History
This station signed on in 1980 as KELA with a country music format. In 1983, the station changed its callsign to KELA-FM, but only held this callsign for less than a month before the calls changed to KMNT. The country music format and KMNT calls were moved to 104.3 FM in 2005. A new country station would be launched after the move; 102.9 would acquire the KNBQ call letters and would be branded as "Q Country 102.9".
In the 1980s, the call letters KNBQ were on 97.3 (now KIRO-FM), which at the time broadcast a top-40 format and served Tacoma and the South Sound. Famous DJs included Ric Hansen mid-days and Beau "Rockin'" Roberts at night.
This station is now located near downtown Seattle in the Belltown neighborhood.
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