KBSZ

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KBSZ
City	Apache Junction, Arizona
Slogan	All Comedy, All The Time
Frequency	1260 kHz
First air date	March 11, 1981 (as KUUK)
Format	Stand-up comedy
Power	3,500 watts day 50 watts night
Class	D
Facility ID	11217
Transmitter coordinates	33°22′56.00″N 111°32′09.00″W / 33.3822222°N 111.5358333°W / 33.3822222; -111.5358333
Former callsigns	KUUK (1981-1987) KCIW (1987-1989) KTIM (1989-1996)
Owner	John Low (1TV.com, Inc.)
Webcast	Listen live link
Website	funny1260am.com

KBSZ (1260 AM; "Funny 1260am") is a radio station broadcasting a Stand-up comedy format. Licensed to Apache Junction, Arizona, USA, the station is owned by 1TV.com.^[1]

In 2012 KBSZ was issued a U.S. Federal Communications Commission construction permit to increase day power to 4,500 watts. It uses an extremely short (85 foot) lower efficiency fiberglass whip antenna.

History

The station went on the air in Wickenburg, Arizona as KUUK at 1250 kHz on March 11, 1981. On January 1, 1987, the station changed its call sign to KCIW, on July 18, 1989 to KTIM, and on March 1, 1996 to KBSZ.^[2]

In May 2010, KBSZ moved its transmitter from Wickenburg (about 60 miles northwest of Downtown Phoenix) to Apache Junction (35 miles east of Downtown Phoenix), and moved to 1260 kHz on the AM dial, with a Classic Hits/Oldies format targeting the residents of Apache Junction.^[3] After only four months, the station adopted the a talk format on September 7, before switching to the current all comedy format.^[4]

When 24/7 Comedy ceased operations, the station wanted to keep its comedy format, so it switched to programming via "Today's Comedy".

Former logos

References

↑ "KBSZ Facility Record". U.S. Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "KBSZ Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ Fuoco-Karasinski, Christina (2010-05-03). "Apache Junction Radio Station To Debut" (PDF). Apache Junction-Gold Canyon News.
↑ "Host Says KBSZ To Flip To Talk". All Access. September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 3, 2010.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KBSZ

Radio-Locator Information on KBSZ

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 99.9 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.5 102.1 102.5 103.1 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.9 107.1 107.5 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

by callsign	K257CD KAHM KAJM KALV-FM KASA KASC KAZG KBAQ KBMB KBSZ KCDX KCKY KDKB KDUS KDVA KEC94 KEMP KESZ 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

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Arizona

Stations	KAAA – Kingman KATO – Safford KAZM – Sedona KBLU – Yuma KBSZ – Apache Junction KBTK – Kachina Village KFNX – Cave Creek KFYI – Phoenix KNKI – Pinetop KNST – Tucson KNTR – Lake Havasu City KQTH – Tucson KTAR-FM – Glendale/Phoenix KTZR – Tucson KVWM – Show Low KYCA – Prescott KZZZ – Bullhead City

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

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