KMXZ-FM
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KMXZ-FM is an adult contemporary radio station
Radio station
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 that serves Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
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. KMXZ broadcasts on the frequency of 94.9 MHz and uses the branding of Mix FM. KMXZ is owned by Journal Broadcast Group and consistently places in the top 4 radio stations in the Arbitron
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 ratings. The station was formerly known as KJYK.

Programs include the "Bobby Rich Morning Mix" and the syndicated love show Deliliah
Delilah Rene
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 at night. The John Tesh Radio Show is featured on Sunday mornings and in the overnight hours on weekdays.

KMXZ-FM has been broadcasting since 1988. KJYK-FM 94.9 was an Easy Listening station in the 1980s that played beautiful music. KJYK was owned by Citadel Broadcasting
Citadel Broadcasting
Citadel Broadcasting Corporation was a Las Vegas, Nevada-based broadcast holding company. Citadel owned 243 radio stations across the United States and was the third-largest radio station owner in the country...

, who sold it to Duchossois Communications. Journal would later acquire the station from Duchossois.

KJYK was known as K-Joy FM 94, and was one of the stations that carried Chuck Cecil's "Swinging Years" for many years in Tucson.
KJYK 94.9 FM switched calls to KMXZ-FM 94.9 and changed formats in 1988. They started out as Soft AC station "Cloud 95" in 1988 and later evolved into Hot AC "Mix FM" in the mid-1990s.

In December 2007 KMXZ and Brad Behan of the Bobby and Brad Morning Show parted wayshttp://web.mac.com/studio949/Studio949/Bradsblog/Entries/2007/10/23_I%E2%80%99M_GONE_-_BUT_I%E2%80%99M_BACK.htmlhttp://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=102627, with former KZPT afternoon drive personality Greg Curtis joining the morning show.

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