KHHM (101.9 MHz) is a

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licensed to

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, and serving the

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. It is owned by

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and airs a

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branded as "Fuego 101.9". KHHM, along with

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s KNTY, KRCX-FM, and KXSE have their

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s and offices on Auburn Blvd in Sacramento. KHHM has an

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(ERP) of 47,000

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s. The

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is in

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, about 30 miles northeast of Sacramento. Although KHHM is licensed for

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, it has yet to sign on a HD2 or HD3

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History

Christian Contemporary and Smooth Jazz

In 1989, the station

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with a

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format. Its

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was KLIQ, better known as Q-102. Its sister station was KFIA, owned by Olympic Broadcasting. In September 1991, it simulcast with KFIA except during drive times and on the weekend when it aired

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. Its call letters were changed to KFIA-FM. In October 1993, the station switched to a

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format and call letters changed to KSSJ. By 2000, KSSJ flipped to

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(as Cool 101.9 under the KCCL-FM calls) after KHYL dropped the format for

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. The call letters were changed to KNTY on July 19, 2006.

Regional Mexican

On July 2, 2019, staffers at KNTY and its

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simulcast KCVR-FM, along with sister KHHM, informed listeners that they have been let go. Both stations were to flip formats on July 8, 2019, with KNTY to take a Regional Mexican presentation. The news ended a 13-year run with Country for "101.9 The Wolf," and a short 4-month run for "98.9 The Wolf." On July 8, 2019, KNTY changed its format from country to a simulcast of Regional Mexican-formatted KRCX-FM 99.9 Marysville, branded as "La Tricolor". On January 7, 2020, KNTY split from its simulcast with KRCX-FM and launched a

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format, branded as "José 101.9".

Fuego Bilingual CHR

As part of a shuffle of formats, frequencies and call letters in Entravision's Sacramento cluster, on July 20, 2021, KNTY dropped the ranchera format and "José" branding, and began simulcasting the "Fuego" bilingual top 40 format, which was heard on KHHM (103.5 FM). "Fuego" moved exclusively to 101.9 FM on August 2. At that time, the KHHM call letters moved to the 101.9 facility. Simultaneously, 103.5 relaunched as

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-formatted KNTY.

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