KZLZ

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KZLZ
Broadcast area Tucson metropolitan area
Frequency 105.3 MHz
BrandingLa Poderosa 105.3
Programming
Language Spanish
Format Regional Mexican
Subchannels HD2: Spanish rhythmic contemporary
Ownership
Owner
KDRI, KTGV, KVOI
History
First air date
August 31, 1991 (1991-08-31)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 36022
Class C3
ERP 580 watts
HAAT 581.0 meters (1,906.2 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 32°14′56″N111°07′01″W / 32.249°N 111.117°W / 32.249; -111.117
Translator HD2: 92.5 K223CI (Tucson)
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KZLZ (105.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Casas Adobes, Arizona, United States, and serving the Tucson metropolitan area. Owned by Bustos Media, it airs a Regional Mexican format known as "La Poderosa 105.3". Studios are on South Richey Avenue, and the transmitter is located on West Hidden Canyon Drive in Tucson Estates.

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KZLZ broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 digital subchannel carries a Reggaeton and Spanish Rhythmic Contemporary format known as "Urbana 92.5." The subchannel feeds 150-watt FM translator K223CI at 92.5 MHz in Tucson.

History

The station signed on the air on August 31, 1991. [2] Its original city of license was Kearny and its call sign was KCDX.

In the early 1990s, KCDX was known as "X 105.3", and was an album rock station. Programming was delivered via satellite. In 1993, KCDX was sold to Entravision, with a change in the call letters to KZLZ. Entravision flipped the format to Spanish language Regional Mexican.

On September 5, 2006, Entravision sold KZLZ to Todd Robinson for $4,750,000. On December 1, 2006, the Federal Communications Commission approved the voluntary transfer of the license to KZLZ, LLC. Effective June 1, 2022, KZLZ, LLC sold the station to Bustos Media for $1.4 million.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KZLZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2005, page D-56. Retrieved Oct. 6, 2023.
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