KINT-FM (93.9 FM) is a

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, also serving

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and widely heard over the U.S.-Mexican border in Ciudad Juarez and surrounding communities. The station is currently owned by

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. The station airs a

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called "La Suavecita" It features

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adult hits. KINT-FM's studio facilities are located on North Mesa Street ( Texas State Highway 20) in northwest El Paso, and its

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is located atop the Franklin Mountains in the El Paso city limits. AM 1650 KSVE has at times

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KINT-FM.

History

In 1975, a license was given for a new station on 93.9 FM in El Paso, KPAS. "94FM" was El Paso's original rock station but changed away from the format in 1981, chasing listeners toward

KLAQ KLAQ (95.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to El Paso, Texas and airing a mainstream rock radio format. The station is owned by Townsquare Media and has studios and offices on North Mesa Street (Texas Route 20) in northwest El Pas ...

at 95.5. Prior to Spanish-language programing, this station also aired Hot AC and CHR formats. For the first time, in 1992, KPAS became KINT-FM. On March 18, 1994, the station changed its call sign to KSVE, only to revert to KINT-FM on May 20 of that year. Originally owned by El Paso Broadcasting Corporation, the station sometime in the 1990s was sold to its current owner, Santa Monica-based

Spanish-language programming began in 1994 with the original "La Caliente" format (also formerly occupied by an unrelated radio station

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, which flipped to La Lupe in 2020, leaving the brand completely out of the area) which broadcast Tejano music between 1994 and 1998; by then, the branding flipped to a

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format. That branding ended in 2007 in favor of Spanish-language variety AC "José FM" format, which ended on January 8, 2018 in favor of "La Suavecita" format, returning the Mexican Regional music to this station, this time as a Mexican Regional AC.Entravision Ditches Jose in 12 Markets
on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

References

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