KESZ
| City of license | Phoenix, Arizona |
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| Broadcast area | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Branding | "99.9KEZ-FM" |
| Frequency | 99.9 (MHz) (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1979 |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 519 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 40992 |
| Callsign meaning | EaSZ(The Z substitutes for the Y) |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications |
| Sister stations | KFYI, KGME, KMXP, KNIX, KOY, KYOT, KZZP |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.kez999.com |
KESZ, 99.9KEZ-FM, is an Adult Contemporary outlet based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Clear Channel Communications station broadcasts at 99.9 MHz with an ERP of 99 kW.
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[edit] History
KESZ, which signed on the air in 1979 as a Spanish-language station, made the evolution to its current format in 1988. In 1999, Clear Channel added the station to its Phoenix cluster.
The station is anchored by the highly-successful "Beth and Bill Show," its Morning Drive Program since approximately 1990 (hosted by Beth McDonald and former KPNX meteorologist Bill Austin). The show was renamed Beth and Friends after Bill Austin retired in early 2010 due to his battle with cancer. On June 2, 2010, Bill Austin (real name William Austin Waggoner) died of bladder cancer.[1]
Other KESZ hosts include Kevin Gossett (3pm-7pm), Robin Rock (10am-3pm), and Lori Bradley (evenings). All three also appear on radio stations owned by Clear Channel in other markets. Gossett is based in Phoenix, and also serves as KESZ's Program Director, while Rock is based in Chicago and Bradley in Seattle.
[edit] Traditions.
Each year after Thanksgiving, the station has a tradition of playing "Non-Stop Christmas Music". Beth and Friends still air as regularly scheduled but the songs they play are strictly Christmas music.
In 2008-2011 the music has started prior to Thanksgiving.
[edit] Competitors
The station competes with two of its sister stations. One competitor is KMXP, which is Hot AC and excludes the 70's hits on KESZ. Another competitor is KYOT, which offers a Rhythmic AC format (although it was a competitor for many years with its Smooth Jazz/Smooth AC format).
[edit] KESZ HD2
KESZ's HD2 subchannel is programming the Format Lab's "Classic Hits" format consisting of songs from the 60s, 70s and 80s.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Station website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KESZ
- Radio-Locator information on KESZ
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KESZ
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