KQST (102.9 FM, "Q102.9") is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

Sedona, Arizona Sedona is a city that straddles the county line between Coconino and Yavapai counties in the northern Verde Valley region of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2010 census, its population was 10,031. It is within the Coconino National Fo ...

, United States, the station serves the

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, area. The station is currently owned by Yavapai Broadcasting Corporation.

History

KQST signed on the air on May 1, 1984, airing an

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format including special programs from Jazz and Big Band formats. In 1992, the format was changed to a Hot AC format, but the special programs that were formerly used from its easy listening format still runs during its early Hot AC days for a shorter period of time. The station went a full

format a shorter time later on.

Yavapai Broadcasting

In August 2004, W. Grant Hafley, owner of Yavapai Broadcasting, reached an agreement to acquire KQST for a reported $3 million.

Station Ownership

* 1984–1988 ARIZONA MEDIACOMM also owned sister KAZM-AM * 1988–2004 ROCKET RADIO CORPORATION also owned sister stations KAZM-AM and KLOD-FM (now KVNA-FM) * 2004–Current YAVAPAI BROADCASTING currently owns KVNA-AM, KVNA-FM, KVRD-FM, KKLD-FM, KYBC-AM

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