KRZI

KRZI

Waco, Texas
Broadcast area	Waco, Texas
Frequency	1660kHz
Branding	ESPN Central Texas
Programming
Format	Sports
Affiliations	ESPN Radio,Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	M&M Broadcasters (M&M Broadcasters, Ltd.)
Sister stations	KEKR,KRQX,KWBT
History
First air date	January 9, 1998 (as KAXY)
Former call signs	KAXY (1998–1999) KRZX (1999–2004)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	87179
Class	B
Power	10,000watts(day) 1,000 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates	31°24′46.00″N97°12′38.00″W
Translator(s)	See§ Translator
Repeater(s)	1330KTON(Temple-Killeen)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	listencentraltexassports

KRZI(1660AM,92.3FMESPN Central Texas) is aradio station,paired with an FM relay translator, broadcasting asportsformat. Both facilities are licensed toWaco, Texas,United States, and serve the Waco area. KRZI is fully simulcast on sister station 1330KTONCameron,extending ESPN Central Texas's coverage area into Temple, Killeen, Belton, and Fort Hood.

Programming

KRZI features programming fromESPN RadioandWestwood One.While the station airs local programming, roughly 75 percent is ESPN content. The associated stations have the broadcast rights for the NFL, the Texas Rangers, The Baylor Bears and NCAA Basketball and Football. Simmons, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, also owns and operates Simmons Radio in Utah, Western Broadcasting, Simmons Lone Star Media, Simmons Outdoor Media, Simmons Ventures andMorris Murdock Travel.

History

KRZI originated as the expanded band "twin" of an existing station on the standard AM band.

On March 17, 1997 theFederal Communications Commission(FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band"transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with the original KRZI authorized to move from 1580 kHz to 1660 kHz.

A construction permit for the expanded band station was assigned the call lettersKAXYon January 9, 1998.The FCC's initial policy was that both the original station and its expanded band counterpart could operate simultaneously for up to five years, after which owners would have to turn in one of the two licenses, depending on whether they preferred the new assignment or elected to remain on the original frequency,although this deadline was extended multiple times. It was ultimately decided to transfer full operations to the expanded band station, and on May 18, 2006 the license for the original station on 1580 AM, now with the call sign KQRL,was cancelled.This allowedKEKR1590 AMMexiato move farther west in Limestone County, to cover Waco proper with its daytime signal.

AM 1660 changed its call sign toKRZXon August 30, 1999, and toKRZIon October 7, 2004.

In the summer of 2004 KRZI and its sister stations became owned bySimmons Media Group(now Redrock Broadcasting), which in 2009 sold its entire Waco station cluster to M&M Broadcasters.

Translator

Broadcast translatorfor KRZI

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP(W)	HAAT	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info	Notes
K222DC	92.3 FM	Waco, Texas	202389	250	108m(354ft)	D	31°32′15.00″N97°5′32.00″W	LMS	First air date: September 12, 2018

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 87179 (KRZI)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
• KRZIinNielsen Audio's AM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 202389 (K222DC)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
• K222DCat FCCdata.org
• FCC History Cards for KRZI- Operation on 1580 kHz (covering 1961-1980 as KBGO / KRZI)