KMRQ is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting an active rock

Active rock

Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock plays contemporary rock artists with a mix of songs common in the classic rock radio format.-Format background:...

 format. Licensed to Riverbank, California

Riverbank, California

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, USA, the station serves the Modesto area. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications

Clear Channel Communications

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History

The station went on the air as KQKK in 1979. The station has changed call signs several times over the years, finally settling on the KMRQ calls. The station had spent the previous 2 ½ years as a Spanish language

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

station branded as La Preciosa" until the switch to Active Rock on 2008-09-05.http://www.modbee.com/1618/story/418972.html

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