KTZR (1450

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) is a commercial AM radio station located in

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. KTZR airs a

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format. Its studios are located north of downtown Tucson along Oracle Road, while the transmitter site is southeast of downtown.

History

For many years, the station played an

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format that played rock and roll hits of the 1950s and 1960s as "Cool 1450". This station became "Funny 1450", as a comedy station, at 10a.m. on January 26, 2011. The last song on "Cool" was "

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" by

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. On November 28, 2011, KWFM changed their format to Spanish adult hits, branded as "" under new calls, KTZR. On September 25, 2016, iHeartMedia announced that KTZR would flip to

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the following day. The new “Talk Of Tucson” duplicated some of the programming of sister station

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in different timeslots. The ''

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'' added a live clearance on KTZR while continuing on KNST on a delay. Other shows that aired on KTZR included ''Trending Today with Rusty Humphries'', '' The Savage Nation'', Michael Berry, Rob Hunter, '' America Now with Meghan McCain'', ''Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis'', and

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. KTZR also became the flagship for the new

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of the

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, as well as the Tucson radio affiliate of the NFL’s

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. On July 24, 2017, KTZR changed formats from news/talk to sports, branded as "Fox Sports 1450".KTZR Tucson Flips to Fox Sports
Radioinsight – July 24, 2017

References

External links

Official Website
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