KQXR is a commercial
radio station
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licensed in
Payette, Idaho
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metro area on 100.3
FM. The station is owned by
Lotus Communications with studios located at 5257 Fairview Avenue #260, Boise, Idaho 83706.
"The X"—as the station is commonly known, plays an
active rock
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radio format
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and positions themselves as "100.3 The X...Rocks."
The station was a finalist for
Radio and Records
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magazine's 2007 Industry Achievement Award for best Alternative Station for markets 100 and up. Other finalists include
WKZQ-FM,
WJSE,
WBTZ,
KXNA, and
WSFM.
The station won the "Small Market Radio Station of the Year" at the RadioContraband Rock Radio Convention in 2017.
Journal Communications and the
E. W. Scripps Company announced on July 30, 2014 that the two companies would merge to create a new broadcast company under the E. W. Scripps Company name that will own the two companies' broadcast properties, including KQXR. The transaction is slated to be completed in 2015, pending shareholder and regulatory approvals.
In January 2018, Scripps announced that it would sell all of its radio stations. In August 2018,
Lotus Communications announced that it would acquire Scripps' Boise & Tucson clusters for $8 million. The sale was completed on December 12.
History
KWBJ (1978-1984)
The station signed on at 100.1 FM in 1978 with the call letters KWBJ.
Top 40 (1984-1993)
The station had a rock-leaning top 40 format branded as ''Power 100'' in the
Ontario, Oregon
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area at 98,000 watts, reaching the signal to most of the Treasure Valley including
Parma
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,
Caldwell,
Nampa, and most parts of
Ada County.
Rock (1993-1995)
In 1993, KQXR moved to the present frequency following a realignment and picked up a
hard rock format around the same year branded as ''Pirate Radio 100.3''.
Alternative (1995-2010)
KQXR flipped to
alternative rock
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and rebranded as 100.3 The X on August 25, 1995.
[https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/95/RR-1995-08-25-OCR-Page-0028.pdf#search=%22kqxr%22 ] The X started out playing Alternative rock however the music overlapped with J-105 (
KJOT). In the 2000s,
KJOT dropped active rock for classic rock, paving the way for KQXR to incorporate more hard rock.
Active rock (2010-present)
The station shifted to a full fledged active rock format in 2010.
References
External links
Official Website*
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QXR
Active rock radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1978
Lotus Communications stations