KMRQ (96.7 FM) is a

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broadcasting an

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. Licensed to Riverbank, California, United States, the station serves the

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area. The station is currently owned by

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Its studios and transmitter are located separately in Modesto.

History

The station went on the air as KQKK in 1979. Then had several callsign changes over the years KVFX 96.7 The Fox, then finally set on the KMRQ calls. The station had spent the previous 2 ½ years as a

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station branded as "La Preciosa" until the switch to Active Rock on 2008-09-0

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