area las vegas nevada branding q100 .5 slogan today s rhythm & all the best old school frequency 100.5 mhz also on hd radio first air date 1982 as kmzq format rhythmic hot ac hd2 news talk kxnt simulcast erp 100 000 watts haat 357 meters class c facility id 12560 former callsigns kmzq fm 1981 2005 kkjj 2005 2010 kxnt fm 2010 2015 owner cbs radio cbs radio stations inc. sister stations kluc fm kmxb kxnt kxst kxte webcast listen live website q100vegas.com kxqq fm is a commercial radio station located in henderson nevada broadcasting in the las vegas nevada area on 100.5 fm . kxqq fm airs a rhythmic hot ac format billed as q100 .5 . owned by cbs radio the station s studios are located in the unincorporated clark county 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 simulcast of kxnt 840 am . contents 1 history 2 former logos 3 references 4 external links history edit kxqq fm began in 1982 with the call letters kmzq . 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 . the first on air personality was ron kirsh . ron is still heard on the las vegas airwaves on kjul . on june 24 2005 at 2 pm after playing leaving las vegas by sheryl crow kmzq began stunting with christmas music ; 45 minutes later the stunt shifted to movie theme songs with the sound of a roulette wheel in between . at 3 pm the stunt ends with voiceover artist howard cogan asking to please cut the cheesy roulette wheel sound effect . shortly thereafter lite 100.5 became jack fm with a variety hits format . the call letters were quickly changed to kkjj . the first song on jack fm was the flying lizards cover of money that s what i want . kmzq fm s call letters now belong to fm 99.3 in payson arizona . however kmzq am airs on am 670 in las vegas which is a simulcast of kmzq fm in payson . in july 2010 cbs radio announced that starting august 16 2010 kkjj would be replaced with a simulcast of sister station kxnt and would be known as newsradio 840 am 100.5 fm kxnt . 1 on august 16 at 5 03 am after playing talk talk by talk talk kkjj began simulcasting kxnt . the call letters were changed that day to kxnt fm . 2 3 the lineup included the wall street journal report 5 6 am followed by las vegas morning news from 6a 9a and jim villanucci in afternoons from 3p 6p . syndicated programs included rush limbaugh 9 am noon dave ramsey clyde lewis and coast to coast am midnight 5 am . on september 4 2015 at 9 am after stunting for an hour with several random songs and liners redirecting kxnt listeners to 840 am kxnt fm flipped to rhythmic hot ac as q100 .5 . 4 billing itself as today s rhythm & all the best old school the station is positioned between sister stations kmxb and kluc in targeting a 25 49 audience while trying to upstage another upstart that also debuted the same day kplv hd2 k280dd who launched an urban contemporary format billed as real 103.9 to serve as a flanker for kplv and to draw listeners away from kluc and kveg . in addition kxnt will also have competition against another rhythmic ac outlet koas . the first song on q100 .5 was this is how we do it by montell jordan . 5 the station changed to its current kxqq fm call sign on september 28 2015 . the current on air personalities are sandee bonita as midday host 10am 3pm and bojo as afternoon host 3pm 7pm . former logos edit references edit http www.allaccess.com net news archive story 78813 kxnt las vegas to launch fm simulcast bornfield steve january 20 2010 . am stations try to seduce fm listeners via simulcasts . las vegas journal review . retrieved january 20 2011 . https www.youtube.com watch v jdrctucocjc kxnt fm becomes q100 .5 100.5 kxnt fm las vegas flips to rhythmic hot ac q100 .5 radioinsight september 4 2015 . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for kxqq radio locator information on kxqq query nielsen audio s fm station database for kxqq v t e radio stations in the las vegas market by am frequency 670 720 790 840 870 920 970 1060 1100 1140 1230 1280 1340 1400 1460 by fm frequency 88.1 88.5 88.9 89.7 90.1 90.5 90.9 91.1 91.5 91.9 92.3 92.7 93.1 93.5 94.1 94.5 95.5 96.3 96.7 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.5 99.3 99.7 100.1 100.1 100.5 101.1 101.9 102.3 102.7 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.7 106.5 106.9 107.5 107.9 noaa weather radio frequency 162.55 by call sign k211dc k215fa k220jw k261bz k272ee k280dd kadd kbad kbet kcep kcnv kcye kdwn kekl keno kfrh khsj lp khyz kiof lp kisf kjul kklz kkvv klav klsq kluc fm kmxb kmzq knih knpr koas komp kpkk kplv kqll kqrt krgt krlv krrn kshp ksne fm ksos kunv kveg kvgq kvgs kvkl kwid kwnr kwwn kxli kxnt kxpt kxqq fm kxte kxst kyli wxl36 nearby radio markets barstow kingman laughlin needles lake havasu city pahrump st. george cedar city see also list of radio stations in nevada v t e cbs radio a subsidiary of cbs corporation am radio stations kcbs kdka kfnq khtk kikk kilt kmox knx krak krld kxnt kxst kyw kzdg waok wbbm wbz wcbs wcco wfan wins wjfk wjz wpht wqam wscr wtic wwj wxyt fm radio stations kalv fm kamp fm kcbs fm kdka fm kegy kezk fm kezn kfrc fm kfrg khmx kilt fm kits kjaq kjkk kkhh kllc klol kluc fm kluv kmle kmnb kmps fm kmvk kmvq fm kmxb knci kool fm krld fm kroq fm krth ksfm ktwv kvfg kvil kxfg kxqq fm kxte kyky kymx kyxy kzjk kzok fm kzzo wbbm fm wbmp wbmx wbz fm wbzz wcbs fm wcfs fm wdch fm wdok wdsy fm wdzh wfan fm wiad wip fm wjfk fm wjmk wjz fm wkis wkrk fm wlif wlzl wncx wnew fm wocl wods wogl womc womx fm wpgc fm wpow wqal wqmp wrch wtic fm wusn wvee wwmx wxrt wxtu wxyt fm wycd wzgc wzlx wzmp wzmx radio networks boston bruins radio cbs radio news cbs sports radio new york yankees radio digital properties eventful last.fm play.it see also infinity broadcasting corporation former company name coordinates 36 00 30 n 115 00 23 w 36.0083 n 115.0064 w 36.0083 ; 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