KALV-FM
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| City | Phoenix, Arizona |
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| Broadcast area | Phoenix metropolitan area |
| Branding | Live 101-5 |
| Slogan | "The Valley's Hit Music Leader" |
| Frequency | 101.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | July 5, 1964 (as KHEP-FM) |
| Format |
Top 40 (CHR) HD2: CBS Sports Radio |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 530 meters (1,740 ft) |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 63913 |
| Callsign meaning | Arizona LiVe |
| Former callsigns | KHEP-FM (1964-1985) KONC (1985-1986) KAMJ (1986-1990) KMXX (1990-1992) KZON (1992-2016) |
| Owner |
CBS Radio (sale to Entercom pending) (CBS Radio Stations Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KMLE, KOOL-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | live1015phoenix.cbslocal.com |
KALV-FM (101.5 MHz, "Live 101-5") is a commercial FM radio station in Phoenix, Arizona. It is owned by CBS Radio and it airs a Contemporary hit radio (Top 40) format. KALV-FM's studios are located in downtown Phoenix, and its transmitter is in South Mountain Park. (There is an AM station in Alva, Oklahoma, also using the KALV call letters but they are not related.)
On July 5, 1964, the station signed on the air as KHEP-FM and aired a classical music format. It was owned by Grand Canyon Broadcasting, along with religious station 1280 AM KHEP (now KXEG). In 1985, KHEP-FM was sold to the owners of the Boston Globe and took the call sign KONC ("Concert 101"). In 1986, the station abandoned classical music for satellite-delivered soft rock as KAMJ ("Magic 101"), using the Transtar Radio Networks' 'Format 41' service, with a local morning show anchored by Mike Del Rosso.
By 1989, EZ Communications had taken the station completely live and local with a Hot AC format as "The All New Magic 101." In May 1990, it moved to an AC format as KMXX ("Mix 101"). It was later sold to Sundance Broadcasting in 1992, and on July 31 of that year, it switched to AAA as KZON ("The Zone"). The "Zone" moniker would carry throughout its incarnations of modern rock, Modern AC, Adult Top 40 and back to modern rock in 2000 up until its flip to hot talk in January 2006.
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