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{{Short description|Radio station in Phoenix}}
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{{Infobox radio station
{{Infobox radio station
| name = KSUN
| name = KSUN
| image = File:KSUN LaMejor1400am logo.png
| logo =
| city = [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], [[Arizona]]
| city = [[Phoenix, Arizona]]
| area = [[Phoenix metropolitan area]]
| area = [[Phoenix metropolitan area]]
| slogan = ''¡Aquí Nomás!''
| branding = ''La Mejor 106.5 FM / 1400 AM''
| branding = ''La Mejor 1400''
| frequency = 1400 [[kHz]]
| translator = {{Radio Relay|106.5|K293CO|Phoenix}}
| frequency = 1400 [[kHz]]
| airdate =
| airdate = {{start date|1954|8|28}}
| share =
| format = [[Regional Mexican]]
| share as of =
| power = 1,000 [[watt]]s unlimited
| share source =
| erp =
| format = [[Regional Mexican]]
| haat =
| power = 1,000 [[watt]]s
| class = C
| erp =
| facility_id = 21430
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| haat =
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| coordinates = {{coord|33|23|23|N|111|59|52|W|region:US-AZ_type:landmark}}
| class = C
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| callsign_meaning = Valley of the Sun (a common nickname for the Phoenix area)
| facility_id = 21430
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|KONI (1954–1961)|KXIV (1961–1982)}}
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| coordinates = {{coord|33|23|23.00|N|111|59|52.00|W|region:US_type:city}}
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| owner = Marquez Communications, Inc.
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| callsign_meaning = Valley of the '''SUN''' (a common nickname for the Phoenix area)
| former_callsigns = KONI, KXIV
| licensee = Fiesta Radio, Inc.
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| sister_stations =
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| owner = Marquez Communications, Inc.
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| webcast = [http://68.110.173.186:8000/listen.pls Listen] (requires [[RealPlayer]] or [[Winamp]])
| licensee = Fiesta Radio, Inc.
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| website = {{url|http://www.lamejorphoenix1400.com/}}
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| sister_stations =
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| affiliations = [[MVS Radio]]
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| webcast = [http://68.110.173.186:8000/listen.pls Listen] (requires [[RealPlayer]] or [[Winamp]])
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| website = {{url|http://www.lamejorphoenix1400.com/}}
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| affiliations =
}}
}}


'''KSUN''' (1400 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a Spanish-language radio station broadcasting out of [[Phoenix, Arizona]] and serving the [[Phoenix metropolitan area]]. It is locally owned by the Marques brothers and operates a [[regional Mexican]] music format under the branding "La Mejor". The station is also the Spanish-language [[play-by-play]] home of [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] baseball games and [[Phoenix Suns]] basketball games.
'''KSUN''' (1400 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a Spanish-language [[radio station]] broadcasting out of [[Phoenix, Arizona]], and serving the [[Phoenix metropolitan area]]. It is locally owned by the Marques brothers and operates a [[regional Mexican]] music format under the branding "La Mejor". The station simulcasts on translator at K293CO 106.5 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]. The station is also the Spanish-language [[play-by-play]] home of [[Phoenix Suns]] basketball games and [[Phoenix Rising FC]] soccer matches.


==History==
==History==
The station signed on August 28, 1954, as KONI, the ninth radio station in Phoenix;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33290167/|title=9th Valley Radio Station Takes To Air 6 A.M. Today|work=Arizona Republic|date=August 28, 1954|page=10|access-date=June 26, 2019}}</ref> originally KBLR, the station's callsign changed by the time it signed on. KONI became KXIV in 1961. Until 1982, KXIV was programmed with a [[Middle of the road (music)|middle of the road (MOR)]] music format. The station was co-owned by Ira Lavin and actor [[Dick Van Dyke]] (an Arizona resident).<ref>"[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1965/1965-08-23-BC.pdf Ownership changes]", ''[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]''. August 23, 1965. p. 84. Retrieved January 6, 2020.</ref><ref>"[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1982/BC-1982-07-05.pdf Changing Hands]", ''[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]''. July 5, 1982. p. 69. Retrieved January 6, 2020.</ref> [[Disc jockey]]s included George Scott, Jack Dey, Jim Hutton, Paul B. Mundt, and Jim Spero (who also served as [[program director]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://keyproductionstv.com/kxiv.html |title=KXIV Radio |access-date=September 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100121020055/http://keyproductionstv.com/kxiv.html |archive-date=January 21, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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[[File:KSUN logo.jpg|200px|right|thumb|KSUN Radio Fiesta logo]]
1400 AM in Phoenix received its license in 1955; originally KBLR, the station's callsign became KONI by the time it signed on and '''KXIV''' in 1961. Through the mid-1980s, KXIV was programmed with a [[Middle of the road (music)|middle of the road (MOR)]] music format. The station was co-owned by Ira Lavin and actor [[Dick Van Dyke]] (a Phoenix resident). [[Disc jockey]]s included George Scott, Jack Dey, Jim Hutton, Paul B. Mundt, and Jim Spero (who also served as [[program director]]).<ref>http://keyproductionstv.com/kxiv.html</ref>


Van Dyke and Lavin sold KXIV in 1982 to local real estate developer Michael Levin, who relaunched the station with a [[news/talk]] format as KSUN, featuring personalities from [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] TalkRadio Network, [[NBC|NBC's]] [[NBC Talknet|Talknet]] and audio from [[HLN (TV network)|CNN2]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33290184/|date=August 8, 1982|first=Bud|last=Wilkinson|access-date=June 26, 2019|title=Owner tones down programming game plan for KSUN|page=99|work=Arizona Republic}}</ref> The call letters had been sold to Levin by the previous [[KSUN (Bisbee, Arizona)|KSUN in Bisbee]], at the time silent and in receivership.<ref name="quality">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34976904/quality_picks_are_nbc_new_arizona/|first=David|last=Hatfield|work=Arizona Daily Star|date=June 4, 1982|access-date=August 17, 2019|title=Quality picks are NBC, new 'Arizona Illustrated'}}</ref> Hourly discount auctions through a segment called "BarterBank" were also heavily advertised. Levin's tenure running KSUN was marred by suspicious vandalism<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33290194/|date=February 21, 1983|access-date=June 26, 2019|title=KSUN down: Vandals twice knock radio station off the air|page=D20|work=Arizona Republic}}</ref> and layoffs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33290201/|date=January 2, 1983|first=Bud|last=Wilkinson|access-date=June 26, 2019|title=Stiff competition inspired better programming in 1982|page=F12|work=Arizona Republic}}</ref> The station fell into bankruptcy and went silent on Memorial Day weekend 1983.{{r|caz}}
The station changed to a Spanish-language format in 1987, adopting the long-running name Radio Fiesta.<ref>http://www.radiofiesta.net/somos.html</ref>


CAZ Broadcasting bought KSUN out of bankruptcy in 1984,<ref name="caz">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33290204/|date=June 21, 1984|first=Bud|last=Wilkinson|access-date=June 26, 2019|title=KSUN sold; new owners plan autumn debut|page=F5|work=Arizona Republic}}</ref> and brought the station back the next year as an affiliate of the original [[Radio AAHS]], a radio service developed for children, with adult-oriented music at night.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33290211/ksun_plans_to_usher_in_dawn_of/|date=May 17, 1985|first=Bud|last=Wilkinson|access-date=June 26, 2019|title=KSUN plans to usher in dawn of children's radio programs|page=E15|work=Arizona Republic}}</ref> By 1986, KSUN was running jazz full-time with minor league baseball play-by-play of the [[Phoenix Firebirds]], having lost Radio AAHS when Children's Radio Network opted to cease distributing it outside of its owned-and-operated stations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33290216/|date=April 3, 1986|first=Bud|last=Wilkinson|access-date=June 26, 2019|title=Radio station KSUN forced to drop children's format|page=E5|work=Arizona Republic}}</ref> After an abortive attempt to sell the station to TransCom, owners of [[KESZ|KLZI]] 99.9 FM,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33290230/|date=June 25, 1986|first=Bud|last=Wilkinson|access-date=June 26, 2019|title='NewsChannel 3' adds new sportscasters to lineup|page=G5|work=Arizona Republic}}</ref> and going silent again at the end of summer, Fiesta Radio purchased the station in November 1986.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33290235/|date=December 11, 1986|first=Bud|last=Wilkinson|access-date=June 26, 2019|title=NBC's '1986' TV news magazine will never see 1987|page=F6|work=Arizona Republic}}</ref>
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In 2015, the station partnered with Mexican radio company [[MVS Radio]] to launch its regional Mexican La Mejor format in Phoenix. However, KSUN retained its local sports coverage and events, thus airing it under the Deportes MVS brand.
Radio Fiesta officially signed on March 23, 1987.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33290247/|work=Arizona Republic|title=KTVK-TV wins contract to show ASU sports package|date=March 23, 1987|first=Bud|last=Wilkinson|access-date=June 26, 2019}}</ref> The station became a sports play-by-play specialist; it was the long-time home of Spanish broadcasts of the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] (now on [[KHOV]]), first carrying all 162 games in 2004,<ref>{{cite news|work=Arizona Republic|title=MLB: Diamondbacks|date=January 30, 2004|access-date=June 26, 2019|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33290296/}}</ref> and continues to carry Suns games. In 2021, the station will broadcast [[Phoenix Rising FC]] games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.phxrisingfc.com/news_article/show/1160772|title=Phoenix Rising FC 2021 Broadcast Schedule|publisher=Phoenix Rising Communications|date=November 11, 2020|accessdate=April 28, 2021}}</ref>
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[[File:KSUN LaMejor1400am logo.png|200px|right|thumb|KSUN La Mejor logo before translator sign on]]
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In 2015, the station partnered with Mexican radio company [[MVS Radio]] to launch its regional Mexican La Mejor format in Phoenix.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{AM station data|KSUN}}
{{AM station data|21430|KSUN}}
*[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=45729 FCC History Cards for KSUN]


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[[Category:Regional Mexican radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Regional Mexican radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1954]]

[[Category:1954 establishments in Arizona]]

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Latest revision as of 07:38, 24 July 2024

For the former radio station in Bisbee, see KSUN (Bisbee, Arizona). For the airport serving Hailey, Idaho, assigned the ICAO code KSUN, see Friedman Memorial Airport.

KSUN
Broadcast areaPhoenix metropolitan area
Frequency1400 kHz
BrandingLa Mejor 106.5 FM / 1400 AM
Programming
FormatRegional Mexican
AffiliationsMVS Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Marquez Communications, Inc.
  • (Fiesta Radio, Inc.)
History
First air date
August 28, 1954 (1954-08-28)
Former call signs
  • KONI (1954–1961)
  • KXIV (1961–1982)
Call sign meaning
Valley of the Sun (a common nickname for the Phoenix area)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID21430
ClassC
Power1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
33°23′23″N 111°59′52″W / 33.38972°N 111.99778°W / 33.38972; -111.99778
Translator(s)106.5 K293CO (Phoenix)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen (requires RealPlayer or Winamp)
Websitewww.lamejorphoenix1400.com

KSUN (1400 AM) is a Spanish-language radio station broadcasting out of Phoenix, Arizona, and serving the Phoenix metropolitan area. It is locally owned by the Marques brothers and operates a regional Mexican music format under the branding "La Mejor". The station simulcasts on translator at K293CO 106.5 FM. The station is also the Spanish-language play-by-play home of Phoenix Suns basketball games and Phoenix Rising FC soccer matches.

History

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The station signed on August 28, 1954, as KONI, the ninth radio station in Phoenix;[2] originally KBLR, the station's callsign changed by the time it signed on. KONI became KXIV in 1961. Until 1982, KXIV was programmed with a middle of the road (MOR) music format. The station was co-owned by Ira Lavin and actor Dick Van Dyke (an Arizona resident).[3][4] Disc jockeys included George Scott, Jack Dey, Jim Hutton, Paul B. Mundt, and Jim Spero (who also served as program director).[5]

Van Dyke and Lavin sold KXIV in 1982 to local real estate developer Michael Levin, who relaunched the station with a news/talk format as KSUN, featuring personalities from ABC's TalkRadio Network, NBC's Talknet and audio from CNN2.[6] The call letters had been sold to Levin by the previous KSUN in Bisbee, at the time silent and in receivership.[7] Hourly discount auctions through a segment called "BarterBank" were also heavily advertised. Levin's tenure running KSUN was marred by suspicious vandalism[8] and layoffs.[9] The station fell into bankruptcy and went silent on Memorial Day weekend 1983.[10]

CAZ Broadcasting bought KSUN out of bankruptcy in 1984,[10] and brought the station back the next year as an affiliate of the original Radio AAHS, a radio service developed for children, with adult-oriented music at night.[11] By 1986, KSUN was running jazz full-time with minor league baseball play-by-play of the Phoenix Firebirds, having lost Radio AAHS when Children's Radio Network opted to cease distributing it outside of its owned-and-operated stations.[12] After an abortive attempt to sell the station to TransCom, owners of KLZI 99.9 FM,[13] and going silent again at the end of summer, Fiesta Radio purchased the station in November 1986.[14] Radio Fiesta officially signed on March 23, 1987.[15] The station became a sports play-by-play specialist; it was the long-time home of Spanish broadcasts of the Arizona Diamondbacks (now on KHOV), first carrying all 162 games in 2004,[16] and continues to carry Suns games. In 2021, the station will broadcast Phoenix Rising FC games.[17]

KSUN La Mejor logo before translator sign on

In 2015, the station partnered with Mexican radio company MVS Radio to launch its regional Mexican La Mejor format in Phoenix.

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KSUN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "9th Valley Radio Station Takes To Air 6 A.M. Today". Arizona Republic. August 28, 1954. p. 10. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  3. ^ "Ownership changes", Broadcasting. August 23, 1965. p. 84. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  4. ^ "Changing Hands", Broadcasting. July 5, 1982. p. 69. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  5. ^ "KXIV Radio". Archived from the original on January 21, 2010. Retrieved September 30, 2008.
  6. ^ Wilkinson, Bud (August 8, 1982). "Owner tones down programming game plan for KSUN". Arizona Republic. p. 99. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  7. ^ Hatfield, David (June 4, 1982). "Quality picks are NBC, new 'Arizona Illustrated'". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  8. ^ "KSUN down: Vandals twice knock radio station off the air". Arizona Republic. February 21, 1983. p. D20. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  9. ^ Wilkinson, Bud (January 2, 1983). "Stiff competition inspired better programming in 1982". Arizona Republic. p. F12. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  10. ^ a b Wilkinson, Bud (June 21, 1984). "KSUN sold; new owners plan autumn debut". Arizona Republic. p. F5. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  11. ^ Wilkinson, Bud (May 17, 1985). "KSUN plans to usher in dawn of children's radio programs". Arizona Republic. p. E15. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  12. ^ Wilkinson, Bud (April 3, 1986). "Radio station KSUN forced to drop children's format". Arizona Republic. p. E5. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  13. ^ Wilkinson, Bud (June 25, 1986). "'NewsChannel 3' adds new sportscasters to lineup". Arizona Republic. p. G5. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  14. ^ Wilkinson, Bud (December 11, 1986). "NBC's '1986' TV news magazine will never see 1987". Arizona Republic. p. F6. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  15. ^ Wilkinson, Bud (March 23, 1987). "KTVK-TV wins contract to show ASU sports package". Arizona Republic. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  16. ^ "MLB: Diamondbacks". Arizona Republic. January 30, 2004. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  17. ^ "Phoenix Rising FC 2021 Broadcast Schedule". Phoenix Rising Communications. November 11, 2020. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
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