KQID-FM (93.1
MHz
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, "Q93") is a
Top 40 (CHR) radio station
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licensed to
Alexandria, Louisiana
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. The station serves the
Central Louisiana
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The largest communities in the region as of the 2010 Census were Alexandria (47,893), Natchitoches (18,323) and Pineville (14,555).
Centr ...
, northern
Acadiana,
Natchez, Mississippi
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, and
Monroe, Louisiana
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. The station is owned by Cenla Broadcasting.
Its studios are located on Texas Avenue in Alexandria, and its transmitter is located southwest of
Jena, Louisiana
Jena is a town in and the parish seat of La Salle Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,398 at the 2010 census.
History
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.
KQID-FM-HD2
K265FB (100.9
FM Translator
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, "Magic 100.9") is a
Soft adult contemporary
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radio station in
Alexandria
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,
Louisiana
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. It signed on in February, 2015. It rebroadcasts KQID-FM HD2.
KQID-FM-HD3
KQID-HD3 simulcasts the programming of
KDBS 1410 AM "ESPN 94.7" and
FM translator
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K234CY 94.7 FM.
References
External links
"Q93" KQID-FM official website*
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Radio stations in Louisiana
Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States
HD Radio stations
Mass media in Alexandria, Louisiana
Radio stations established in 1978
1978 establishments in Louisiana
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