KFMA

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**KFMA**

City of license	Green Valley, Arizona
Broadcast area	Tucson, Arizona
Branding	92.1 and 101.3 KFMA
Slogan	Tucson's New Rock
First air date	11/03/1995
Frequency	92.1 (MHz) 101.3 (MHz)
Format	Alternative Rock
ERP	50000 watts 50 watts
Class	C2
Owner	Lotus Commmunications Corporation
Website	http://www.kfma.com

KFMA is an alternative rock radio station that serves Tucson, Arizona. KFMA broadcasts on the frequencies of 92.1 MHz and 101.3 MHz. Although KFMA is licenced to broadcast from Green Valley, Arizona (a southern suburb of Tucson) on 92.1, the signal is sometimes hard to pick in all areas of the Tucson Metro Area due to distance reasons and the fact that KFMA has an ERP of 50000 watts. Because of this, it has a translator located in Tucson that broadcasts on 101.3

1 History
2 Programs
3 Awards
4 Logos
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] History

In the early 90s, the station was sold to Bill Yde, who eventually sold it Lotus Radio, its current owner.

Between 1992 and 1993, it was KTZN, which played a Rock and Adult Contemporary mix.

In late 1993, KTZN became 92.1 and 101.3 The Echo with the call letters KEKO. As the Echo, it was an Adult Album Alternative station. In the fall of 1995 the flip to KFMA and alternative rock was made.

KFMA began streaming audio on the internet in 2003. KFMA was the first radio station in the Tucson market to stream audio over the internet. The link can be found here

[edit] Programs

Weekdays

The current morning show on KFMA is The Frank Show, which is on from 6 AM to 10 AM. The Frank Show replaced the John and Frank Show, which replaced the John and John Show. Before that was Ted Stryker in the morning.

The current lunch-time show is Revenge, which primarily plays 1990s alternative rock hits. It airs from noon to 1 p.m.

KFMA has an evening countdown show called the 9-o-clock riot, where the top 5 requests of the day are played at 9 p.m.

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 Savings Time, which Arizona does not subscribe to). Loveline airs on KFMA nightly Sunday to Thursday.

Weekends

The syndicated radio show GottGame (a show about new video games) airs Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.

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. This program runs between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.