KIHP (AM)
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Affiliations | Relevant Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | Relevant Radio, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | 1946 |
Former call signs | KTYL (1946–1956) KBUZ (1956–1977) KQXE (1977–1980) KZZP (1980–1990) KXAM (1990–2009) |
Former frequencies | 1490 kHz (1947–1951) |
Call sign meaning | Immaculate Heart Phoenix[1] |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 19468 |
Class | B |
Power | 3,400 watts days 260 watts nights |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°21′43″N 111°58′03″W / 33.36194°N 111.96750°W |
Translator(s) | 102.9 MHz K275CP (Phoenix) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | KIHP website |
KIHP (1310
By day, KIHP is powered at 3,400
History
KTYL
The station
Harkins also put Arizona's first FM station (KTYL-FM 104.7, now KZZP) on the air in 1950. Three years later, Harkins put Phoenix's second TV station (KTYL-TV channel 12, now KPNX) on the air. As with the AM station, both stations were originally located in, and are still licensed to, Mesa.
KBUZ and KQXE
KTYL moved to 1310 in the early 1950s, and eventually increased its power to 5,000 watts day and 500 watts night. In 1958, it became KBUZ, a beautiful music station. It used the slogan "Drive with care, and KBUZ, everywhere." It moved to the Thomas Shopping Mall on the east side of Phoenix. The format was simulcast on 104.7 KBUZ-FM (now KZZP). KBUZ-AM-FM played quarter hour sweeps of soft, instrumental music, including Broadway and Hollywood show tunes.
On January 1, 1977, the station became KQXE, with a personality-oriented oldies format. For three years it was successful, going up against market leader KOY 550 AM. Management assembled a group of talented disc jockeys from the Phoenix radio region and other cities, including Phil Barry from Detroit and Phil Gardner from Cleveland.[4]
KZZP and KXAM
After owners Southwestern Media sold the station to Western Cities Broadcasting, KQXE transitioned to a Top 40 format under the call sign KZZP, which it shared with its sister station 104.7 KZZP-FM. After a ten-year-long simulcast, 1310 AM split from KZZP-FM on February 19, 1990.
AM 1310 became KXAM. It initially was an
. Gerson was part of the family that controlled KXAM's owner, Embree Broadcasting, and hosted a political talk show until March 2009.Relevant Radio
In 2009, Embree Broadcasting announced that KXAM would cease operations. Two of the station's local programs, Culinary Confessions (a food show) and The Bandwagon (a sports show) moved to KAZG soon after the announcement. Although KXAM employees had offered to buy the station, the Gerson family turned their offers down, insisting at that time on returning the license to the Federal Communications Commission.[5] The station went silent on April 16, 2009.
On June 1, 2009, the Gerson family backed off from its plans to surrender the KXAM license. They sold it to
Translators
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT |
Class | FCC info |
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K275CP | 102.9 MHz FM | Phoenix, Arizona | 138167 | 150 | 16 m (52 ft) | D | LMS |
References
- ^ a b "New Catholic radio station launches 'channel of evangelization' in Phoenix". Catholic News Agency. December 18, 2009. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KIHP
- ^ Radio-locator.com/K275CP
- ^ "KQXE Phoenix Phil Gardiner 1980".
- ^ "Scottsdale radio station KXAM to shut down".
- ^ "CDBS Print".
- ^ https://ihradio.com/2017/06/relevant-radio-immaculate-heart-radio-complete-merger/
External links
- KIHP in the FCC AM station database
- KIHP in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- K275CP in the FCC FM station database
- K275CP at FCCdata.org
- FCC History Cards for KIHP