KHSQ is a commercial

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licensed to Trinidad, California, that broadcasts on 107.7 FM from the campus of

California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt also known as Cal Poly Humboldt, Humboldt or Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California or California State Polytechnic Universi ...

in Arcata, CA. As KBAE, the station previously aired a

hot adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...

music format branded as "95.5 The Bay", on its previous 95.5

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frequency. Prior to January 31, 2011, the station went by the KZCC calls. Cal Poly Humboldt now operates the station as a non-commercial public station. The station went dark at midnight on June 30, 2017, and in August began broadcasting as a Spanish-language station administered by Cal Poly Humboldt's radio station

KHSU KHSU (90.5 FM) is an NPR-member radio station, licensed to Arcata, California, United States. The station is currently owned by California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt. KHSU also holds licenses for additional stations running Radio Bil ...

, airing programming from the

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network. A sale of the station by Airen Broadcasting to Humboldt State for $70,000 was consummated on January 16, 2018, with funding provided by California foundations interested in providing programming for Spanish-speaking residents of the North Coast. On January 29, 2018, the station changed its call sign to KHSQ. Effective April 30, 2018, KHSQ was licensed to move its signal from 95.5 MHz to 107.7 MHz.

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KHSU Radio Bilingüe
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