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KESQ
Former Simulcast of KUNA-FM
Indio, California
Frequency	1400 (kHz)
Branding	La Poderosa 96.7
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish
Format	Defunct (was Mexican music)
Ownership
Owner	News-Press & Gazette Company (Gulf-California Broadcast Company)
Sister stations	part of News-Press & Gazette cluster with KESQ-TV
History
First air date	1946 (1946)
Last air date	August 5, 2022 (2022-08-05)
Former call signs	KREO (1946–1976)^[1] KRCQ (1976–1986) KUNA (1986–1993) KBZT (1993–1994) KUNA (1994–1997)
Call sign meaning	Co-owned with KESQ-TV
Technical information^[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	52181
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts (unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates	33°43′37″N 116°15′10″W / 33.72694°N 116.25278°W / 33.72694; -116.25278
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.kesq.com/la-poderosa

KESQ (1400 AM) was a radio station broadcasting a Spanish music format licensed to Indio, California, United States. The station was a simulcast of KUNA-FM 96.7. KESQ was owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company, through its Gulf-California Broadcast Company subsidiary.

History[edit]

The radio station itself began broadcasting in 1946 under the call letters KREO, then changed to KRCQ in 1976 and again in 1984 when it reverted to Spanish language music as KUNA. The radio station was purchased by KESQ-TV in 1992 and changed formats to news/talk, but the station returned to KUNA-FM and the Spanish language music format in 1998, but switched formats in late 2004. Back to being under KUNA-FM but on the AM frequency, before KJOK (KINI-AM named for an earlier radio station in the California Desert in the 1970s) of Yuma, Arizona increased its power in the 2000s and changed dials, KESQ could be heard in Imperial Valley down to Mexicali on occasion, the Morongo Basin closer to Palm Springs, California and partially in the Inland Empire, California region.

KESQ was formerly rented by a Spanish religious radio network by La Iglesia Alfa Y Omega (the Alpha and Omega church), and briefly played Spanish-language religious music. It returned to simulcasting KUNA-FM in 2011.

KESQ went silent on August 5, 2022, after the owner of the station's transmitter site requested the decommissioning of the tower.^[3] A deal was soon reached to sell the KESQ license to KGAY PSP, owner of KGAY, for $8,500;^[4] the deal was called off in February 2023.^[5] Finding that there was no viable path to resuming operation, on February 13, Gulf-California Broadcast Company returned the license to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC),^[3] which canceled it on February 21.^[6]

References[edit]

^ FCC History Cards for KESQ
^ "Facility Technical Data for KESQ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ ^a ^b Spainhour, Elizabeth. "Re: KESQ(AM), Indio, California (FID No. 52181) Surrender or Request for Cancellation of License" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
^ Venta, Lance (September 2, 2022). "Station Sales Week of 9/2". RadioInsight. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
^ Venta, Lance (February 17, 2023). "Station Sales Week Of 2/17". RadioInsight. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
^ "Cancellation of the KESQ Station License" (PDF). February 21, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

External links[edit]

FCC History Cards for KESQ (covering 1945-1980 as KREO / KRCQ)

Radio stations in the Palm Springs, California area (Coachella Valley and Morongo Basin)

This region also includes the Joshua Tree area.

By AM frequency

By FM frequency

LPFM	97.1
Translators	88.9 89.3 89.9 91.1 92.3 93.3 94.3 95.5 98.1 99.1 99.3 100.9 101.5 102.7 103.7 103.9 106.5 107.3

Digital radio
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By call sign

Defunct

Nearby regions: Calexico; Laughlin-Needles-Lake Havasu City; Riverside-San Bernardino; San Diego; Victor Valley/Barstow

See also: List of radio stations in California

v t e Spanish-language radio stations in the state of California
Stations	KAEH – Beaumont KAFY – Bakersfield KATD – Pittsburg KBAA – Grass Valley KBBF – Santa Rosa KBBU – Modesto KBHH – Kerman KBKY – Merced KBLO – Corcoran KBRG – San Jose KBTW – Lenwood KBUA – San Fernando KBUE – Long Beach KBYN – Arnold KCAL – Redlands KCCL – Woodland KCFA – Arnold KCHJ – Delano KCVR – Lodi KEBN – Garden Grove KEBT - Lost Hills KEPD – Ridgecrest KERU-FM – Blythe KEXA – King City KEYQ – Fresno KEZY – San Bernardino KFSD – Escondido KFSG – Roseville KFSO-FM – Visalia KGED - Fresno KGEN – Tulare KGEN-FM – Hanford KGRB – Jackson KGST – Fresno KGZO – Shafter KHCV – Mecca KHDC – Chualar KHHM – Shingle Springs KHMU – Buttonwillow KHPY – Moreno Valley KHSQ – Trinidad KIDI-FM – Lompoc KIQI – San Francisco KIQQ-FM – Newberry Springs KIQS – Willows KIST-FM – Carpinteria KIWI – Mcfarland KJDJ – San Luis Obispo KJOR – Windsor KKZI – Barstow KLAX-FM – East Los Angeles KLBN – Fresno KLOC - Turlock KLJR-FM – Santa Paula KLLE – North Fork KLLI – Los Angeles KLMG – Esparto KLMM – Morro Bay KLNV – San Diego KLOB – Thousand Palms KLOK-FM – Greenfield KLOQ-FM – Winton KLQV – San Diego KLTX – Long Beach KLUN – Paso Robles KLVE – Los Angeles KLYY – Riverside KMAK – Orange Cove KMBX – Soledad KMEN – Mendota KMIX – Tracy KMJV – Soledad KMLA – El Rio KMLM-FM - Grover Beach KMPG – Hollister KMPO – Modesto KMQA – East Porterville KMRO – Camarillo KMYX-FM – Arvin KMZR – Atwater KNTO – Chowchilla KODV – Barstow KOND – Hanford KOXR – Oxnard KPRC-FM – Salinas KPSL-FM – Bakersfield KPST-FM – Coachella KQLB – Los Banos KRAY-FM – Salinas KRCD – Inglewood KRCV – West Covina KRCX-FM – Marysville KRDA – Clovis KRHM-LP – Bakersfield KRQK – Lompoc KRRS – Santa Rosa KSAC-FM – Dunnigan KSCA – Glendale KSDO – San Diego KSEA – Greenfield KSGZ – Greenfield KSEH – Brawley KSES-FM – Seaside KSFN - Piedmont KSJV – Fresno KSMY – Lompoc KSOL – San Francisco KSPA – Ontario KSPE – Santa Barbara KSQL – Santa Cruz KSRT – Cloverdale KSSC – Ventura KSSD – Fallbrook KSSE – Arcadia KSXY - Forestville KTAP – Santa Maria KTGE – Salinas KTMZ – Pomona KTNQ – Los Angeles KTOR – Gerber KTQX – Bakersfield KTSE-FM – Patterson KUBO – Calexico KUFW – Kingsburg KUNA-FM – La Quinta KVMX-FM – Placerville KVON - Napa KVTR – Victorville KVUH – Laytonville KVVF – Santa Clara KVVZ – San Rafael KWAC – Bakersfield KWIZ – Santa Ana KWKW – Los Angeles KWQQ – Hemet KWRN – Apple Valley KWRU – Fresno KWST – El Centro KXLM – Oxnard KXOL-FM – Los Angeles KXRS – Hemet KXSB – Big Bear Lake KXSE – Davis KXSM – Chualar KXTS – Geyserville KXVV – Victorville KXXZ – Barstow KXZM – Felton KZER – Santa Barbara KZNB – Petaluma KZSF – San Jose KZSJ – San Martin KZSZ – Colusa
Defunct	KDBV – Salinas KDDF – Mecca KESQ – Indio KFVR – Crescent City KNCR – Fortuna KSKD – Livingston
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in California See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

News-Press & Gazette Company

Newspapers

Radio stations

Television stations
(by primary affiliations)

ABC	KECY-DT2 KESQ-TV KEYT-TV KIFI-TV KMIZ KRDO-TV KVIA-TV
CBS	KCJO-LD / KNPN-LD2 ¹ KEYT-DT2 KIFI-DT2 KION-TV KPSP-CD KYMA-DT ³
The CW	KCBA ² KCWQ-LD KECY-DT3 KIFI-DT3 KNPG-LD2 ¹ KTVZ-DT2
Fox	KDFX-CD KECY-TV KFXO-CD / KQRE-LD2 KION-DT2 KKFX-CD KNPN-LD ¹ KQFX-LD KXPI-LD
MyNetworkTV	KECY-TV ⁴ KEYT-DT2 ⁵ KMIZ-DT2 ⁴ KXPI-LD ⁴
NBC	KNPG-LD ¹ KTVZ KYMA-DT2 ³ K22NM-D ⁶
Telemundo	KCOY-TV ² KECY-DT4 / KESE-LD KFXO-CD2 / KQRE-LD KIFI-DT2 KMUV-LD KNPG-LD3 ¹ KUNA-LD
other	Cable News-Press 3 NOW ⁷ Dabl KIDK ²

¹ This station was built and signed on by NPG.
² This station is owned by VistaWest Media, LLC, but is operated by NPG under an SSA.
³ This station is owned by Imagicomm Communications, but is operated by NPG under an SSA.
⁴ This station carries a secondary MyNetworkTV affiliation on its primary channel.
⁵ This station carries a secondary Retro Television Network affiliation on its second digital subchannel.
⁶ This station is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, but is operated by NPG.
⁷ Originally operating as a cable-only channel, News-Press 3 NOW is also relayed on a third digital subchannel of KNPN-LD.

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