KOMR

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KOMR in Sun City, Arizona is a Spanish-language Oldies-intensive Adult Contemporary outlet serving the Phoenix area. The Univision station, along with satellite sisters KQMR in Globe and KKMR in Arizona City, is known on-air as "Recuerdo 100.3 - 106.3 FM". KOMR operates at 106.3 MHz with an ERP of 23 kW; KQMR operates at 100.3 MHz with an ERP of 70 kW, and KKMR operates at 106.5 MHz with an ERP of 6 kW.

[edit] History

KOMR was originally a Classical music outlet KONC from 1986 to 1993 when it became KEDJ in 1993.

KQMR was originally KEYX when it began targeting Phoenix in 1988 and went from Adult Alternative to Smooth Jazz in 1990 to Active Rock KZRX in 1991 to simulcasting KEDJ in 1995.

KKMR was originally at 106.3 (as KONZ) and was a simulcast of KONC's Classical format and KEDJ's Modern Rock format until 1997 when it switched frequencies and began its ill-fated stints as a Triple-A and as Oldies outlet before returning to simulcasting KEDJ in 1999.

KZRX was a hard rock format, which was at the height of its success in 1992-1993. The station went head to head with KUPD, with high profile jocks like Madd Maxx Hammer, The G-Ster, Jan Williams, Larry Mac, Rob Trygg, Twisted Tim, Tracy Lea and many other veteran KUPD jocks. On-air slogans included "Get Hard", "Arizona's Rockradio Superstation", "Arizona's Hardest", and "Z-Rock" in its first year.

In 2001 Univision (when it was Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation) acquired the three stations and flipped it to a Spanish-language Adult Contemporary station called Amor. Moments after the format change, the owners of 103.9 FM, which was Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio as KPTY, purchased the rights to the KEDJ format (minus the contract to air Howard Stern's syndicated program, which had been on 106.3 and 100.3) and call letters, as well as the Edge moniker.

In October 2005, Univision made adjustments to the Amor format making it more Oldies-driven, and changed the name to Recuerdo.

[edit] External links

• Recuerdo's website
• KZRX Memorial Fan Site
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KOMR
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KQMR
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KMRR