KXTQ-FM (106.5
FM), known as "Magic 106.5", is a
radio station
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...
owned by Ramar Communications Inc. of Lubbock. The station's community of license is
Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock ( )
is the 10th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of government of Lubbock County. With a population of 260,993 in 2021, the city is also the 85th-most populous in the United States. The city is in the nort ...
, and it serves the greater
Lubbock area at 106.5 MHz with an ERP of 34 kW. Its studios and transmitter are located in south Lubbock.
106.5 History
106.5 began broadcasting in October 1992 as
Tejano music
Tejano music ( es, música tejana), also known as Tex-Mex music, is a popular music style fusing Mexican and US influences. Typically, Tejano combines Mexican Spanish vocal styles with dance rhythms from Czech and German genres – particular ...
KEJS-FM POWER 106. It was co-owned with the West Texas Hispanic News as a service of Barton Broadcasting, Inc.
On August 11, 2015, Ramar Communications entered into an agreement with Barton Broadcasting to swap frequencies 104.3 for 106.5. When the swap was closed on December 18, 2015, at 10 AM five radio stations simultaneously relocated to new frequencies on "Radio Moving Day", Double T moved to 97.3, Magic moved to 106.5, YES FM! moved to 107.7, The Eagle moved to 93.7 and POWER moved to 104.3, .
On January 6, 2016 KLZK changed their call letters to KXTQ-FM.
References
External links
Ramar Communications Website*
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Radio stations established in 1992
1992 establishments in Texas