KXQQ-FM (100.5 FM) is a commercial radio station located in

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, broadcasting in the

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area. KXQQ-FM airs a

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format, billed as "Q100.5". Owned by

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, the station's studios are located in the unincorporated

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area of Spring Valley, while KXQQ-FM's transmitter is atop Black Mountain in Henderson. KXQQ-FM broadcasts in HD: * HD1 is a digital version of the KXQQ-FM over-the-air traditional (analog) broadcast. * HD2 is a

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format simulcasting sister station KXNT. * HD3 was a

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format known as "100.5 Jamz".

History

The station signed on October 26, 1981, with the call letters KMZQ-FM. KMZQ went through many changes over its 12-year run. KMZQ was known as "Q-100" and "Klassy 100". From 1995 to 2005, it was known as "Lite 100.5 FM". On June 24, 2005, at 2pm, after playing "

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" by

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, KMZQ-FM began stunting with

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; 45 minutes later, the stunt shifted to movie theme songs with the sound of a

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wheel in between. At 3 pm, the stunt ended with the station's new voiceover artist Howard Cogan asking to "please cut the cheesy Roulette wheel sound effect", and declaring that Vegas needed a new radio station, as well as revealing that he was the new "operator" of the station, winning it in a poker match from "some guy named Joel" (most likely a reference to then-CEO of

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Joel Hollander). Shortly thereafter, "Lite 100.5" became

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, with a variety hits format. The

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were quickly changed to KKJJ. The first song on "Jack FM" was

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' cover of "

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". KMZQ-FM's call letters would be moved to a station on 99.3 FM in

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, co-owned with KMZQ (670 AM) in Las Vegas Valley. KXNT

In July 2010, CBS Radio announced that starting on August 16, KKJJ would be replaced with a simulcast of sister station KXNT. On August 16, at 5:03pm, after playing "Talk Talk" by

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, KKJJ began simulcasting KXNT. With the change, the station changed call letters to KXNT-FM. On September 4, 2015, at 9am, after stunting for an hour with songs from multiple genres and liners redirecting KXNT listeners to 840 AM, KXNT-FM flipped to rhythmic hot AC as "Q100.5". The first song on "Q100.5" was "

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" by

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. The station changed to its current KXQQ-FM call sign on September 28, 2015. On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with

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. The merger was approved on November 9, and was consummated on November 17.

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