KMXP
Encyclopedia
KMXP is a commercial hot adult contemporary music radio station
in Phoenix, Arizona
, broadcasting on 96.9 FM
.
On-air deejays include: Mathew Blades, AJ Frey, Ron Geronimo, Bryan Allen, Amy Kelly, Stephani Young, and Phil Steiner.
was KMEO broadcasting easy listening
music programming. In the late 1980s
, the format evolved into an adult contemporary music format. In 1991, it became oldies-formatted Sunny 97 (KPSN), which would spark a whirlwind of format and callsign changes: in 1994, it became classic hits KCHT (later KHTC) (K-Hits), then changed brands but not formats to KGLQ (96.9 The Eagle). In 1998, it adopted its current format, hot adult contemporary as KMXP. The station was re-branded to its current branding known as “Mix 96.9”.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
in 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...
, broadcasting on 96.9 FM
Frequency modulation
In telecommunications and signal processing, frequency modulation conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its instantaneous frequency. This contrasts with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its frequency remains constant...
.
On-air deejays include: Mathew Blades, AJ Frey, Ron Geronimo, Bryan Allen, Amy Kelly, Stephani Young, and Phil Steiner.
KMXP HD2
KMXP's HD2 subchannel carries a Classic Alternative format called "Radio Radio" http://www.ibiquity.com/hd_radio/hdradio_find_a_station/AZ programmed by Clear Channel's "Format Lab."KMEO
Originally, 96.9 FMFrequency modulation
In telecommunications and signal processing, frequency modulation conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its instantaneous frequency. This contrasts with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its frequency remains constant...
was KMEO broadcasting easy listening
Easy listening
Easy listening is a broad style of popular music and radio format that emerged in the 1950s, evolving out of big band music, and related to MOR music as played on many AM radio stations. It encompasses the exotica, beautiful music, light music, lounge music, ambient music, and space age pop genres...
music programming. In the late 1980s
1980s
File:1980s decade montage.png|thumb|400px|From left, clockwise: The first Space Shuttle, Columbia, lifted off in 1981; American President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev eased tensions between the two superpowers, leading to the end of the Cold War; The Fall of the Berlin Wall in...
, the format evolved into an adult contemporary music format. In 1991, it became oldies-formatted Sunny 97 (KPSN), which would spark a whirlwind of format and callsign changes: in 1994, it became classic hits KCHT (later KHTC) (K-Hits), then changed brands but not formats to KGLQ (96.9 The Eagle). In 1998, it adopted its current format, hot adult contemporary as KMXP. The station was re-branded to its current branding known as “Mix 96.9”.