With the change, this brought back the Classic rock format to the Rio Grande Valley for the first since 2015, when iHeartMedia-owned station KQXX-FM dropped that format for a simulcast of Hot AC-formatted station KHKZ, also owned by iHeartMedia.
This brought back the traditional rock genre to the Rio Grande Valley after a hiatus since 2015, when iHeartMedia's KQXX-FM switched away from that format and began airing a simulcast of its own Hot AC-formatted station, KHKZ.