KTAR-FM
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| City | Glendale, Arizona |
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| Broadcast area | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Branding | KTAR News |
| Slogan | The Voice of Arizona |
| Frequency | 92.3 MHz (also on HD Radio) 92.3HD2 Mormon Channel |
| First air date | December 19, 1970 (as KXTC) |
| Format | News/Talk |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 545 meters (1,788 ft) |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 65479 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°19′58″N 112°3′48″W / 33.33278°N 112.06333°WCoordinates: 33°19′58″N 112°3′48″W / 33.33278°N 112.06333°W |
| Callsign meaning | Keep Taking the Arizona Republic (reference to co-ownership of sister AM station with The Arizona Republic at one point) |
| Former callsigns | KXTC (1970-1982) KEZC (1982-1984) KJJJ-FM (1984-1985) KKFR (1985-2006) |
| Owner | Bonneville International Corporation |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | ktar.com |
KTAR-FM (92.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a News/Talk format. Licensed to Glendale, Arizona, United States, the station serves the Phoenix area and is currently owned by Bonneville International Corporation. It is co-owned with KTAR on 620 kHz in the AM band, which split off from KTAR-FM on January 1, 2007, as to provide more news on 92.3 FM and more sports on 620 AM, which absorbed the assets of co-owned KMVP at 860 kHz in Phoenix. Its studios are located in Phoenix near Piestewa Peak and its transmitter is in South Mountain Park.
On December 19, 1970, the station first signed on as KXTC, and aired a mix of mainstream and contemporary jazz music. It initially broadcast from a transmitter atop the Westward Ho. That lasted until 1978, when they switched to a disco format which they would have for about two years, using the name "Disco 92". Show hosts included Scott Tuchman and Rick Nuhn. In January 1981, the station moved to Shaw Butte, and three months later, KXTC became KJJJ-FM for the first time.
See also KKFR
In 1982, the call letters KEZC were issued on 92.3 FM, the station played a softer version of country formats common in the Phoenix market, and the station slogan was 'Easy Country'. In 1984, the station began to simulcast with KJJJ (now KGME) as KJJJ-FM, a country music station. In 1985, KJJJ-FM flipped from country, and KKFR premiered as a gold-based Top 40 outlet as "The Fire Station, Arizona's 92 Fire FM", and later as "92.3 KKFR, Your Fire Station!". In 1988, they began using (albeit briefly) "Hot Hits 92.3", but was forced to drop that by Mike Jacobs, the owner of the "Hot Hits" slogan nationally. Over the next few years, they began shifting towards a Rhythmic/Dance Music mix. They also adopted the name "Power 92", which patterned their direction on then and now former sister station KPWR in Los Angeles. They would later modify it to "Power 92.3" in 2000.
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