KMVP-FM

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KMVP-FM
City of license	Phoenix, Arizona
Broadcast area	Phoenix, Arizona
Branding	Arizona Sports
Frequency	98.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) 98.7-HD2: Totally 80s
First air date	July 1960 (as KTAR-FM)
Format	Sports Talk
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	545 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	52514
Callsign meaning	K Most Valuable Player
Former callsigns	KTAR-FM (1960-1974) KBBC (1974-1982) KKLT (1982-2005) KPKX (2005-2014)
Affiliations	ESPN Radio
Owner	Bonneville International
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	arizonasports.com

KMVP-FM (98.7 FM) is the callsign for a radio station in Phoenix, Arizona simulcast on 620 AM (callsign KTAR), branded as "Arizona Sports". It airs programming from ESPN Radio, in addition to Arizona Sports-acquired broadcast rights for local teams. Arizona Sports is owned by Bonneville International Corporation.

Arizona Sports is the flagship station of the National Basketball Association's Phoenix Suns, the National Football League's Arizona Cardinals, the Arizona State University Sun Devils' football games, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks. Arizona Sports owns all but a few of the major sports team rights in the Phoenix market.

History

Early years

98.7 FM signed on in July 1960 as KTAR-FM, co-owned with KTAR and KTAR-TV (now KPNX). In the mid-1970s, the station became KBBC broadcasting easy listening music programming. KBBC became one of the nation's pioneers in a format that became known as "Soft Rock" under the programming direction of J.D. Freeman who moved over from KNIX-FM afternoon drive.

KKLT

In 1982, the format evolved into a soft adult contemporary music format branded as "K-Lite" along with a change of call letters to KKLT. The staff included program director Marc McCoy and sales manager Ken Hoag.

KPKX

On May 28, 2004, the format was changed to adult hits (along with a change of call letters to KPKX on May 9, 2005). The first song on "The Peak" was "A Change Would Do You Good" by Sheryl Crow. Since then, various format tweaks molded the station into a true variety frequency.

Arizona Sports FM

At 10 AM on January 6, 2014, KPKX flipped to a simulcast of sports talk-formatted 620 AM. On January 9, 2014, KPKX changed their call letters to KMVP-FM.

External links

Station website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KMVP

Radio-Locator information on KMVP

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KMVP

v t e Radio stations in the Phoenix metropolitan area

by FM frequency	88.3¹/88.3² 89.1 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.5 92.3 92.7 93.3 93.9 94.1 94.5 95.1 95.5 96.3 96.9 97.5 97.9 98.3 98.7 99.3 99.9 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.5 102.1 102.5 103.1 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.3 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.9 107.1 107.9

by AM frequency	550 620 710 740 860 910 960 1010 1060 1100 1150 1190 1230 1260 1280 1310 1330 1360 1400 1440 1480 1510 1540 1580 1640

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

by callsign	KAHM KAJM KASA KASC KAZG KBAQ KBMB KBSZ KCDX KCKY KDKB KDUS KDVA KEC94 KESZ KEXX KFLR KFNN KFNX KFYI KGME KHOT KHOV KIDR KIHP KJAG KJZZ KKFR KKNT KLNZ KLVA KLVK KMIK KMLE KMVA KMVP KMVP-FM KMXP KMZQ-FM KNAI¹/KPHF² KNIX KNRJ KNUV KOMR KOOL KOY KPHX KPXQ KQMR KRDE KSLX KSUN KSWG KTAR KTAR-FM KUPD KVIB KVIT KVVA KWSS-LP KXEG KXXT KYOT KZON KZZP

¹-Daytime hours ²-Nighttime hours (KNAI and KPHF are timeshare stations) Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 219 Sirius Channel 157 Arizona radio markets Flagstaff-Prescott Phoenix Tucson Other Arizona radio regions Kingman Lake Havasu City Nogales Yuma See also List of radio stations in Arizona

v t e Sports Radio Stations in the state of Arizona

Stations:	KCUB - Tucson KDUS - Tempe KFFN - Tucson KGME - Phoenix KMVP-FM - Phoenix KTAR - Phoenix KXFF - Colorado City

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Arizona See also ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio

v t e Bonneville International

Radio stations	KIRO KIRO-FM KMVP KMVP-FM KRSP-FM KSFI KSL-AM/FM KSWD KTAR KTAR-FM KTTH

Television stations	KSL-TV (NBC) KJZZ-TV§

§ Operated by KSL, owned by Larry H. Miller Communications See also: BYU Broadcasting

Coordinates: 33°19′59″N 112°03′50″W / 33.333°N 112.064°W / 33.333; -112.064

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