KKBQ
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| City | Pasadena, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Houston |
| Branding | The New 93Q |
| Slogan | 52 Minutes of Q Country Every Hour |
| Frequency | 92.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) 92.9 HD-2 - Classic R&B "KCOH" 92.9 HD-3 - simulcast of KTHT |
| First air date | August 1962 (as KLVL-FM on 92.5) |
| Format | Country |
| Language(s) | English |
| Audience share | 5.8  (March 2017, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| ERP | 93,700 watts |
| HAAT | 585 meters (1919 feet) |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 23083 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°34′34″N 95°30′36″W / 29.57611°N 95.51000°W |
| Callsign meaning | The Q in KKBQ is used in 93Q branding |
| Former callsigns | KLVL (1962-1969) KFMZ (1969-1970) KYED (1970-1971) KYND (1969-1983) KKBQ-FM (1983-2016) |
| Former frequencies | 92.5 MHz (1962-1982) |
| Owner |
Cox Media Group (Cox Radio, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KGLK, KHPT, KTHT |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | thenew93q.com |
KKBQ, "The New 93Q", is a commercial FM radio station with a country music format. KKBQ is licensed to Pasadena, Texas and broadcasts on 92.9 MHz for the Greater Houston area. The station is owned by Cox Radio and is part of its Houston radio cluster including 107.5 KGLK, 106.9 KHPT & 97.1 KTHT. Studios and offices are in Suite 2300 at 3 Post Oak Central in the Uptown district in Houston, Texas, United States and the transmitter site is near Missouri City off Farm-to-Market Road.
KKBQ has been nominated twice for Country Music Association awards for Best Radio Station in a Large Market, winning once. It was honored with a NAB Marconi award in 2013 for Country Station of the Year and again in 2014 as Major Market Station of the Year. The station has also won the Billboard/Airplay Monitor Radio Awards award for Best Country Station three times.
The station signed on at 92.5 FM in August 1962 as KLVL-FM, Houston's first Spanish language FM station, "La Voz Latina".
In 1969, the station's original owner, Felix Morales, sold station for $175,000 in cash to Woody Sudbrink. The call letters were changed to KFMZ, with transmitter facilities located on the top of the Pasadena State Bank building at only a few hundred watt signal. Due to complaints from KFMK, the calls were changed to KYED (on air moniker was "Keyed"), airing paid religious programming during the day and oldies at night.
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