KQNM

However, the AM station could only be heard during daytime hours due to night time interference from KOMA (now KOKC) from Oklahoma City.

It picked up the KKJY call sign that had once belonged locally to 100.3 FM, which aired a long running easy listening format from 1979 to 1994.

IHR Educational Broadcasting later purchased the station, and began to air its Catholic radio format beginning in late September 2016.

KQNM flipped to the Relevant Radio branding when IHR Educational Broadcasting and Starboard Media Foundation consummated their merger on June 30, 2017.

94.5 (2013–2015) A construction permit was granted to the station on April 18, 2012 to move to the 94.5 frequency and increase power to the class maximum of 250 watts.

On February 14, 2013, the station moved to the new frequency as K233CG while re-branding as "The Greatest Hits KOOL 94.5", as well as completing a shift in the format to playing music from the 1970s and '80s, competing directly with KABG.

"KOOL" was promoted as "Clutter-Free", featuring a music-intensive presentation without programming elements such as announcers, news, weather and traffic reports.

KRKE, however, generated low ratings, and since July 2013, faced additional competition from KABQ-FM, which featured a 1970s-centric version of the format.

However, with ratings very low, the station adjusted its playlist to include more pop and hard rock acts from the 1980s in late July 2015.

At 10:38 p.m. on September 27, 2015, an announcement began playing on a repeating loop saying that the format was leaving the air and would return after the first of the year on a different frequency.

On October 19, KQNM filed a silent notification with the Federal Communications Commission, stating programming had been discontinued in preparation for a sale of the station.

[6] Additionally, Educational Media Foundation filed a silent notification for K233CG on November 5, 2015, stating that the translator would be off the air until a new feed station could be found.