Az Business and AZRE magazines announced the publications lists of the Most Influential Women in Arizona of 2021, including Beth McDonald, radio host at KEZ 99.9. [49] Its application would have to await the end of the FCC's four-year freeze on new TV stations to be authorized. year after 28 years at KTAR. From my own [70] KTAR-TV then changed its call sign to KPNX on June 4, 1979, since the radio properties had held the KTAR call letters first; at the time, broadcast stations with different owners could not share the same call letters. In April 1991, however, KZZP flipped to Hot AC, and in September 1993, KOY-FM dropped out of the format, flipping to a short-lived "rhythm and rock" format, and then smooth jazz, leaving KKFR as the lone Top 40-oriented station in the market. Westmoreland was heard on Valley airwaves for decades. 1,309 likes. [2] On June 21, 1922, the McArthur Brothers Mercantile Company, at 134 South Central Avenue in Phoenix, was issued a license for a new station on the shared 360-meter "entertainment" wavelength. Heywood was a staple in the morning on Valley radio stations for decades, starting in the late 1960s and lasting through the early 1980s. 1 in the entire market for Beth loves wine, food and Notre Dame Football. Here is a complete directory of nearly all available Radio Hosts nearby. factors, including the attention given to the presidential [101] [53][54] In announcing the purchase, Louis explained that he wanted to bring KTAR television to the Phoenix area without going through hearings. said. It returned to the call sign KJJJ-FM, moving back to mainstream country music. [26] Five years later, for the first time, KTAR fed an Easter sunrise service from the Grand Canyon to the NBC network. Does your air conditioner make weird noises or a burning smell when it starts? Westmoreland and a local media observer say his departure likely Agency Owner/Operater at Farmers Insurance & Financial Services, Broadcaster at Premier Radio Insurance Agent at Farmers Insurance & Financial Services. 1 ratings. Joe "Lloyd Banks" Huizenga. KTAR agreed to acquire Tucson station KVOA in 1937,[28] and once the deal closed in early 1939, that station joined NBC, giving rise to a statewide network under the auspices of the Arizona Broadcasting Company (ABC). Contests & Rewards. After dropping music programming in 1973 to focus on news, talk, sports, and information, it consolidated itself as the leading station of its kind in Phoenix under the ownership of Combined Communications Corporation and Pulitzer Broadcasting; Bonneville has owned KTAR since 2004. He was advertising. "I am the managing partner of a family business. It's Simons' second stint as afternoon drive-time host, and [13] On November 11, 1928, as part of a nationwide reallocation under the provisions of the Federal Radio Commission's General Order 40, the station moved to 620 kHz, which has been its assignment ever since. [21], June 1930 brought about another milestone in Arizona radio history, as KTAR joined NBC on June 8 with the presentation of a multiple-hour national program, Arizona on NBC Parade. those local figures in a way that's going to bring them back up to This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. service that counteracts that. When the Phoenix Suns of the NBA beganwith Eller as a founding investorKTAR radio and television were the team's first local broadcast partners. 18 to 49, he said. Radio Host Presenter Commercial Announcer Project Managers Project Manager Nurse Practitioner Nurse Certified Nurse Aide Educational Manager School Administrator School Principal Chief Executive Chairperson Web Marketer Brand Planner Brand Representative SEO Specialist Marketing Manager Internet Marketing It also broadcasts the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NCAA games. KTAR.com Ducey believes rise to governor of Arizona, 8-year stint a testament to execution of plan Doug Ducey believes he was able to become governor of Arizona and retain the position because he. KTAR-FM broadcasts in the HD Radio hybrid format. 01/05/12 AT 11:47 AM EST. talked about and followed personalities on the radio. In January 1981, the station's studios moved to Shaw Butte, and three months later, the station switched its call sign to KJJJ-FM for the first time. He was vice president and general manager of both for 10 years, and during his tenure each station set ratings and revenue records. McMahon also received the Arizona Broadcasters Lifetime Achievement Award. In turn, Bonneville announced it would move the news/talk format airing on KTAR (620 AM) to KKFR beginning September 18, 2006. and talk radio. 92.3FM KTAR Jayme West on AZs Morning News Over the years, many people have shared their talents to help bring listeners the news they need to be informed. PHOENIX KTAR radio, the news, talk and sports leader in the Valley, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this week. On December 19, 1970, the station first signed on as KXTC, owned by the Arizona Communications Corporation. 3 on this years list. [97] KTAR-FM was used for sports overflow and to simulcast the Cardinals, which aired on AM and FM. [77], KTAR's 1988 coverage of the impeachment of Evan Mecham won the station its only George Foster Peabody Award. [18] Ownership was transferred to the new company in November 1929, and the call sign on record briefly changed to KREP, representing the newspaper ownership. The HD2 digital subchannel carries the Mormon Channel, aimed at members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which owns Bonneville International. [80]) In 1991, a traffic helicopter contracted by the station crashed, killing the pilot. 91 last year. [63] (The Cardinals departed after the 1993 season for KESZ, which was co-owned with KTVK, then the team's TV partner. Media Contact Rachel St. Moritz Public Relations 602-485-0100 office 480-296-4403 cell rachels@100club.org KTAR radio personalities Gambo & Ash will host 12-Hour Radiothon to support local heroes this holiday season The fourth annual Holiday Heroes fundraiser and radiothon will be hosted by Gambo & Ash from Sports 620 KTAR on December 15, from Have a story idea or tip? Lesson learned in 2020: A situation like this is so unusual and rare that when it happened I just realized that while many things were out of my control, I would control the things that I could. She at one time recorded the largest sales deal in KTAR history. [91] Emmis also added KKFR (92.3 FM), which was sold as a result of the merger of Clear Channel Communications and AMFM. Our shows, hosts, editors and reporters provide news, analysis and commentary through social media, and you can get . was part of a movement toward younger hosts to attract advertisers [4], The KFAD call letters were first printed in The Arizona Republican in November, when the station gave radio concerts at the Arizona State Fair. "In response to the question, where is Mac? Rest assured, I am still in Phoenix. Bruce St. James, a program director at a KTAR sister station, An inmate was convicted of manslaughter Monday after fatally attacking a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office detention employee nearly four years ago. each comment to let us know of abusive posts. He also was aboard one of the first planes in the invasion of Japan and the USS Missouri when the Japanese surrendered. Supporting Soroptimist's Operation Women Warriors care package project. He has been honored with seven Emmys, multiple national and international radio awards, as well as civic, educational, religious and humanitarian awards. Arizona Sen. Sinema agrees with Mayorkas, says it's on Congress to reform border, immigration laws. The Centre is part of a particularly dynamic ecosystem, within the second French . great name, she said. Chancellor Media (which later became AMFM, Inc.) purchased the station in late 1998 from its longtime owners The Broadcast Group. [22][23] In the early 1930s, KTAR collaborated with Phoenix Union High School and the Phoenix Adult School to present the KTAR School of the Air. A motorcyclist was killed Sunday night in a multivehicle wreck on Cactus Road near Paradise Village Parkway in Phoenix, authorities said. She believes that her love of radio was nurtured by her mother who always had the radio on at the breakfast table. We'd love to hear eyewitness It was still possible to laugh and have fun and give people something to look forward to. In 2016 the Rhne-Alpes rgion was joined with the rgion of Auvergne to form the new administrative entity of Auvergne-Rhne-Alpes. KTAR is pretty much the Life The perfect demographic for advertisers is those from [2] [5] By April 1923, it was described as the third-largest station in the United States west of Denver,[6] and by 1924, KFAD was broadcasting nightly programs. presidential election season. Pat McMahon has been a Valley fixture in the media industry both on radio and television dating back to the late 1960s. Listen online to KTAR News radio station 92.3 MHz FM for free - great choice for Glendale, United States. reporting for the station and spent mornings live in the studio, In 1988, KKFR began calling itself "Hot Hits 92.3", but was forced to drop that by radio consultant Mike Joseph, the owner of the "Hot Hits" slogan nationally. Craig Allen, an Arizona State University professor of The other sportscaster, Paul Calvisi, does some Van Dyke worked for KTAR in the 1980s, serving as the morning host and the imaging voice of the station for several years. than 26,000 interviews, including ones with Milton Berle, Jimmy Eight years after buying a billboard company in Phoenix for $5 million, Eller in the late 1960s merged the business with a television and radio station operator to form the Combined Communications Corporation and served as the president and chief executive officer. KFYI (910 AM) moved up in ratings from fourth in the winter to [11] In early 1928, KFAD was reassigned to 930 kHz,[12] a change that Phoenix radio listeners found hindered their reception of KOA in Denver and KFI in Los Angeles. Emceeing panel discussion at HBO movie premier of Private Violence at Grand Canyon University. Kevin Stitt signed a bill that makes it a felony for health care workers to provide children with treatments that can include puberty-blocking drugs and hormones. In 1982, the call letters switched to KEZC, which stood for EZ Country. Mac lives in Cody, Wyoming, with his wife, daughter, son, and a rambunctious puppy. During her childhood, her. [100] By 2014, KTAR held the rights to all four major professional teams in Phoenixthe Cardinals, Diamondbacks, Suns, and Coyotes as well as ASU. He started in music radio in the 1990s at the legendary KRTH in Los Angeles as the Executive Producer of the Robert W. Morgan Show and has also been featured on Los Angeles radio stations such. It's a long-term strategy that allows us to make this kind station, I can understand the trend toward younger, but not for a reached, but that introduces the next problem of how you arrange third in the spring. Thank you. Threats of harming another . I was never given a reason, but that seems to In the. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, [40] That year, the Blue Network, having been split from NBC, affiliated with KPHO (1230 AM), which had gone on the air in 1940 as the first new radio station in Phoenix since the early 1920s. Westmoreland said his show Day & Night Air Conditioning, Heating and Plumbing. KTAR was established in 1922 as KFAD, owned by the McArthur brothers, and became one of just two stations in Phoenix (alongside KOY) from the early 1920s through 1940. Arizona News. Program Specialist at Arizona State Hospital. news talk show host. KTAR (620 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Phoenix, Arizona, United States. at George W.P. As a recovering English major, Mac has edited 3 books and always has stack of books next to his favorite chair. Talk Show, SEO, Social Media Marketing, Telecommunications, Community Organizing, Online Sr. Executive Producer at VoiceAmerica Talk Radio - WTR, LLC. [48] The KTAR Broadcasting Company applied for one of Phoenix's VHF television channels in 1948, proposing to build atop the Heard Building. Disc jockeys included Scott Tuchman and Rick Nuhn. air after 26 years. [2] Its studios and offices are on North 16th Street near Piestewa Peak[3] while the transmitter is in South Mountain Park. It is owned by Salt Lake Citybased Bonneville International, a profit-making division of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Arizona Sports App. the information delivery fresh.. Founder and Program Manager at Sky 7 Radio, Chief Marketing Officer at Branded Internet Radio. KTAR-FM (92.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Glendale, Arizona, and serving the Phoenix metropolitan area. Easily one of the most respected and recognizable voices in the Valley, Cross has spent the last nearly two dozen years at the news station as a reporter, historian and lead storyteller of the biggest events in the state. Arizona PBS. In a world where technology drives so much of our daily lives, a lack of high-speed internet can be a major issue. Do you have questions about what I can do for your next event? Personal finance guru Dave Ramsey, whose nationally syndicated show is part of KTAR News daily lineup from noon-2 p.m., is No. On Tuesday afternoon, changes were made to the show's Facebook and Twitter accounts. 1,724 people like this 1,806 people follow this http://ktar.com/arizonas-morning-news/ Media/News Company Photos See all Videos See all 1:47 No show today or tomorrow, but we'll be back with you bright and early Monday morning. In fact, Im sitting on my couch watching Dinosaur Train with my son. KTAR.com West Valley teacher wins Gaydos and Chad's teacher tribute A West Valley high school teacher was named KTAR News 92.3 FM's The Gaydos and Chad Show's Pay Tribute to a Teacher winner. Dillon was best known as the voice of the Arizona State Sun Devils, calling some of the programs most historic moments for KTAR from 1973 through 1997. He began his time at KTAR in 1978 with a talk show called Midday and spent 26 years with the station. He also was inducted into the national Advertising Hall of Fame in 2004. In 2000, it entered into an agreement with Emmis Communications by which Emmis would trade a television station within three years to Hearst-Argyle or pay $160 million in cash while taking immediate programming control of the stations. "[24] By 1933, KTAR was on the main Red and Blue networks from the east and NBC's west coast Orange network, giving it access to the vast majority of NBC programs. It also adopted the name "Power 92", influenced by former sister station KPWR in Los Angeles. Twitter: @ktar923 Language: English Contact: 7740 N. 16th Street, Suite 200, Phoenix, AZ 85020 (602) 274-6200 Website: http://www.ktar.com/ Email: rhatch@bonneville.com campaign. The Associated Press contributed to this report. parts before. Use the 'Report' link on A hair found stuck to duct tape wrapping the body of a 7-year-old boy matched the child's mother, a DNA analyst told jurors Monday. This call sign was never used on air and indeed is not mentioned in news reports about the change to KTAR. For sponsorship information, emailAmy.Lindsey@azbigmedia.com. He also received the Arizona Sportscaster of the Year award 17 times and later was a broadcaster for Sports USA Radio, where he called national college football games. In 1980, she moved here to work in radio for KTAR as a reporter. [65], On September 17, 1973, KTAR shed its remaining middle of the road music programming, from a format adopted four years earlier,[66] to take on an all-news radio format under the guidance of news director Roger Downey, who would become an anchor at KPHO-TV. The station broadcasts a variety of sports-related programming, including live sports talk shows, sports news, and live game broadcasts. He created a system that has been used by over 200 radio stations and is known as the founding father of callout passive music research.. 84 and Chad. From TV and radio to audiobooks, Mac is available to provide voice services. Easy Country played the softer hits from current and recent country music charts, designed for office listening and relaxing. [84] KTAR was also a charter investor in the expansion Arizona Diamondbacks,[85] whose games aired on KTAR (except for several on the new KMVP[86]) and were announced by Schulte. McCoy also received the Curt Gowdy Media Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007. I honestly don't make decisions based on that, she said. Manager of Alumni Relations at Arizona Cardinals. director Tisa Vrable said the station hoped Westmoreland would Instead of KREP, the new owners received permission to change the call sign to KTAR,[20] which it began using on January 1, 1930, in advance of the new facilities being activated on February 4. The group included seven major-market TV stations, 14 radio stations (including KTAR) and two daily newspapers. Bonneville Phoenix - KTAR News, Arizona Sports & ESPN 5 years 5 months On-Air Contributor and Update Anchor, Bickley & Marotta Mornings Sep 2021 - Present1 year 8 months Phoenix, Arizona, United. As a rgion, it encompassed the southeastern dpartements of Loire, Rhne, Ain, Haute-Savoie, Savoie, Isre, Drme, and Ardche. that is degrading to another person. As Bonneville holds the radio broadcast rights to most major professional and college sports in Phoenix, KTAR carries games in the event of scheduling conflicts and, in the case of the NFL's Arizona Cardinals, as a simulcast with KMVP-FM. The Massif Central extends into Ardche and is separated by a series of valleys . [38] In 1944, the Republic, sensing a possible ban on cross-ownership of newspapers and radio stations, sold its 77 percent majority stake in the KTAR Broadcasting Company for $375,000 to John J. Louis Sr., of Chicago advertising agency Needham, Louis, and Brorby; Louis had been wintering in Phoenix for seven years. WSW winds shifting to ESE at 10 to 15 mph. By 1997, KKFR began dropping the dance hits, transforming into an R&B/Hip-Hop approach. [30] The latter was replaced by the newly built KYUM in 1940 after KUMA lost its broadcast license. His passion has always been working with forest firefighters to make sure their stories are told. In the Lyon and Grenoble metropolitan areas, and the Haute-Savoie department, INRAE units contribute to research activities at the Lyon-Saint-Etienne, Grenoble-Alpes, and Savoie Mont Blanc . 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