KDUS

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KDUS
KDUS SportsAM1060 logo.jpg
Broadcast area Phoenix metropolitan area
Frequency 1060 kHz
BrandingKDUS AM 1060
Programming
Format Sports radio
Affiliations Fox Sports Radio
VSiN Radio
Arizona State Sun Devils
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
Ownership
Owner
KAZG, KDKB, KSLX-FM, KUPD
History
First air date
April 16, 1960;64 years ago (1960-04-16) (as KUPD)
Former call signs
KTMP (construction permit)
KUPD (1959–1978)
KKKQ (1978–1981)
KUKQ (1981–1997)
Call sign meaning
KDeUSe ("Deuce")
Technical information
Facility ID 65165
Class B
Power 5,000 watts day
500 watts night
Repeater(s) 100.7 KSLX-HD2 (Scottsdale)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website kdus1060.com

KDUS (1060 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Tempe, Arizona, and serving the Phoenix metropolitan area. It airs a sports radio format and is an affiliate of the Vegas Stats & Information Network, along with some programming from Fox Sports Radio. It is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc., with the license held by Phoenix FCC License Sub, LLC. Its studios are on North 52nd Street west of Papago Park.

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By day, KDUS is powered at 5,000 watts non-directional. But 1060 AM is a clear channel frequency. So at night, it reduces power to 500 watts to avoid interference with Class A stations KYW Philadelphia and XECPAE Mexico City. It uses a directional antenna with a three-tower array after sunset. The transmitter is on Calle Bella Vista near Interstate 10 in Guadalupe. [1] The station can also be heard on HD Radio receivers at 100.7 FM KSLX-FM-HD2.

History

MOR and Top 40

The station signed on the air on April 16, 1960;64 years ago. The original call sign was KUPD (pronounced Cupid). It was owned by the Tri-State Broadcasting Co. and by the 1960s featured Phoenix veteran disc jockey Bill Heywood in the morning. KUPD had a full-service Middle of the Road (MOR) format. It competed with KOY 550 AM.

As the Top 40 format became more popular, KUPD flipped to a contemporary hits sound in the early 1970s. Around 1971, the station added a simulcast on 97.9 KUPD-FM, which remained Top 40 until about 1978 when the FM station switched to album rock and became a dominant presence in the Phoenix radio market.

The flip of KUPD-FM to rock sparked 1060 AM to also change. It became KKKQ "The New KQ" under Program Director Steve Casey, formerly with Top 40 leader KHJ Los Angeles and later one of the co-creators of MTV. KKKQ played oldies with a less talk, more music approach. The staff included Joe Bailey - mornings; Don Richards - Middays; Steve Casey - Afternoons. Don Richards would later take over as PD when Steve Casey left for MTV.

R&B, Country, Alternative

In the 1980s and early 1990s, AM 1060 cycled through various musical formats such as R&B 'KQ' from 1981 to 1987. The call letters slightly changed to KUKQ after a public outcry about having 'KKK' in the call letters for an R&B station. [2] It then tried country music as "KQ Country") from 1987 to 1989. [3] Then it flipped to alternative rock from 1989 to 1993. [4]

During this time, KUKQ's original license was not renewed as the result of a 1988 comparative renewal hearing for KUKQ and KUPD-FM. Both stations lost their original licenses for lying to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about an alleged secret owner. An additional owner was ruled unfit to hold a license due to a 1982 criminal conviction in Arizona. [5] The stations were instead awarded to former owner Jack Grimm, his wife Jackie, Ruth Clifford, and radio executive Robert Fish, doing business as G&C Broadcasting. [6] In 1992, G&C took over KUKQ and KUPD-FM on new licenses, retaining the call letters, facilities and formats of the stations.

Talk and Sports

The new owners switched to a talk radio format in 1993. [7] The station returned to alternative rock again the next year after the station was sold to Sandusky Newspapers. [8] The alternative revival did not last long. For a brief time in 1996, 1060 AM became "KUPD-2" (billed by management as "rock entertainment"). [9] It flipped to sports talk later that year.

After the switch to sports, the station started referring to itself as "The Deuce," and the call letters officially shifted to KDUS in 1997. Once its identity as a sports talk station become established, KDUS stopped using "Deuce" in its slogans, and adopted "The Fan AM 1060" as its identifier ("The Fan" for short) and "The Voice of the Fan" as its slogan.

Yahoo, NBC Sports, Sports Map

On April 1, 2013, The Fan AM 1060 changed its affiliation from Yahoo! Sports Radio to the new NBC Sports Radio network. Its branding switched to "NBC Sports Radio AM 1060". [10]

But the NBC Sports Radio network did not get as many affiliates as management had hoped. So in 2019, it announced it would be shutting down most of its 24/7 programming. On August 30, 2019, KDUS removed all associations with NBC Sports Radio. It rebranded simply "KDUS AM 1060" and began an affiliation with SB Nation Radio. In July 2020, the radio network changed its name to SportsMap.

Programming

Sports talk shows

KDUS airs four hours worth of local programming on weekdays. It also carries three nationally syndicated sports programs: The Dan Patrick Show from Premiere Networks, The Doug Gottlieb Show from Fox Sports Radio (Phoenix's primary Fox Sports affiliate, 910 KGME, runs local programming instead of Patrick and Gottlieb), and The Rich Eisen Show from Westwood One.

Overnights and most weekend programming is provided by Vegas Stats & Information Network, a radio network based in Las Vegas. Brokered specialty programs air in random time slots at night and on the weekend.

Play-by-play

KDUS is the Phoenix radio home of Northern Arizona University football and NAU men's basketball. The station also broadcasts nationally syndicated NCAA and NFL football games and NCAA men's basketball games via the Sports USA Radio Network and Compass Media Networks.

KDUS is also the flagship station for Arizona State University baseball and ASU women's basketball. KDUS was the flagship station of the National Hockey League's Phoenix Coyotes on AM from the team's first year in 1996 through the 2007–08 season, after which its rights were acquired by 910 KGME.

KDUS carried the National Football League's Arizona Cardinals on AM from 1997 through the 2004 season, after which its rights were acquired by 620 KTAR. KDUS also aired broadcasts from the Arizona Hotshots of the short-lived Alliance of American Football. Since the AM signal of KDUS doesn't completely cover the Phoenix area, particularly at night, both the Cardinals and Coyotes arranged to have their games simulcast on FM sister stations KDKB or KSLX-FM.

KDUS.jpg (KDUS's logo under its previous "The Fan" branding)

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References

  1. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KDUS
  2. ↑ Wilkinson, Bud (April 17, 1981). "AM, FM country stations unite under familiar call letters". Arizona Republic. p. D9. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  3. ↑ Wilkinson, Bud (March 30, 1987). "Radio's KUKQ changes format from urban to country". Arizona Republic. p. B10. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  4. ↑ Wilkinson, Bud (March 31, 1989). "KUSK-TV suitor claims operation needs bailout". Arizona Republic. p. D11. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
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  6. ↑ Newberg, Julie (January 18, 1992). "KUPD and KUKQ to be reclaimed by former owners". Arizona Republic. p. D7. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  7. ↑ "KUKQ turning to talk format". Arizona Republic. October 1, 1993. p. D4. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
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  9. ↑ Van Dyke, Charlie (January 13, 1996). "KVRY general manager 'correctively spins' out the station's front door". Arizona Republic. p. D7. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  10. ↑ "The Fan AM 1060 Becomes NBC Sports Radio AM 1060 on April 1st". Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2013-04-25.

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