KLPX

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KLPX
Broadcast area Tucson, Arizona
Frequency 96.1 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding96.1 KLPX
Programming
Format Classic rock
Subchannels HD2: KLPX2 Deep Cuts (Classic rock)
HD3: 93.3 Hank FM (Classic country)
HD4: KCEE simulcast (Christian radio)
Affiliations United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
Owner
KTKT, KFMA, KCMT, KMXZ-FM, KFFN
History
First air date
August 16, 1967 (as KCEE-FM)
Former call signs
KCEE-FM (1967–1979)
KTKT-FM (1979–1981)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 2745
Class C
ERP 82,000 watts
HAAT 595 meters (1,952 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 32°14′56″N111°6′59″W / 32.24889°N 111.11639°W / 32.24889; -111.11639
Translator(s) HD3: 93.3 K227DX (Tucson)
HD4: 106.7 K294CR (Tucson)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
HD3: Listen live
Website klpx.com
crankthehanktucson.com (HD3)

KLPX (96.1 FM) is a commercial radio station in Tucson, Arizona. It is owned by Lotus Communications and airs a classic rock radio format. Local DJs are heard during the day and the syndicated "Nights with Alice Cooper" show is heard evenings. The station uses the slogan "#1 for Classic Rock". KLPX's studios and offices are on North Commerce Drive. Its transmitter is located on Tower Peak in the Tucson Mountains near Saguaro National Park.

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History

KCEE-FM first signed on the air on August 16, 1967. [2] It was owned by Strauss Broadcasting Company, which had acquired the construction permit from Associated Broadcasters of Tucson, Inc., before it went on the air, and was a sister station to KCEE (790 AM, now KNST). At first, it simulcast its AM counterpart, but later programmed a beautiful music format.

On July 4, 1979, Lotus bought KCEE-FM and changed its call sign to KTKT-FM, as a companion to KTKT (990 AM). On February 26, 1981, KTKT-FM became KLPX. [3] That was coupled with a change to album-oriented rock. KWFM (92.9 FM, now KHUD) had been Tucson's only rock outlet but with KLPX's switch, there were now two rock stations in the market. By the late 1980s, KWFM gave up rock for adult contemporary music; this made KLPX the only rocker in the Tucson radio market for some time.

In the early 2000s, KLPX had begun scaling back on newer rock songs, and made the complete transition to classic rock a few years later. [4]

HD Radio

On April 28, 2025, KLPX's HD3 subchannel changed their format to classic country, branded as "93.3 Hank FM" (simulcast on translator K227DX 93.3 FM Tucson). [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KLPX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1968 page B-10
  3. ↑ "KLPX History Card". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2006 p. D-56
  5. ↑ 93.3 Hank FM Debuts in Tucson Radioinsight - June 28, 2025

Facility details for Facility ID 155925 (K227DX) in the FCC Licensing and Management System

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