KQAV (93.5 FM, "Old School 93.5") is a

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that is

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Rosamond, California Rosamond is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California, US, near the Los Angeles county line. Rosamond is part of Greater Los Angeles and is located in the Mojave Desert just north of Lancaster and Palmdale, the two largest cities in ...

and serves the

Antelope Valley The Antelope Valley is a valley primarily located in northern Los Angeles County, California, United States and the southeast portion of Kern County, California, Kern County, and constitutes the western tip of the Mojave Desert. It is situated ...

area. The station is owned by

High Desert Broadcasting Point Broadcasting LLC is an American radio broadcasting company based in Ventura, California. The company is the owner of several radio groups in Southern California, doing business as Gold Coast Broadcasting LLC in the Oxnard—Ventura radio ma ...

and broadcasts a

rhythmic oldies Rhythmic oldies is a radio format that concentrates on the rhythmic, R&B, disco, or dance genres of music. The playlists spans from the 1960s through the 2000s. They depend on market conditions and may be designed for African-American or Hispani ...

format.

History

The station originated in a

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(FCC)

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granted in 1992 to KPXD at 93.5 FM, owned by Waremar Communications Inc. and

. When KPXD finally signed on September 1, 1993, it adopted the KLKX

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and a

classic rock Classic rock is a radio format that developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, it comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the early-1990s, primarily focusing on comm ...

format. In January 1997, Paul Dale Ware sold KLKX and AM

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KUTY KUTY (1470 AM, "Hermosa 1470") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Palmdale, California, United States and serves the Antelope Valley area. The station is owned by High Desert Broadcasting LLC and broadcasts a regional Mexican fo ...

Point Broadcasting Point Broadcasting LLC is an American radio broadcasting company based in Ventura, California. The company is the owner of several radio groups in Southern California, doing business as Gold Coast Broadcasting LLC in the Oxnard—Ventura radio ma ...

for $1.375 million. On February 1, 2006, former WLUP-FM (Chicago) on-air personality Mark Zander joined KLKX, branded "93.5 The Quake", as programming director. Zander also produced and hosted ''The Rockin' '80s'', a

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rock retrospective program that was distributed by Envision Radio Networks. In August 2007, he assumed the same role for sister

modern rock Modern rock is an umbrella term used to describe rock music that is found on college and commercial rock radio stations. Some radio stations use this term to distinguish themselves from classic rock, which is based in 1960s–1980s rock music. ...

station

KKZQ KKZQ (100.1 FM Broadcasting, FM, "100.1 The Quake") is a commercial radio station that is City of license, licensed to Tehachapi, California, United States and serves the Antelope Valley area. The station is owned by High Desert Broadcasting and ...

(100.1 The Edge). Zander resigned from High Desert Broadcasting on June 13, 2008, to manage his own radio content production company. On July 19, 2010, KLKX picked up the KGMX call letters from its sister station on 106.3 FM. Ten days later, on July 29, the two stations swapped call signs, with 93.5 FM becoming KQAV. On March 9, 2015, High Desert merged the

format of KQAV with the

active rock Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock stations play a balance of new hard rock songs with valued classic rock favorites, normally with an emphasis on the harder edge o ...

programming of KKZQ into a new

mainstream rock Mainstream rock (also known as heritage rock) is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations in the United States and Canada. Format background Mainstream rock stations represent a cross between classic rock, active rock and alternativ ...

station, branded "100.1 The Quake". KQAV simulcast KKZQ for five days, then stunted that weekend with a looped message directing listeners to the latter station at 100.1 FM. KQAV morning show host Gary Crewes moved to middays on the new KKZQ, while The Edge's Mitchell retained his morning drive timeslot. On March 16 at 10:00 a.m., KQAV ended stunting and flipped to

as "Old School 93.5". The Antelope Valley station is Point Broadcasting's third "Old School" outlet, following

KOCP KOCP (104.7 FM broadcasting, FM, "Old School 104.7") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Oxnard, California and broadcasts to the Oxnard, California, Oxnard–Ventura, California, Ventura, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara, Califor ...

Oxnard Oxnard () is a city in Ventura County in the U.S. state of California, United States. On California's Central Coast (California), Central Coast, it is the most populous city in Ventura County and the List of largest California cities by populati ...

and

KQIE KQIE (104.7 FM, "Old School 104.7") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Redlands, California and serves the Inland Empire area. The station is owned by LC Media and airs a rhythmic oldies music format. KQIE's studios are located i ...

in Redlands; KQAV is a partial simulcast of KOCP.

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* * {{Lancaster-Palmdale Radio QAV Radio stations established in 1993 Rhythmic oldies radio stations in the United States 1993 establishments in California