KRHQ is a 2,600 watt Class A commercial

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radio station licensed to

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, with studios in

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and which serves the greater

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on 102.3 FM. The transmitter site is on a peak of the

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. The station (as KJJZ), one of the first smooth jazz stations in the country, aired in 1996. The frequency was allocated less than three years before to KLCX

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, the area's first

station. Though KLCX began as one of the most ambitious broadcasting projects to come to the Coachella Valley in years, the station soon fell on hard times. Financial troubles forced the sale of KLCX, its license and equipment to RM Broadcasting, owners of

KPLM KPLM (106.1 MHz) is one of four Class B FM radio stations serving the Palm Springs, California, area and one of only two 50 kW stations. The others are country formatted 42 kW KDES Palm Springs at 98.5 MHz; contemporary album ...

Palm Springs and KAJR Indian Wells. The studio equipment was moved to KPLM's Palm Springs studios. RM Broadcasting hired smooth jazz morning show hosts Jim "Fitz" Fitzgerald (1996-2015) and Jeff Michaels (1996-2015). As of November 2006, both KJJZ and KPLM stream real-time audio via the internet. On February 27, 2015, KJJZ flipped its format from

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, branded as "Q102.3". On March 3, 2015, KJJZ changed their call letters to KRHQ.

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* RHQ Classic rock radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1996 {{California-radio-station-stub