KKMR
Encyclopedia
KKMR is a radio station
licensed
to serve Arizona City, Arizona
, USA. The station is owned by Univision Communications, Inc., and licensed to Univision Radio License Corporation. It airs a Spanish language
Adult Hits
music format in conjunction with KOMR
(106.3 FM).
The station was assigned the KKMR call letters by the Federal Communications Commission
on February 13, 2002
.
The station filed in 2000 for a power increase to class C3. It was granted years later after much modification and application tweaking. This was overseen by the Hispanic Broadcasting Corp. Engineering department. These people more or less specialized in upgrades (KESS-FM Dallas, Tx, KAMA-FM Houston, Tx, WADO (AM) New York, areas.
format until 1997 when it switched frequencies and began its ill-fated stints as a Triple-A and an Oldies outlet before returning to simulcasting KEDJ in 1999.
In 2001 Univision (when it was Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation) acquired the station and flipped it to a Spanish-language Adult Contemporary station called "Amor" as a simulcast with KOMR
and KQMR
. In October 2005, Univision made adjustments to the "Amor" format making it more Oldies
-driven, and changed the name to "Recuerdo".
Radio station
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licensed
City of license
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to serve Arizona City, Arizona
Arizona City, Arizona
Arizona City is a census-designated place in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. The population was 10,475 at the 2010 census...
, USA. The station is owned by Univision Communications, Inc., and licensed to Univision Radio License Corporation. It airs a Spanish language
Spanish language
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Adult Hits
Adult hits
Adult hits is a radio format, popular in the early 2000s, that does not adhere to a specific music genre, but instead draws from a wider playlist...
music format in conjunction with KOMR
KOMR
KOMR , "Recuerdo 100.3 - 106.3 FM") in Sun City, Arizona, is a Spanish Adult Hits music formatted radio station serving the Phoenix area. The Univision station, along with satellite sisters KQMR in Globe and KKMR in Arizona City, is known on-air as "Recuerdo 100.3 - 106.3 FM".-History:The 106.3...
(106.3 FM).
The station was assigned the KKMR call letters by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
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on February 13, 2002
2002 in radio
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.
The station filed in 2000 for a power increase to class C3. It was granted years later after much modification and application tweaking. This was overseen by the Hispanic Broadcasting Corp. Engineering department. These people more or less specialized in upgrades (KESS-FM Dallas, Tx, KAMA-FM Houston, Tx, WADO (AM) New York, areas.
Translators
History
KKMR was originally at 106.3 (as KONZ) and was a simulcast of KONC's Classical format and KEDJ's Modern RockModern rock
Modern rock is a rock format commonly found on commercial radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre...
format until 1997 when it switched frequencies and began its ill-fated stints as a Triple-A and an Oldies outlet before returning to simulcasting KEDJ in 1999.
In 2001 Univision (when it was Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation) acquired the station and flipped it to a Spanish-language Adult Contemporary station called "Amor" as a simulcast with KOMR
KOMR
KOMR , "Recuerdo 100.3 - 106.3 FM") in Sun City, Arizona, is a Spanish Adult Hits music formatted radio station serving the Phoenix area. The Univision station, along with satellite sisters KQMR in Globe and KKMR in Arizona City, is known on-air as "Recuerdo 100.3 - 106.3 FM".-History:The 106.3...
and KQMR
KQMR
KQMR is a radio station licensed to serve in Globe, Arizona, USA. The station is owned by Univision Communications, Inc., and licensed to Univision Radio License Corporation...
. In October 2005, Univision made adjustments to the "Amor" format making it more Oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
-driven, and changed the name to "Recuerdo".