KESQ (AM)

KESQ (1400 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish music format licensed to Indio, California, United States. The station is currently simulcast of KUNA-FM 96.7 since 2011. KESQ was owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company and formerly rented by a Spanish religious radio network by La Iglesia Alfa Y Omega (the Alpha and Omega church) - (now on 1450 AM), and briefly played Spanish-language Religious music (now "Radio Cristiana" on FM dial 100.1).

KESQ
Programming
City	Indio, California
Frequency	1400 (kHz)
Branding	La Poderosa 96.7
Format	Spanish Mexican music (simulcast of KUNA-FM 96.7)
Ownership
Owner	News-Press & Gazette Company (Gulf-California Broadcast Company)
Sister stations	part of News-Press & Gazette cluster with KESQ-TV
History
Call sign meaning	K ESQuire (from former owner Esquire Magazine)
Technical information
Facility ID	52181
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts (unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates	33°43′37″N 116°15′10″W
Links
Website	www.kesq.com/la-poderosa

History

The radio station itself began broadcasting in 1946 under the call letters "KREO", then changed to "KRCQ" in 1976 and again in 1984 when it reverted to Spanish language music as "KUNA". The radio station was purchased by KESQ-TV in 1992 and changed formats to news/talk, but the station returned to KUNA-FM and the Spanish language music format in 1998, but switched formats in late 2004. Back to being under KUNA-FM but on the AM frequency, before KJOK (KINI-AM named for an earlier radio station in the California Desert in the 1970s) of Yuma, Arizona increased its power in the 2000s and changed dials, KESQ can be heard in Imperial Valley down to Mexicali on occasion, the Morongo Basin closer to Palm Springs, California and partially in the Inland Empire, California region.

It is thought KRHQ FM 102.3 in Indio, California honors KRCQ (KESQ's former call sign) and KSIQ of Imperial Valley, but it is a classic rock format station.

External links

KESQ in the FCC's AM station database
KESQ on Radio-Locator
KESQ in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

Radio stations in the Coachella Valley market
By AM frequency	920 970 1010 1140 1200 1270 1340 1400 1450
By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.3 90.3 90.9 91.7 92.1 92.3 92.7 93.1 93.7 94.3 94.7 95.3 95.5 95.9 96.7 97.1 97.7 98.1 98.5 99.1 99.5 99.9 100.5 100.9 101.5 102.3 103.1 103.5 104.3 105.1 106.1 106.9 107.3
By callsign	K232CX K268AH K297BO KAJI-LP KCLB-FM KCOD KCRI KDES-FM KDGL KESQ KGAY KHCS KHCV KJJZ KKCM KKGX KKUU KLOB KLXB KMRJ KNWQ KNWZ KPLM KPSC KPSF KPSH KPSI-FM KPST-FM KQPS KRCK-FM KRHQ KRTM KUNA-FM KVLA-FM KWXY KXCP-LP KXPS
Defunct	KBFR (101.1 FM)
Nearby radio markets High Desert/Eastern Sierra Imperial Valley Inland Empire Lancaster-Palmdale Laughlin-Needles-Lake Havasu City Los Angeles San Diego Victor Valley See also List of radio stations in California

Spanish-language radio stations in the state of California
Stations	KAEH – Beaumont KAFY – Bakersfield KATD – Pittsburg KBAA – Grass Valley KBBF – Santa Rosa KBBU – Modesto KBHH – Kerman KBKY – Merced KBLA – Santa Monica KBLO – Corcoran KBRG – San Jose KBTW – Lenwood KBUA – San Fernando KBUE – Long Beach KBYN – Arnold KBYN – City of Angels KCAL – Redlands KCFA – Arnold KCHJ – Delano KCVR – Lodi KDBV – Salinas KEBN – Garden Grove KEPD – Ridgecrest KERU – Blythe KESQ – Indio KEXA – King City KEYQ – Fresno KEZY – San Bernardino KFSD – Escondido KFSG – Roseville KFSO-FM – Visalia KGED - Fresno KGEN – Tulare KGEN-FM – Hanford KGRB – Jackson KGST – Fresno KGZO – Shafter KHDC – Chualar KHPY – Moreno Valley KHSQ – Trinidad KIDI-FM – Lompoc KIQI – San Francisco KIQQ – Barstow KIQQ-FM – Newberry Springs KIQS – Willows KIST-FM – Carpinteria KIWI – Mcfarland KJDJ – San Luis Obispo KJOR – Windsor KLAX-FM – East Los Angeles KLBN – Fresno KLJR-FM – Santa Paula KLLE – North Fork KLLI – Los Angeles KLMG – Esparto KLMM – Morro Bay KLNV – San Diego KLOB – Thousand Palms KLOK-FM – Greenfield KLOQ-FM – Winton KLQV – San Diego KLTX – Long Beach KLUN – Paso Robles KLVE – Los Angeles KLYY – Riverside KMAK – Orange Cove KMBX – Soledad KMEN – Mendota KMIX – Tracy KMJV – Soledad KMLA – El Rio KMLM-FM - Grover Beach KMPG – Hollister KMPO – Modesto KMQA – East Porterville KMRO – Camarillo KMYX-FM – Arvin KNCR – Fortuna KNTO – Chowchilla KNTY - Shingle Springs KODV – Barstow KOND – Hanford KOXR – Oxnard KPRC-FM – Salinas KPSL-FM – Bakersfield KPST-FM – Coachella KQLB – Los Banos KRAY-FM – Salinas KRCD – Inglewood KRCV – West Covina KRCX-FM – Marysville KRDA – Clovis KRHM-LP – Bakersfield KRQK – Lompoc KRRS – Santa Rosa KSCA – Glendale KSDO – San Diego KSDT – Hemet KSEA – Greenfield KSEH – Brawley KSES-FM – Seaside KSFN - Piedmont KSJV – Fresno KSMY – Lompoc KSOL – San Francisco KSPA – Ontario KSPE – Santa Barbara KSQL – Santa Cruz KSRT – Cloverdale KSSC – Ventura KSSD – Fallbrook KSSE – Arcadia KTAP – Santa Maria KTGE – Salinas KTMZ – Pomona KTNQ – Los Angeles KTOR – Gerber KTQX – Bakersfield KTSE-FM – Patterson KUBO – Calexico KUFW – Kingsburg KUNA-FM – La Quinta KVMX – Olivehurst KVMX-FM – Placerville KVTR – Victorville KVUH – Laytonville KVVF – Santa Clara KVVZ – San Rafael KWAC – Bakersfield KWIZ – Santa Ana KWKW – Los Angeles KWRN – Apple Valley KWRU – Fresno KWST – El Centro KXLM – Oxnard KXOL-FM – Los Angeles KXRS – Hemet KXSB – Big Bear Lake KXSE – Davis KXSM – Chualar KXTS – Geyserville KXVV – Victorville KXXZ – Barstow KXZM – Felton KZER – Santa Barbara KZNB – Petaluma KZSF – San Jose KZSJ – San Martin KZSZ – Colusa
Defunct	KFVR – Crescent City KSKD – Livingston
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in California See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

News-Press & Gazette Company

Newspapers

Radio stations

Television stations
(by primary affiliations)

ABC	KECY-DT2 KESQ-TV KEYT-TV KIFI-TV KMIZ KRDO-TV KVIA-TV
CBS	KCJO-LD / KNPN-LD2 ¹ KCOY-TV ² KIDK ² KION-TV KPSP-CD KYMA-DT ³
The CW	KCWQ-LD KECY-DT3 KIFI-DT3 KION-DT2 KNPG-LD2 ¹ KTVZ-DT2
Fox	KDFX-CD KECY-TV KFXO-CD KKFX-CD KNPN-LD ¹ KQFX-LD KXPI-LD
MyNetworkTV	KECY-TV ⁴ KEYT-DT2 ⁵ KMIZ-DT2 ⁴ KXPI-LD ⁴
NBC	KNPG-LD ¹ KTVZ KYMA-DT2 ³ K22NM-D ⁶
Telemundo	KECY-DT4 / KESE-LP KIFI-DT2 KMUV-LD KNPG-LD3 ¹ KQRE-LP KUNA-LP
other	Cable News-Press 3 NOW ⁷

¹ This station was built and signed on by NPG.
² Owned by VistaWest Media, LLC, NPG operates this station under an SSA.
³ Owned by Cox Media Group, NPG operates this station under an SSA.
⁴ This station carries a secondary MyNetworkTV affiliation on its primary channel.
⁵ This station carries a secondary Retro Television Network affiliation on its second digital subchannel.
⁶ This station is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, but is operated by NPG.
⁷ Originally operating as a cable-only channel, News-Press 3 NOW is also relayed on a third digital subchannel of KNPN-LD.

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