Format Change: 92.5 KYND Houston becomes 93Q
In June of 1982, 79Q KKBQ signed-on as a rare Top 40 launch on AM at a time when most CHR’s were moving to FM. After 7 short months, the station had become a major success under Scott Shannon and John Lander. Sister station 92.5 KYND was a floundering Beautiful Music station. Promoting the move for a few weeks before it occured on December 29. 1982, 93Q would become a Top 40 powerhouse for the remainder of the 80’s.
The launch sequence at 6:00am may sound familiar to some as the 6:00am launch with “Eye of the Tiger” would be repeated in New York some eight months later when Scott Shannon debuted Z100.
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I don’t believe Scott Shannon was directly involved with KKBQ’s sign-on unless he was a consultant.
He didn’t, Scott Shannon was at Q105 in Tampa Bay till he moved to New York to setup WHTZ - Z100. So, maybe KKBQ had him as a consultant for the Zoo type of morning show and the overall sound, but wasn’t a jock/PD or whatever on that station.
Were KKBQ and WRBQ owned by the same company at that time?
I know WRBQ, KKLQ San Diego, and KOY-FM Phoenix were all owned by Edens Broadcasting around that time, but cannot find who owned KKBQ at the time of the change.
It would make some sense if Shannon or even Cleveland Wheeler (who later left WRBQ for KKBQ) were involved in the launch of 93Q had Edens owned the station.
KKBQ & KKBQ-FM were both owned by Gannett in 1982. It was John Lander who launched the 93Q/79Q formats in 1982. Truly great radio stations in the 80’s