KOLZ
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| City | Corrales, New Mexico |
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| Broadcast area | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Branding | Hot 95.1 |
| Slogan | Albuquerque's Home For Old School |
| Frequency | 95.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1989 (as KSVA) |
| Format | Rhythmic Oldies |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 132 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 39265 |
| Callsign meaning | OLd (Z)school |
| Former callsigns | KSVA (1989-1999) KSYU (1999-2010) KLQT (2010-2016) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KABQ, KABQ-FM, KBQI, KPEK, KTEG, KZRR, K251AU, K265CA |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | hotabq.com |
KOLZ (95.1 FM) is a commercial radio station located in Corrales, New Mexico, United States, broadcasting to the Albuquerque area. It broadcasts at full power from a tower atop Nine Mile Hill west of Albuquerque, with studios located in Northeast Albuquerque and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications).
KOLZ airs a Rhythmic Oldies format branded as "Hot 95.1" featuring Hip-hop, R&B, and some dance-pop from the 1980s-2000's. The format started on January 2, 2014 on translator K265CA (100.9 FM), branded as "Hot 100.9". On November 3, 2014, the format moved to the then-KLQT. The station was jockless for the first year, but now features former A Lighter Shade of Brown member "ODM" in morning drive and local personality Janae Martinez in afternoon drive.
KOLZ mostly competes with Univision-owned KKRG-FM.
KOLZ broadcasts in HD.
95.1 was originally contemporary Christian KSVA (which is now a Christian talk outlet on 920 AM) when it signed on in 1989, but by 1999, after Clear Channel bought the station from Trumper Communications, they would target Albuquerque as an Adult Contemporary outlet as KSYU ("Sunny 95.1"); the format would adapt a rhythmic lean to it, described as "warm rhythms".
After airing an all Christmas music format throughout December in 2002, they would flip to an Urban Adult Contemporary format branded as "Hot 95.1" that was patterned after sister station KHHT/Los Angeles on January 1, 2003. Its slogan and format definition was "Old School and Today's R&B". Local morning personalities included Chaz Malibu from 2003-2006 and Big Benny from 2007-2009 (both are now at KABG). Unlike the current format, this version of "Hot" did not play hip-hop, and featured a more down-tempo format of mostly R&B hits centered around the 1970s and 80's, and also featured current hits.
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