KKYZ
Broadcast areaSierra Vista, Arizona
Frequency101.7 MHz
Programming
FormatOldies
Ownership
OwnerCochise Broadcasting (a Wyoming LLC)
KCDQ
History
FoundedOctober 17, 1990 (October 17, 1990)
Former call signs
KXHC (1990–1990)
Technical information
Facility ID171023
ClassA
ERP6,000 watts
HAAT-50 meters (-163 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
31°38′15″N 110°20′9″W / 31.63750°N 110.33583°W / 31.63750; -110.33583
Translator(s)K233DG (94.5 MHz, Sierra Vista)
K256CJ (99.1 MHz, Sierra Vista)
Links
Websitekkyz.com

KKYZ (101.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an Oldies format. Licensed to Huachuca City, Arizona, the station serves the Sierra Vista area. It is owned by Cochise Broadcasting, a Wyoming LLC.[1]

KKYZ is a Class A FM station, with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 6,000 watts.[2]

History

The station went on the air as KXHC on October 17, 1990. On December 21, 1990, the station changed its call sign to KKYZ.[3]

In 2010, Cochise Broadcasting obtained a second construction permit for a station on 101.7 MHz in Huachuca City, with call sign KXKR. In December 2011, that station was activated at 100 watts, a temporary facility, as the company was in the middle of a lengthy process to move KKYZ into the Tucson radio market. It would be licensed to Catalina Foothills at 101.1 MHz. An application for such a move was approved in 2020. In 2021, the KKYZ call letters were transferred to the Huachuca City facility, operating on the same facility as the first KKYZ, and the station moving to Tucson changed call letters from KKYZ to KXKR and went silent.[4]

References

  1. "KKYZ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. Radio-Locator.com/KKYZ
  3. "KKYZ Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. "Request for Silent STA". Federal Communications Commission. April 19, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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