KZXY-FM (102.3

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) is a commercial radio station that is licensed to

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and serves the

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region of the

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, in

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. The station is owned by El Dorado Broadcasters and airs a

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music format. The KZXY-FM studios are located in the city of

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History

KAVR-FM/KAPV

The station first signed on May 17, 1968 as KAVR-FM. Owned by BHA Enterprises, it was the FM

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to KAVR (960 AM) and broadcast a middle of the road music format. On September 15, 1972, BHA Enterprises sold KAVR-AM-FM to Phoenix Broadcasters Corporation Ltd. for $423,750. Gerald F. Hicks, president of BHA, held a 4.7% interest in the purchasing party. However, on October 11, 1973, the

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(FCC) blocked the transaction and scheduled a hearing on whether the stations' licenses should be revoked, citing Hicks' obtaining a majority of BHA's stock without FCC approval. On November 5, 1974, an

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recommended the revocation of BHA's licenses to the stations. In December 1981, KAVR-FM changed its

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to KAPV. The station reverted to the original KAVR-FM call letters in September 1985.

KZXY-FM

In October 1987, BHA Enterprises Ltd., now controlled by Dick Schofield, sold KAVR-AM-FM to Crown Broadcasting, owned by Ron Strother, for $1.7 million. At the time, the FM station carried a

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format. The FCC approved the transfer of licenses on December 18. The new owner, also known as Ruby Broadcasting and controlled by Tom Gammon, changed KAVR-FM's call sign to KZXY-FM in June 1988. In December 1997,

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purchased KZXY-FM, its longtime AM sister station now called KIXW, and KIXA from Ruby Broadcasting for $8 million. In April 2000,

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proposed a complex station swap with Regent Communications which would have involved 20 stations nationwide, including KZXY-FM, and a payment of over $67 million by Regent to Clear Channel. This deal was one of many divestitures required of Clear Channel and AMFM, Inc. by the FCC as a condition of their merger, in order to satisfy ownership caps in each affected media market. While this exchange was not implemented fully, Clear Channel did acquire the

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-formatted KZXY-FM and its AM sister station KIXW. From 2001 to 2002, KZXY and its

music format were simulcast on sister KYHT (105.3 FM) in

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; together, the two stations were branded as "Y 102 & 105". In June 2007, Clear Channel sold 16 stations in California and Arizona, including KZXY-FM, to El Dorado Broadcasters for $40 million. Syndicated programming on KZXY-FM includes ''The John Tesh Radio Show'' and ''

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'' hosted by

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