KXPZ

KXPZ
City	Las Cruces, New Mexico
Broadcast area	Las Cruces and southern New Mexico
Branding	Zia Country 99-5
Slogan	"Southern New Mexico's New Country"
Frequency	99.5 MHz
First air date	1989 (as KVLC)
Format	Country
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	312 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	63453
Former callsigns	KVLC (1989-1993) KROL (1993-2006)
Owner	Bravo Mic Communications
Sister stations	KOBE, KMVR, KVLC
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	ziacountry.com

KXPZ (99.5 FM, "Zia Country 99-5") is a commercial radio station licensed to Las Cruces, New Mexico owned by Bravo Mic Communications. It also covers surrounding areas such as Truth or Consequences, Deming, Hatch and West Texas.

History

KVLC/KROL "The Rock Of Love"

The station launched in 1989 under the KVLC-FM call letter. In Mid 1993, the station changed formats to Christian Contemporary as KROL "The Rock Of Love", with most of its programming coming from the Salem Music Networks.

The Rocket 99.5

In February 2006, It was announced that Bravo Mic Communications was purchasing the station with the sale becoming final in May of that year. On May 15, 2006, the station dropped the Christian format and began stunting with an all-Barry Manilow format as "Barry 99". Then on June 15 the station launched its active rock format as "The Rocket 99.5" with the call letters KXPZ. For the first three years, the station was jockless until Lyndsey Green joined for afternoons. Later in the year, Jack Lutz, Shannon Ellis and Ricky T. joined the station as well.

Zia Country 99-5

On August 31, 2014, it was announced that KXPZ will drop its active rock format and move to online only at TheRocketOnline.com; at which time 99.5 would flip to country as "Zia Country 99-5". The name "Zia Country" is taken from the Native American tribe whose sun symbol is on the New Mexico state flag.

The station made the change on September 2, 2014 at midnight.

Current Nielsen radio ratings for the Las Cruces market: 2.6 (#5).

Airstaff

The current lineup (as of August 24, 2015) is as follows

Morning Show (5 a.m. – 10 a.m.): The Zia Country Morning Ride—Jeff Parsons
Mid-Days (10 a.m. – 3 p.m.): Lyndsey Kalson
Afternoon Drive (3 p.m. – 7 p.m.): Ricky T.
Nighttime (7 p.m. – 12 a.m.): Zia Country Nights—Angie Lee
Program Director: KC Counts
Assistant PD/Music Director: Lyndsey Kalson

References

External links

KXPZ official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KXPZ

Radio-Locator information on KXPZ

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KXPZ

Radio stations in the Las Cruces, New Mexico market

By FM frequency	88.9 89.3 89.7 90.7 91.5 91.9 98.7 99.5 101.1 103.1 103.9 104.9

By AM frequency	570 1450

By callsign	K220GF KELP-FM KGRT-FM KHQT KMBN KMVR KOBE KRUC KRUX KRWG KSNM KVLC KWML KXPZ

Nearby radio markets Albuquerque Carlsbad Ciudad Juárez El Paso See also List of radio stations in New Mexico

Country radio stations in the state of New Mexico

Stations	KATK-FM – Carlsbad KBIM-FM – Roswell KBKZ – Raton KBQI – Albuquerque KBQI HD2 – Albuquerque KBZU – Albuquerque KCHS – Truth or Consequence KCKN – Roswell KCLV-FM – Clovis KFUN – Las Vegas KGLX – Gallup KGRT-FM – Las Cruces KIXN – Hobbs KKTC – Angel Fire KKYC – Clovis KLEA – Lovington KLMX – Clayton KMIN – Grants KMOU – Roswell KMXQ – Socorro KNFT-FM – Bayard KOTS – Deming KQBA – Los Alamos KRST – Albuquerque KRSY-FM – La Luz KSEL – Portales KSEL-FM – Portales KTNM – Tucumcari KTRA-FM – Farmington KTZA – Artesia KWES-FM – Ruidoso KWMW – Maljamar KXPZ – Las Cruces KYBR - Espanola KYRN – Socorro KYVA – Gallup KZZX – Alamogordo

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New Mexico

Coordinates: 32°41′35″N 107°04′08″W / 32.693°N 107.069°W / 32.693; -107.069

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