It airs a classic country format on its HD-2 subchannel, "The Bull," which feeds FM translator K251AU at 98.1 MHz.

The original call sign was KFMG and it aired an album oriented rock (AOR) format programmed by Frank Felix.

Felix wanted to create a more mass appeal rock sound as proven by the success of 106.7 KBPI in Denver.

[6] In early March 1991, KFMG flipped to a hot adult contemporary format with most of the rock airstaff let go.

[7] With the switch to Hot AC, the station changed its call letters to KAMX-FM, branded as "Mix 107.9".

[10] A month later, the FM station's call letters changed to KTEG and it branded as "107.9 The Edge, Albuquerque's New Rock Alternative."

[12] In June of that year, Trumper also purchased KZRR 94.1 and AM simulcast KZSS 610, along with classic rock outlet KLSK 104.1.

In July 2000, KTEG was moved to 104.7 (recently purchased from Continental Communications) to make way for a new station on 107.9 FM, KBQI.

At the time of the station's launch, the "Big I" was at the start of a major reconstruction project which finished in May 2002.

This helped to make KBQI competitive with KRST, which had once dominated the country format in the Albuquerque market.