KIDR, 740AM, is a Spanish Language news/talk station serving the Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

, area. KIDR has been an affiliate of Catholic Radio Network, Beat Radio

Beat Radio

Beat Radio originally was an unlicensed radio station in Minneapolis, Minnesota that played dance music. Founded by local radio DJ and programmer, Alan Freed, in 1996, the station served downtown Minneapolis and surrounding neighborhoods and reached into the western, northwestern and southwestern...

, Radio AAHS

Radio AAHS

Radio AAHS was a radio network managed by the Children's Broadcasting Corporation. Its flagship station was WWTC-AM 1280 in Minneapolis, which broadcast from the former First Federal Bank building at Highway 100 and Excelsior Boulevard in St. Louis Park. At its height in 1996, Radio AAHS had 29...

, and Radio Disney in the past.

KIDR is owned by Multicultural Broadcasting. The station was acquired from Radio Unica in 2003, as part of a $150 million transaction http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA330336.html?display=Business. The stations were sold as part of the bankruptcy liquidation of Radio Unica.http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2003/10/06/daily5.html.

The current operation is identified on the web site as "Group W", and the business address and telephone number on the web site match those of the business office of Radio Unica in Phoenix.