KFLX
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| Broadcast area | Prescott, Arizona |
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| Frequency | 92.5MHz |
| Branding | Rewind 92.5 & 104.1 |
| Programming | |
| Format | 80's hits |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KBTK,KSED,KWMX | |
| History | |
First air date | 1989 (at 105.1) July 2010 (at 92.5) |
Former call signs | KBTK (2010) |
Former frequencies | 105.1 MHz (1989–2010) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 171022 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 1,500watts |
| HAAT | 174 meters (571 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°42′53.00″N112°31′33.00″W/ 34.7147222°N 112.5258333°W |
| Translator(s) | 104.1 K281BE (Flagstaff) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | rewindmymusic.com |
KFLX(92.5FM) is aradio stationbroadcasting a80's hitsformat.Licensed toChino Valley, Arizona,United States, it serves the Prescott area. The station is currently owned by Stone Canyon Media Group.
History
[edit]KFLX started as aconstruction permitgranted to Ted Tucker and his Desert West Air Ranchers Corporation for a new station on 105.1 kHz inWinslowwith the call lettersKTDX.Tucker was able to shoehorn KTDX into the more populous Flagstaff market (city of license:Kachina Village) and changed the call letters to KFLX. The construction permit changed hands to D.B. Broadcasting in 1994, then to Red Rock Communications a year later. Red Rock signed the station on with anAdult album alternativeformat named "The Eagle". Toward the end of the 1990s and early 2000s, KFLX morphed into an adult alternative/Modern AChybrid similar to that of Phoenix'sKZON.
Red Rock continued to own the station until it and sisters KWMX-FM and KSED-FM were sold in 2007 to Grenax Broadcasting II, LLC who also ownedWCFXinMount Pleasant, MI.Grenax completely transformed the station into a pure Hot AC station as "105.1 The Canyon".
In January 2009 105.1 The Canyon, along with sister stations 96.7 The WOLF and 107.5 KOLT Country, moved into state of the art studios on 4th Street in Flagstaff.
In July 2010 KFLX moved to 92.5 FM licensed to Chino Valley, AZ. Sister station KBTK took the 105.1 frequency licensed to Kachina Village as 105.1 The Big Talker.
In January 2012, 92.5/104.1 began promoting that they were "pressing the big red button on the 20th" and to tune in at 9:25 a.m. that morning to find out what the stations were up to (along with that, several songs in that span were played in reverse). On that day at that time, KFLX beganstuntingwith sound clips of songs, commercials, and television shows from the 1980s, and introduced an 80's hits format on the stations, branded as "Rewind 92.5 & 104.1". The last 2 songs on The Canyon wereIt's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)byR.E.M,and the first 90 seconds ofA Change Would Do You GoodbySheryl Crow.The first 2 songs on Rewind wereThe Go-Go'sWe Got The BeatandMichael Jackson'sBillie Jean.[2]
On September 24, 2018, Grenax Broadcasting II, LLC, announced the sale of KFLX and sister stationsKBTK,KSEDandKWMXto Stone Canyon Media Group.[3]the purchase was completed in December.[4]
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for KFLX".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Flagstaff Going in Rewind".
- ^"New Group Of Radio Vets Acquires Flagstaff Cluster".RadioInsight.2018-09-25.Retrieved2019-01-11.
- ^"EMF Buys KMJR/Corpus Christi; Perry Broadcasting Sells In SW Oklahoma".All Access.Retrieved2019-01-11.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 743535 (KFLX)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- KFLXinNielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 64686 (K281BE)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- K281BEat FCCdata.org