KXOT (FM)

KXOT (106.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Los Lunas, New Mexico, and serving the Albuquerque metropolitan area.

It is owned by Vanguard Media with studios and offices on San Pedro Drive NE at Marble Avenue in Albuquerque.

[4] It was licensed to Patricia Komorowski, and would be launched by Guardian Communications under a local marketing agreement (LMA) in January 1995.

[6][7] Prior to the construction of this facility, the 106.3 frequency in Albuquerque was used by FM translator K292EN, which was owned by Double Eagle Broadcasting of Cordova, Tennessee.

[8] which had initially aired KMXQ in Socorro;[9] The 106.3 translator had been simulcasting KZRQ 105.1 FM, which was an affiliate of the "Z-Rock" radio network at the time, playing active rock.

In September 1996, Guardian Communications of Cincinnati announced the sale of its stations, including the Albuquerque cluster of KDNR, KLVO, KKIM 1000 AM and KARS 840 AM.

[10] The stations were sold to American General Media for $5.5 million in early 1998, shortly after FM 106.3 shifted to Rhythmic Contemporary music.

[11] In the summer of 1997, the station switched its call sign to KYLZ-FM, which was previously used by KSQL in Santa Cruz, California from 1994 to 1996.

KKSS shifted to mainstream Top 40 hits in early 2001, making KYLZ 106.3 the lone rhythmic contemporary station for nearly two years.

[12] However, KKSS returned to rhythmic in late 2002 after changing ownership, putting the two stations in direct competition once again.

The following month, KYLZ-FM officially switched to the new talk format under the call letters KAGM (standing for parent company American General Media).

In addition to Ahrens, other local hosts featured on KAGM included Dianne Anderson, who had just left her TV news anchor job at KOAT.

Nationally syndicated talk radio hosts Glenn Beck and Rusty Humphries originally filled the midday and nighttime slots.

Dianne Anderson joined Larry Ahrens in morning drive, but later returned to television, taking a new anchor job at KRQE.

In late 2010, "Power" began to mix current rhythmic hits with old-school hip hop/R&B using a new slogan "Today and Back in the Day".

However, in October 2011, KAGM replaced Big Boy with local host Double J, taking over the morning show.

For three months after the launch, the station had no social media presence and its webpage only featured a white background with standard lettering plus a link to its web stream.

In addition, the station continued to run sweepers telling "Power" listeners to tune in to 106.7 FM for many months.

On May 4, 2020, KDLW dropped the Top 40/CHR format and began stunting with sweepers coinciding with Cinco de Mayo.