KRZI
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| City of license | Waco, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Waco, Texas |
| Branding | 1660 ESPN Radio |
| Frequency | 1660 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 99.1 K256BW (Waco) |
| First air date | January 9, 1998 (as KAXY) |
| Format | Sports |
| Audience share | 2.1, #11 (Fa'05, R&R[1]) |
| Power | 10,000 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 87179 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Former callsigns | KAXY (1998–1999) KRZX (1999–2004) |
| Affiliations | ESPN Radio, Westwood One |
| Owner | Simmons Media Group (Simmons Austin, LS, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KLRK, KRQX, KWBT |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1660espn.com |
KRZI (1660 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Waco, Texas, USA, the station serves the Waco area. The station is currently owned by Simmons Media Group[2] which has announced that it will be selling its entire Waco station cluster to M&M Broadcasters. The sale is expected to imminently close upon FCC approval.[3] KRZI features programming from ESPN Radio and Westwood One.
KRZI and its sister stations gained ownership by a company named Simmons Media. The transition was officially made in the summer of 2004. While the station airs local programming, roughly 75 percent is ESPN content. The stations have the broadcast rights for the NFL, the Texas Rangers, The Baylor Bears and NCAA Basketball and Football. Simmons, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, owns and operates Simmons Radio in Utah, Western Broadcasting, Simmons Lone Star Media, Simmons Outdoor Media, Simmons Ventures and the most prominent travel-related company in the Western United States, Morris Murdock Travel.
History
The station was assigned the call letters KAXY on 1998-01-09. On 1999-08-30, the station changed its call sign to KRZX, then on 2004-10-07, to the current KRZI.[4]
References
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KRZI
- Radio-Locator Information on KRZI
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KRZI
- Query the FCC's FM station database for K256BW
- Radio-Locator information on K256BW
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