KJQS (1060 AM) was a

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licensed to

Van Buren, Arkansas Van Buren ( ) is the second-largest city in the Fort Smith, Arkansas–Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area and the county seat of Crawford County, Arkansas, United States. The city is located directly northeast of Fort Smith at the Interst ...

, United States, serving the

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, area. The station was owned by

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. For a time from 2006 to 2012, it broadcast a

Regional Mexican Regional Mexican is a Latin music radio format encompassing the musical genres from the different parts of rural Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Genres include banda, country en español, Duranguense, grupero, mariachi, New Mex ...

format as ''La Maquina Musical 1060'' (translates to ''The Musical Machine'', possibly referring to a

juke box A jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that will play a patron's selection from self-contained media. The classic jukebox has buttons, with letters and numbers on them, which are used to selec ...

). The station had been silent since March 23, 2012. On November 30, 2015, KRUZ changed its call sign to KJQS. On December 8, 2015, Cumulus Media surrendered KJQS' license to the

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(FCC); the FCC cancelled the license and deleted the KJQS call sign the same day.

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FCC Station Search Details: DKJQS
(Facility ID: 37828)
FCC History Cards for KJQS
(covering 1978-1980 as KAYR) Regional Mexican radio stations in the United States JQS Cumulus Media radio stations Defunct radio stations in the United States Radio stations disestablished in 2015 2015 disestablishments in Arkansas JQS JQS JQS Van Buren, Arkansas {{Arkansas-radio-station-stub