KRDX

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KRDX
Broadcast area Tucson metropolitan area
Frequency 103.7 MHz
Branding103.7 The Fox
Programming
Format Oldies
Ownership
Owner
  • Ted Tucker
  • (Desert West Air Ranchers Corporation)
History
First air date
1977 (1977)
Former call signs
  • KAYN (1977–1991)
  • KLCR (1991–1995)
  • KZNO (1995–2005)
Former frequencies
  • 98.3 MHz (1976–2006)
  • 98.5 MHz (2006–2020)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 36023
Class A
ERP 910 watts
HAAT 145 meters (476 ft)
Translator 96.7 K244EI (Corona de Tucson)
Links
Public license information

KRDX (103.7 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Corona de Tucson, Arizona, United States, and serving the Tucson metropolitan area. It is owned by Ted Tucker, with the license held by Desert West Air Ranchers Corporation. The station airs an oldies format, known as "103.7 The Fox."

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KRDX's transmitter is sited southwest of Tucson, in the Santa Rita Foothills, near Vail. It also broadcasts on 250-watt FM translator K244EI at 96.7 MHz.

History

The station signed on the air in 1977 as KAYN, broadcasting on 98.3 MHz as the first FM radio station in Nogales, Arizona. It was owned by Norman and Eva Graham and broadcast with 215 watts. The construction permit was granted over the objections of KFBR, the only other American radio station serving the border area. The station was sold to Roadrunner Broadcasting in 1988. KZLZ Broadcasting bought the station, by then known as KLCR, in 1994.

In 1999, after two additional sales, Ted Tucker bought the station, then known as KZNO. In April 2002, Tucker was approved to move KZNO from 98.3 in Nogales to 98.5 in Vail, Arizona, increasing its ERP to 3,900 watts.

According to a U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filing in 2006, the station was unable to maintain a reliable power supply. [2] The only access to the transmitter site was via helicopter, and the station was powered solely by solar panels and wind turbines. The filing with the FCC asked to operate at less than licensed power or erratically based on power availability. The application was accepted by the FCC, but not approved.

In June 2010, KRDX was granted an FCC construction permit to change the city of license to Corona de Tucson, Arizona, and move to 103.7 MHz, which would end its long-time interference with KOHT. The station was licensed for the new frequency and community of license effective October 9, 2020. The 103.7 transmitter now has a more consistent signal throughout all of Tucson.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KRDX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=414003%5B%5D

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