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KOAI
KOAI (95.1 FM) is a commercial radio station, licensed to Sun City West, Arizona, and serving the Phoenix metropolitan area. The station is owned by Riviera Broadcasting, an subsidiary of the Yucaipa Companies. It broadcasts an oldies and classic hits radio format, featuring mostly hits from the 1960s, 70s and 80s. It primarily competes with Audacy-owned 94.5 KOOL-FM, which concentrates on 1980s hits, with some 70s and 90s titles. KOAI has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 41,000 watts. The transmitter is in Crown King, Arizona, about 50 miles northwest of Phoenix, giving KOAI a rimshot signal in the metro area. Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator 94.9 K235CB in Chandler. The translator is fed by 103.9 KZON- HD2. The studios and offices are on 7th Street in Midtown Phoenix. History 95.1 went on the air in 1996, licensed to Winslow, broadcasting from Mingus Mountain and covering areas of Northern Arizona. It was owned by Ted Tucker's Desert West Air Ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KZON
KZON (103.9 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Gilbert, Arizona, and broadcasting to the Phoenix metropolitan area. KZON airs a Rhythmic Hot AC radio format branded as "Hot 97.5/103.9" (simulcasting with KMVA 97.5 FM Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona). Its studios are located on 7th Street in Midtown Phoenix, while its transmitter is located in San Tan Valley, Arizona. It is owned by Riviera Broadcasting. History Country (1981-1993) The station signed on the air on February 25, 1981 as KQEZ "Easy Country 103" in Coolidge, Arizona. It was powered at only 3,000 watts, a fraction of its current output, so the station primarily focused on the Casa Grande Valley. In 1991, original owner Larry E. Salsburey sold the station to Scott Christianson's Chriscom. KQEZ, however, fell on financial hard times in the early 1990s. In September 1992, KQEZ's disc jockeys informed listeners that they had not been paid in a month; at that time, owner Christianson said he could not pay workers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KMVA
KMVA (97.5 FM) is a Rhythmic Hot AC radio station in the Phoenix, Arizona, area. The station is licensed to Dewey-Humboldt and is owned by Riviera Broadcasting, LLC. KMVA forms a full-time simulcast with KZON in Gilbert in order to cover the entire Phoenix metropolitan area. History In Flagstaff In 1985, Santa Rosa Broadcasting obtained the construction permit for 97.5 in Flagstaff, as KENR, which came to air late in 1986 as a soft adult contemporary station. The station was acquired by KVNA and relaunched on January 15, 1988, as KVNA-FM, moving to a more regular adult contemporary sound. By 1992, it had shifted to contemporary hit radio, branded as "The Heat"; when the Park Lane Group bought KVNA-AM-FM in 1995, the station flipped from adult alternative to adult contemporary "Sunny 97"; while some listeners lamented the change, Park Lane cited the lack of an AC station in the market for the move. Move into Phoenix Marathon Media, a company known for taking rural stations an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According to a 2022 United States census estimate, Fort Worth's population was 958,692. Fort Worth is the city in the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, which is the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the United States. The city of Fort Worth was established in 1849 as an army outpost on a bluff overlooking the Trinity River. Fort Worth has historically been a center of the Texas Longhorn cattle trade. It still embraces its Western heritage and traditional architecture and design. is the first ship of the United States Navy named after the city. Nearby Dallas has held a population majority as long as records have been kept, yet Fort Worth has become one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States at the beginning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KKFR
KKFR (98.3 FM) is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Mayer, Arizona, and serves the Phoenix metropolitan area. The station is owned and operated by Desert Valley Media Group and airs a rhythmic contemporary radio format. KKFR broadcasts at 98.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 41 kW. The station's studios are located on 7th Street in Midtown Phoenix and its transmitter is located in Crown King, Arizona, producing a rimshot signal from northwest of Phoenix. KKFR is the flagship station of the nationally syndicated program ''Dana Cortez Show''. KKFR primarily competes against mainstream top 40 stations KZZP and KALV-FM, and classic hip hop station KZCE. This marks the first time in many years that "Power" had significant competition with rival stations in the market. History 92.3 FM On December 19, 1970, the station at 92.3 FM first signed on with the call sign KXTC, and aired a mix of mainstream and contemporary jazz music. In 1978, the station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riviera Broadcast Group
Riviera Broadcast Group is an owner and operator of three radio stations in the Phoenix market. The company was founded in January 2005 by Tim Pohlman, a former executive with CBS Radio, and partner Chris Maguire, who serves as the company's chief financial officer. Corporate offices are in Las Vegas. Stations * KKFR Phoenix, branded as "Power 98.3", Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio format (acquired in 2006 from Emmis Communications) * KZON/KMVA Phoenix, branded as "Hit 97.5/103.9", Hot AC format * KOAI Phoenix, branded as "95.1 & 94.9 The Oasis", Soft adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet sto ... format References External links * {{Official website, http://www.rivierabroadcast.com, Riviera Broadcast Group official website Radio broadcasting companie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KOOL-FM
KOOL-FM (94.5 MHz) is a commercial classic hits radio station in Phoenix, Arizona. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. The station is branded as Big 94.5 and features mostly hits of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, and is one of the top-performing stations in Phoenix. The station primarily competes with Riviera-owned 95.1 KOAI, which concentrates on the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s hits. KOOL-FM's studios are located in downtown Phoenix, and its transmitter is in South Mountain Park. History KOOL-FM began programming oldies music in 1971, the first radio station ever to carry the format, as a format brought to the station by Jerry Osborne, who used the air name Dan Coffey. Since the station did not have an oldies library, Osborne supplied all of the music from his own collection. The Dan Coffey Show, which aired on Saturday and Sunday nights, from 6:00 to midnight, immediately became the most popular program on KOOL-FM — so much so that they hired a woman (Pam MacKenzie) whose only j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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