering the western parts or areas of Phoenix, while KHOT-FM covers most of the Greater Phoenix area and its eastern parts.
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