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{{For|the airport in San Carlos, California, assigned ICAO code KSQL|San Carlos Airport (California){{!}}San Carlos Airport}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| logo = File:KSOL QueBuena98.9-99.1 logo.png
| name = KSQL
| above = Satellite of [[KSOL]], [[San Francisco]]
| city = [[Santa Cruz, California]]
| area = [[Santa Clara Valley]]
| branding = ''Qué Buena 98.9 y 99.1''
| airdate =
| frequency = 99.1 [[Megahertz|MHz]]
| format = [[Regional Mexican]]
| erp = 1,100 [[watt]]s
| haat = {{convert|796|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = B
| facility_id = 70033
| callsign_meaning = Derived from sister station KSOL
| former_callsigns = KLRS (1987–1990) KDBQ (1990–1993) KSRI (1993–1994) KYLZ (1994–1996) KZOL (1996–2002) KZMR (2002–2003)
| owner = [[Uforia Audio Network]]
| licensee = Univision Radio Bay Area, Inc.
| sister_stations = [[KBRG]], [[KSOL]], [[KVVF]], [[KVVZ]]
| webcast = [http://v6.player.abacast.net/2363 Listen Live]
| website = [http://www.univision.com/san-francisco/ksol Que Buena 98.9 & 99.1 Website]
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}

'''KSQL''' (99.1 MHz, "Qué Buena 98.9 y 99.1") is a [[Spanish language]] [[radio station]] in [[Santa Cruz, California]]. The station [[simulcast]]s the signal of [[KSOL]] (98.9 MHz) in [[San Francisco]]. KSOL and KSQL program a format consisting of [[regional Mexican]] music and some comedy [[talk show]]s. Both stations are owned by [[TelevisaUnivision (United States)|TelevisaUnivision]]. The [[radio studio]]s and offices are in the [[Financial District, San Francisco|Financial District]] of San Francisco. The KSQL [[transmitter]] is in [[Loma Prieta]].<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=ksql&nav=home Radio-Locator.com/KSQL]</ref>

There are two [[broadcast translator|booster station]]s for KSOL: KSOL-FM2 in [[Sausalito]] since 1992, and KSOL-FM3 in [[Pleasanton, California|Pleasanton]] since 1997.

==History==
KSQL was originally built in 1962, as KSCO-FM, owned by the [[Santa Cruz Sentinel]] newspaper. Due to close-spacing of 99.1 to San Francisco's 98.9, interference between the stations had been a longtime problem. When Viacom bought 98.9 in San Francisco, they also bought KSCO-FM 99.1 and began simulcasting the stations. They also began using similar callsigns.

The 98.9 MHz frequency in San Francisco is the third station to use the callsign KSOL. The first was the AM [[rhythm and blues]] station at 1450 kHz (the current [[KEST]]). The second was a popular [[soul music]] station at 107.7 MHz (now known as [[KSAN (FM)|KSAN]]). The current KSOL is unrelated to the previous two stations.

* See also [[KSAN (FM)]] and [[KEST]]

The station at 99.1 MHz was, for many years, KLRS ("Colors"), airing a New Age music format targeting Santa Cruz and San Jose. The station was eventually purchased Viacom the two stations tweaked KOFY's [[adult album alternative]] format and adopted the call letters KDBK (98.9 MHz) and KDBQ (99.1 MHz) – "Double 99" in July 1990.

"Star FM" arrived on the two frequencies in Spring 1993, as the call letters KSRY and KSRI were picked up for the stations' [[hot adult contemporary]] format.

One year later, the station at [[KSAN (FM)|107.7 MHz]] switched their call letters to [[KYLD]] in April 1994, but was already called "WiLD 107" since 1992, as a [[rhythmic contemporary|rhythmic]] formatted station. The KSOL call letters were put on then-co-owned 98.9 MHz frequency, with the format switching to [[urban adult contemporary]]. The south signal of 99.1 MHz became a simulcast of "WiLD 107" as KYLZ.

Both KSOL and KYLZ were sold in August 1996. On August 15 of that year, KSOL switched to a [[regional Mexican]] format, and 99.1 MHz became KZOL, again a simulcast.

In April 2002, KSOL swapped call letters with [[KVVF|KEMR]] (105.7 MHz) in San Jose, and shifted toward a Spanish-language [[adult contemporary]] approach, with 99.1 MHz becoming KZMR. When 105.7 MHz switched formats and call letters to KVVF, the KSOL call letters returned to 98.9 MHz, with 99.1 MHz becoming KSQL.

The two station have simulcasted since 1990, with 98.9 MHz covering the north bay, and 99.1 MHz covering the far south bay.

==See also==
*[[KSOL]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.univision.com/san-francisco/ksol/ KSQL website]
{{FM station data|70033|KSQL}}

{{Santa Cruz Radio}}
{{Spanish Radio Stations in California}}
{{Univision Communications}}

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[[Category:Regional Mexican radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area|SQL]]
[[Category:Univision Radio Network stations]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1990]]
[[Category:Spanish-language radio stations in California|SQL]]

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