KLNZ

KLNZ

City of license	Glendale, Arizona
Broadcast area	Phoenix, Arizona
Branding	La Tricolor
Frequency	103.5 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	1994 (as KTWC)
Format	Regional Mexican HD2: KVVA-FM simulcast
Audience share	2.4, #17 (Fa'07, R&R^[1])
ERP	62,000 watts
HAAT	740 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	48738
Transmitter coordinates	33°35′33″N 112°34′49″W / 33.59250°N 112.58028°W / 33.59250; -112.58028Coordinates: 33°35′33″N 112°34′49″W / 33.59250°N 112.58028°W / 33.59250; -112.58028
Former callsigns	KTWX (1993-1993, CP) KCWB (1993-1993, CP) KTWC (1993-1996) KOAZ (1996-1997) KWCY (1997-1999)
Owner	Entravision Holdings, LLC
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.tricolor1035.com

KLNZ (103.5 FM at 62 kW ERP) is a regional Mexican-formatted radio station serving the Phoenix, Arizona area. The station is owned by Entravision Communications. KLNZ is licensed to the nearby suburb of Glendale and broadcasts programming from Entravision's California-based "Radio Tricolor" network. The station also broadcasts with digital HD Radio technology. Its studios are located in Phoenix near Sky Harbor Airport, and the transmitter is located west of Surprise.

History

103.5 signed on the air on May 18, 1994, as KTWC ("Twice 103.5") with an eclectic oldies-based format with music ranging from the 1950s through the 1980s.^[2] In 1996, KTWC was purchased by MAC America Communications, owners of KESZ and KTVK, and was changed to Smooth Jazz-formatted KOAZ ("The Oasis") competing with KYOT-FM.

In 1997, MAC America decided to sell half its interest in the station to Owens Broadcasting, owners of heritage Country KNIX-FM. The format was switched once again to country, targeting a younger audience and going by the name of KWCY ("Wild Country"), on September 2, 1997.^[3] A huge marketing campaign coincided with the change, publicizing the return of popular morning hosts Tim & Willy, who were at KMLE for a few years before a brief stint in Chicago. Tim & Willy eventually became morning hosts at KNIX. Giving up on the frequency, KWCY was put up for sale in June 1998.^[4]

Z-Spanish Radio Networks bought the station in 1999, and placed its Sacramento-based "La Zeta" Regional Mexican format on 103.5. At the time, the station became KLNZ. Contravention merged with Z-Spanish a year later, and its Zeta-formatted stations became Radio Tricolor.

References

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for KLNZ

Radio-Locator information on KLNZ

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KLNZ

Radio stations in the Phoenix metropolitan area

by AM frequency	550 620 710 740 860 910 960 1010 1060 1100 1150 1190 1230 1260 1280 1310 1330 1340 1360 1400 1440 1480 1510 1540 1580

by FM frequency	88.3¹/88.3² 88.7 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 99.1 99.3 (K257CD, KEMP, KRWV-LP) 99.5 99.9 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.5 102.1 102.5 103.1 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.3 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.9 107.1 107.5 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

by callsign	K257CD KAHM KAJM KASA KASC KAZG KBAQ KBMB KBSZ KCDX KCKY KDKB KDUS KDVA KEC94 KEMP KESZ KEXX KFLR-FM KFNN KFNX KFXY-LP KFYI KGME KHEP KHOT-FM KHOV KIDR KIHP KIKO KJZZ KKFR KKNT KLNZ KLVA KLVK KMLE KMVA KMVP KMVP-FM KMXP KNAI¹/KPHF² KNIX-FM KNRJ KNUV KOAI KOMR KOOL-FM KOY KPHQ-LP KPHX KPNG KPXQ KQMR KRDE KRPH KSLX-FM KSUN KSWG KTAR KTAR-FM KUPD KVIT KVVA-FM KWSS-LP KXEG KXXT KYOT-FM 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 Nearby radio markets Flagstaff–Prescott Lake Havasu City Tucson Yuma See also List of radio stations in Arizona

Spanish-language radio stations in the state of Arizona

Stations	KASA – Phoenix KBMB – Black Canyon City KCEC-FM – Wellton KCKO – Rio Rico KCKY – Coolidge KCMT – Green Valley KDAP – Douglas KDVA – Buckeye KHOT – Paradise Valley KHOV – Wickenburg KIDR – Phoenix KKMR – Arizona City KLNZ – Glendale KNOG – Nogales KNUV – Tolleson KOFH – Nogales KOMR – Sun City KQMR – Globe KRIT – Parker KRMB – Bisbee KRMC – Douglas KSAZ – Marana KTKT – Tucson KTZR – Tucson KUKY – Wellton KVVA – Apache Junction KXEW – South Tucson KYRM – Yuma KZLZ – Casas Adobes

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 Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

Entravision Communications

Radio stations

Television stations
(by affiliation)

Others	CW KCWT-CD KREN-TV KRNS-CD Fox KCBA¹ KFXV-LD KXFX-CD KXOF-CD WJAL ind. XHRIO-TDT² MMax MNTV KXOF-CD XHDTV-TDT² XHAS-TDT² TMD

UniMás	KAJB³ KCRP-CD KDJT-CD KDTF-LD KELV-LD KETF-CD KEUS-LD KNVV-LP KREN-TV KTFD-DT⁴ KTFN-TV KTFQ-DT⁴ KTFV-CD WMDO-CD WFTT-DT⁴ WOTF-DT⁴ WUTF-DT⁴

Univision	KANG-LP KBNT-CD KBZO-LD KCEC KDCU-DT⁵ KINC KINT-TV KLDO-TV KLUZ-TV KNVO KORO KPMR KREN-TV KSMS KUPB KVSN KVYE WFDC⁴ WUNI WUVN WVEA WVEN

¹ Owned by Seal Rock Broadcasters, operated by Entravision.
² Owned by a Mexican company, operated by Entravision
³ Owned by Calipatria Broadcasting Company, LLC, but operated by Entravision.
⁴ Owned by Univision, operated by Entravision
⁵ Owned by Entravision, but operated by Schurz Communications under a JSA

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