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Radio station in Abilene, Texas

KZQQ
Abilene, Texas

Broadcast area	Abilene, Texas
Frequency	1560 kHz
Branding	NewsTalk 1560
Programming
Format	News/talk
Affiliations	CBS News Radio Fox News Radio Texas State Network Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Rodney Amonett (WesTex Telco, LLC)
Sister stations	KABT, KTJK, KWKC
History
First air date	August 29, 1962 (as KCAD)
Former call signs	KCAD (1962–1980) KBER (1980–1983) KFMN (1983–1986) KKSL (1986–1987) KEYJ (1987–1993) KBBA (1993–1997) KMPC (1997–2000)
Call sign meaning	Similar in appearance to "zoo"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	17803
Class	D
Power	500 watts day 45 watts night
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.newstalk1560.com

KZQQ (1560 AM) is a radio station with a news/talk format licensed to and serving the area around Abilene, Texas. On March 29, 2010, KZQQ dropped the sports format for classic rock. The format flip brought in Dave Andrews for mornings, and Ben “Candy Man” Gonzalez hosting afternoons.

On December 28, 2010, KZQQ changed their format back to sports.

In 2022, Canfin Enterprises reached a deal to sell its Abilene radio cluster to WesTex Telco, LLC, owner of KTJK (101.7 FM).

As of October 1, KZQQ was playing solid gold oldies in advance of a transition to a reworked news-talk format previously found on sister KWKC.

References

"Facility Technical Data for KZQQ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
"ESPN Radio leaving Abilene".
"Abilene's "ESPN Radio 1560" KZQQ drops sports for Classic Rock". Radio-Info.com. March 29, 2010.
Venta, Lance (June 28, 2022). "WesTex Telco Acquires Abilene Trio". RadioInsight. Retrieved June 29, 2022.

External links

Facility details for Facility ID 17803 (KZQQ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
KZQQ in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

Radio stations in the Abilene metropolitan area (Texas)

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LPFM	94.1 97.5
Translators	94.7 104.5 105.5

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Defunct

Nearby regions: Big Spring–Snyder; Brownwood; Dallas–Fort Worth; Lubbock; Odessa–Midland; San Angelo; Wichita Falls

See also: List of radio stations in Texas

v t e News/Talk radio stations in Texas
All-News	KHVN – Fort Worth KKGM – Fort Worth KXYZ – Houston
News & Talk	KBDT – Highland Park KBRA – Freer KCOX – Jasper KCRS – Midland/Odessa KDET – Center KERA – Dallas KEYS – Corpus Christi KFJZ – Fort Worth KFXR – Dallas KFYO – Lubbock KGNC – Amarillo KIXZ – Amarillo KJCE – Rollingwood KKAM – Lubbock KKSA – San Angelo KKTK – Texarkana KKTX – Corpus Christi KLBJ – Austin KLIF – Dallas KLUP – Terrell Hills KLVI – Beaumont KMNY – Hurst KNTH – Houston KPLT – Paris KPYN – Atlanta KREW – Plainview KRLD – Dallas KSEV – Tomball KSFA – Nacogdoches KSKY – Balch Springs KTBB – Tyler KTBB-FM – Troup KTMR – Edna KTRH – Houston KTSA – San Antonio KTSM – El Paso KTTU – Lubbock KUHF – Houston KURV – Edinburg KUT – Austin KVNN – Victoria KVOP – Plainview KWEL – Midland/Odessa KWFS – Wichita Falls KWTX – Waco KXYL – Brownwood KXYL-FM – Coleman KZQQ – Abilene WBAP – Fort Worth WBAP-FM – Haltom City WOAI – San Antonio WTAW – College Station
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Texas

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