KCEE is a commercial radio station

Radio station

Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...

 located in Cortaro, Arizona

Cortaro, Arizona

Cortaro is an unincorporated community in Pima County, Arizona, United States. Cortaro is located along Interstate 10 northwest of Tucson. Cortaro has a post office with ZIP code 85652....

, broadcasting to the Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...

 area on 690 AM

Amplitude modulation

Amplitude modulation is a technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting information via a radio carrier wave. AM works by varying the strength of the transmitted signal in relation to the information being sent...

. KCEE airs an adult standards

Adult standards

Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.Adult standards is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens...

 music format. The station is currently owned by Good News Communications, who bought the station in order to swap its former frequency of 1030 KHz with the one of Good News' talk station KVOI

KVOI

KCEE is a commercial radio station located in Cortaro, Arizona, broadcasting to the Tucson, Arizona area on 690 AM. KCEE airs an adult standards music format...

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History

The station went on the air as KEVT in 1953

1953 in radio

The year 1953 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.-Events:*January 15: Harry Truman becomes the first US president to broadcast his farewell address on radio and television....

. On July 29, 1981

1981 in radio

The year 1981 in radio involved some significant events.-Debuts:* September 22 - WCAU-FM in Philadelphia debuts a new Hot Hits format called "98 Now!" which sweeps the local ratings and inspires parent company CBS to look at converting its other FM stations to similar formats.* October — "The...

, the station changed its call sign

Call sign

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 to KVOI. On July 1, 2009

2009 in radio

The following events occurred in radio in 2009.- Events :* January 1: Kurdish TV starts broadcasting in Turkey.* January: Michael Smerconish, morning host at talk radio WPHT Philadelphia, begins syndication of his morning show to WHFS in Washington and WOR in New York City.* January 17: Two well...

, the station swapped formats and call signs with 1030 AM in Cortaro, becoming KCEE.