KQBL (101.9
FM) is a
radio station
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licensed to
Emmett, Idaho
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, United States, the station serves the Boise area. The station is currently owned by Iliad Media Group.
KQBL broadcasts in
HD Radio
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History
The station went on the air as KMFE on April 4, 1973 at 101.7 FM. On October 4, 1984 the station changed its call sign to KXUU, then on March 19, 1985, the station changed its call sign to KKIC-FM, then on February 26, 1988, to KJHY, on January 20, 2005, to KDBI, & on January 14, 2015, to KPDA, then a month later to the current KQBL.
Bustos Media
Bustos Media L.L.C. is a media corporation headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
Bustos Media specializes in operating Spanish-language, and other ethnic, radio stations in the United States. Most of its stations broadcast in Spanish; however, two ...
used to own the station. In September 2010, Bustos transferred most of its licenses to Adelante Media Group as part of a settlement with its lenders. Adelante Media sold KDBI and
KQTA to JLD Media, LLC effective December 31, 2014, at a price of $850,000.
On January 16, 2015, KDBI and its "La Gran D" regional Mexican format moved to 106.3 FM, while 101.9 FM changed its call letters to KPDA and began stunting with a loop directing listeners to 106.3.
KPDA then continued to stunt, playing random music, then
construction site
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sound effects before “101.9 The Bull” launched on February 13, 2015, at midnight with a country music format under new KQBL calls.
Boise's Bull Moves to 101.9
/ref> FM Idaho Co., LLC acquired the station effective March 2, 2015, at a price of $700,000.
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Radio stations established in 1984
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