KQOL

Infobox Radio Station
name = KQOL
city = Vancouver, Washington


airdate = 2001
frequency = 105.9 (MHz) HD Radio
area = Portland, Oregon
Salem, Oregon
Vancouver, Washington
format = KQOL: Classic Hits/Oldies
KQOL-HD2: Classic Hits
owner = Clear Channel Communications
branding = Kool 105.9
slogan = The Greatest Hits of All Time
erp = 21,000 watts
haat = 470 meters
class = C1
facility_id = 60640
coordinates = coord|45|31|21.00|N|122|44|45.00|W|region:GB_type:city
callsign_meaning = KoOL
former_callsigns = KIJZ, KRVO, KSTE, KBET
webcast = [http://www.kool1059.com/pages/listenlive.html Listen Live]
website = [http://www.kool1059.com/ www.kool1059.com]

KQOL is a commercial radio station in Vancouver, Washington, broadcasting to the Portland metropolitan area area on 105.9 FM.

KQOL airs a classic hits/oldies music format branded as "Kool 105.9".

History

The station was owned by the Cincinnati, Ohio-based Citicasters [The Citicasters name lives on in "Citicasters Licenses L.P., the name of the FCC licensee for KQOL as of 2008.] as of February 1996, when that broadcasting group was acquired by Jacor Communications. [ [http://www.secinfo.com/dWEan.9c.htm SEC Info - Jacor Communications Inc - 8-K - For 3/13/96 ] ] The station has broadcast under seven call signs since mid-1998. [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=60640&Callsign=KQOL Call Sign History ] ] While owned by Jacor, it broadcast as KXMX. When Jacor sold it to Clear Channel Communications, it was broadcasting as KKLQ. In August 2000, it switched its call letters to KBET. The station adopted a modern adult contemporary music format branded as "Star 105.9"; to match the format, the call letters changed to KSTE in February 2001.

On June 21, 2002, KSTE dropped the modern adult contemporary music format, likely due to lackluster ratings and direct competition from cross-town KRSK, which aired a similar modern adult contemporary music format; leading to a stunt where the radio station aired only short clips of almost all music genres branded as "Quick 106".

On June 25, 2002, KSTE adopted a classic hits music format branded as "The River". A change of call letters followed on June 28, 2002 to KRVO to better match "The River" branding.

On November 4, 2005, KRVO changed formats yet again adopting the smooth jazz music format that the Portland metropolitan area was lacking since the demise of KKJZ (now KLTH) on January 30, 2002. A change of call letters to KIJZ was made to match the name of the format and new branding as "Smooth Jazz 105.9", a format now heard on sister station KKCW's subchannel.

On August 30, 2007 KIJZ changed their format to classic hits (60s-80s), with the slogan "Kool 105.9" and changed their call letters to KQOL on September 5, 2007.

KQOL-HD2

KQOL-HD2 is programming a classic hits format with the branding Rock On!

Footnotes and references

External links

* [http://www.kool1059.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.kool1059.com/cc-common/hdradio/ KQOL-HD2]