KMJQ is co-owned with 97.9 KBXX, 92.9 KKBQ, 106.9 KHPT, and 107.5 KGLK, with studios and offices located in the Greenway Plaza district.

KMJQ has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100 kilowatts, the maximum for non-grandfathered FM stations in the U.S.

[2] The station's original city of license was Alvin, Texas, and it was powered at only 3,200 watts, a fraction of its output today.

[3] Styled as the "Voice of the Manned Spacecraft Center", KMSC broadcast news about the space program and easy listening music.

NBC provided 24 hours a day of all-news radio programming, with some local news inserts from KLYX.

Some reggae was played in rotation during the transition, along with R&B, soul, gospel, new jack swing, jazz, funk and hip hop.

KBXX, then a rhythmic contemporary station (mixing in hip hop, R&B and some dance pop titles), quickly emerged as KMJQ's prime competitor for their mutual targeted audience demographic.

The battle over the coveted 18–34 "urban" listening audience continued for three years, affecting KMJQ's dominance, as it fell behind KBXX and dropped in the ratings.

That year, KMJQ modified its format to urban adult contemporary and returned the "Majic 102" branding.

Also in 2000, KMJQ became the Houston affiliate of the nationally syndicated "Tom Joyner Morning Show" and aired it until the program ended in 2019.