KEQB (97.7 FM) is an American

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to serve

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, United States. The station, which began broadcasting in 1992, is owned by John and Renate Tilson, through licensee McKenzie River Broadcasting Company, Inc.

Programming

KEQB broadcasts a

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format to

, and the

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area.

History

This station received its original

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from the

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on April 18,

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. The new station was assigned the KSHL

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by the FCC on May 31, 1991. KSHL received its license to cover from the FCC on March 2, 1993. On Sept. 15, 2015, an Application was filed with the FCC to assign the station license to McKenzie River Broadcasting Company, Inc. The assignment to McKenzie River Broadcasting was consummated on January 6, 2016, at a purchase price of $650,000. On February 2, 2016, the station changed its call sign from KSHL to KEQB. On February 18, 2016 KEQB began transmitting from its new Coburg facilities (serving the Eugene area) at 97.7 FM with a regional Mexican format, branded as "La Que Buena 97.7".

Construction permit

In March 2008, KSHL applied to the FCC for a

that would allow it to become a Class C3 station, raise its antenna to in

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, decrease its

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to 2,800

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s, change its broadcast frequency from 97.5 to 97.7

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, relocate its transmitter site southeast to 44°00'08"N, 123°06'50"W, and change its

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. This move would allow the station to serve the larger

Eugene, Oregon Eugene ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie River (Oregon), McKenzie and Willamette River, Willamette rivers, ...

, market, and at the same time allowing

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(at 97.9) to relocate to the

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area. The FCC accepted this application for filing on April 14, 2008, but it took until March 10, 2016 for the license to be issued.

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