KQRR (1130 AM) is an American

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licensed to serve the

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of Mount Angel, Oregon. The station, originally licensed as KTRP, is owned by

Bustos Media Bustos Media L.L.C. is a media corporation headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Bustos Media specializes in operating Spanish-language, and other ethnic, radio stations in the United States. Most of its stations broadcast in Spanish; however, two ...

and the

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is held by Bustos Media Holdings, LLC. The station was assigned the

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KQRR by the

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(FCC) on December 13,

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and again on March 15, 2022. In 2010, the station filed an application with the FCC to increase its day power to 50,000 watts. The application was dismissed. On February 12, 2015, KQRR changed its call letters to KXET. On March 15, 2022, KXET changed its call letters to KQRR. The Russian Christian radio format also moved to KQRR. Sometime in 2025, KQRR dropped its Russian Christian format for a regional Mexican format under the branding "La Ranchera 1130".

Programming

Since December 2011, the station broadcasts a

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format. As KPWX, the station previously aired a

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music format branded as "1130 La Mexicana". In 2015, KXET began broadcasting community programs, produced by Slavic Family Media Center. It was branded as Slavic Family Radio.

References

External links

Bustos Media official website
{{Bustos Media QRR Regional Mexican radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 2010 Mt. Angel, Oregon 2010 establishments in Oregon QRR