KCZZ (1480 AM) is a radio station licensed to Mission, Kansas and serving the Kansas City Metropolitan Area market. The station is owned by Edward Reyes, through licensee Reyes Media Group, Inc.

KCZZ
Frequency1480 kHz
BrandingDos Mundos Radio
Programming
FormatSpanish music
Ownership
Owner
  • Edward Reyes
  • (Reyes Media Group, Inc.)
KDTD
History
First air date
October 1957; 67 years ago (1957-10)[1]
Former call signs
  • KBKC (1957–1961)
  • KBEA (1961–1995)
  • KCAZ (1995–1998)
  • KUPN (1998–2002)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID57120
ClassB
Power
  • 1,000 watts (day)
  • 500 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
39°04′05″N 94°42′09″W / 39.06806°N 94.70250°W / 39.06806; -94.70250
Links
Public license information

History

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The station became the home of Radio AAHS, a format that featured children's programming and music, in November 1994. After Radio AAHS discontinued operations in January 1998, Children's Broadcasting Corporation, the station's owner, needed programming for the ten CBC-owned and operated Radio AAHS stations until it could find buyers. In February 1998, KCAZ, along with the other nine CBC stations, became an outlet for "Beat Radio", which broadcast electronic dance music 12 hours each night until late October 1998. On September 8, 2019, when ESPN Deportes Radio discontinued operations, the station flipped to a Regional Mexican format. In January 2020, KCZZ became the third station in the market at the time to air a Regional Mexican format, after KCTO flipped to Radio Maria.

References

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  1. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-172. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KCZZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
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