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KQEQ

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City
  
Fresno, California

Frequency
  
1210 kHz

Format
  
Multicultural

Broadcast area
  
Fresno area

First air date
  
1962

Power
  
5,000 watts day 370 watts night

KQEQ (1210 AM) is a Multicultural radio station. On May 27, 2015, Spice Radio purchased the station from RAK Communications for $750,000. The purchase was consummated on November 25, 2015. Licensed to Fowler, California, United States, the station serves the Fresno area.

History

The station went on the air as KLIP in 1962. The call letters were changed to KRGO on March 20, 1989. On April 1, 1995, the station changed its call sign to KQEQ. The Hmong Radio (New Wave Broadcasting) Laotian language and Hmong language programming to serve America's largest Hmong and Laotian community. On September 2010, it was announced on the radio that the station was going to change to KGED 1680 AM in order to reach Hmomg residents of Bakersfield and San Francisco more easily.

References

KQEQ Wikipedia