KFMA

KFMA

City of license	Green Valley, Arizona
Broadcast area	Tucson, Arizona
Branding	92.1 and 101.3 KFMA
Slogan	"Tucson's New Rock"
Frequency	92.1 (MHz)
Repeaters	101.3 K267AF (Tucson)
First air date	1983
Format	Modern Rock
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	150 meters
Class	C2
Facility ID	2746
Callsign meaning	K FM (Frequency Modulation) Arizona (or Alternative Rock, the format)
Owner	Lotus Communications Corporation
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kfma.com

KFMA (92.1 FM) is commercial radio station located in Green Valley, Arizona, broadcasting to the Tucson, Arizona area. KFMA airs a modern rock music format.

The signal is sometimes hard to pick in all areas of the Tucson Metro Area due to distance, and the fact that KFMA has an ERP of 50,000 watts. To overcome this, it has K267AF, a translator located in Tucson that broadcasts on 101.3, which in many parts of Tucson is much easier to hear. FM.

History

In 1982 the station began first using the calls KEZG, as a class A station, which aired easy listening and 'beautiful' music. After changing hands in the mid-80s it became KFXX, a CHR station, until it was sold to Bill Yde.

In the early 1990s, the station was sold to Bill Yde, who eventually sold it Lotus Radio, its current owner. Between October 15, 1991 and September 21, 1993, it was KTZN, which played a Rock and Adult Contemporary mix.

KTZN then became 92.1 and 101.3 The Echo with the call letters KEKO. As the Echo, it was an Adult Album Alternative station. In November of 1995 the flip to KFMA and alternative rock was made.

KFMA began streaming audio on the internet again in 2003.

Programs

The current lunch-time show is "The All Request Drive Thru Lunch", KFMA has an evening countdown show called the "9-o-clock riot", where the top 5 requests of the day are played.

The nationally syndicated radio show Loveline is currently run in the late night spot, from 10 p.m. to Midnight (11 p.m. to 1 a.m. during daylight saving time, which Arizona does not observe). Loveline airs on KFMA nightly Sunday to Thursday.

On Sundays, KFMA has the "New Music Test Department," where new songs are played on the air to determine if they should be played on the air.

Translators

Translators of KFMA

Call sign	MHz	City of license	Power (W)	Class	Additional Information
K267AF	101.3 FM	Tucson, Arizona	50	D	FCC

Awards

• Tucson Weekly Best of Tucson: public-vote winner for its radio station category (usually Best Rock Station) every year since 1996 except once.

Logos

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  KFMA Logo, circa 1998

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  Logo from circa 2002 until April 2004

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  Logo from April 2004 to present

External links

• Official website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KFMA
• Radio-Locator information on KFMA
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for KFMA