Phil Richardson, sold the construction permit to a group headed by former KXEW owner Ernesto Portillo, who launched the station as Spanish-language outlet KQTL in 1985; then the station's Spanish contemporary music format continued into the 1990s until KQTL was sold in 1996 to CIMA Broadcasting.
Phil Richardson, sold the construction permit to a group headed by former KXEW owner Ernesto Portillo, who launched the station as Spanish-language outlet KQTL in 1985; then the station's Spanish contemporary music format continued into the 1990s until KQTL was sold in 1996 to CIMA Broadcasting.