KZZP
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| City | Mesa, Arizona |
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| Broadcast area | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Branding | 104.7 KISS-FM |
| Slogan | Phoenix's #1 Hit Music Station |
| Frequency | 104.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) 104.7 HD2 The Hot Spot |
| First air date | 1950 (as KTYL-FM) |
| Format |
Top 40 (CHR) HD2: Pride Radio |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 472 meters (1,549 ft) |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 47742 |
| Callsign meaning | KiZZ FM Phoenix |
| Former callsigns | KTYL-FM (1950-1958) KBUZ-FM (1958-1976) KIOG (1976-1980) KZZP-FM (1980-1991) KVRY (1991-1996) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KESZ, KFYI, KGME, KMXP, KNIX-FM, KOY, KYOT-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1047kissfm.iheart.com |
KZZP (104.7 FM, "'104.7 KISS FM"') is a Mainstream Top 40 radio station serving the Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona Metro area. KZZP is the flagship station of the syndicated "Johnjay and Rich in the Morning" show. Studios are located in Phoenix near Sky Harbor International Airport with the transmitter located in South Mountain Park.
104.7 FM signed on the air in 1950 as KTYL-FM (calls now used by a station in Tyler, Texas), co-owned with 1310 AM in Mesa. It later became KBUZ-FM with a beautiful music format. In 1976, the station changed its call letters to KIOG and aired a soft rock format. Western Cities Broadcasting purchased KIOG in 1980 and changed it to a Top 40 format as KZZP, with personalities like Jonathon Brandmeier, Jimmy Kimmel, Dave Otto, Kevin Ryder of Kevin and Bean fame and Steve Goddard. During those days, the station was then known as "104.7 KZZP."
Brandmeier, known as Johnny B., became a star in The Windy City at WLUP-FM Chicago. His show on KZZP featured prank phone calls, parody songs which Brandmeier himself usually wrote, sang and recorded and a cast of regular characters. When Brandmeier went to Chicago's WLUP, Western Cities won an injunction to keep him off the air in that market until his contract with KZZP had expired. As of July 2012, Brandmeier hosts mornings on Chicago's WGWG-LP for a reported seven-figure salary.
KZZP, also known as "Hit Music 104" in their early days, enjoyed a successful run from 1985-1990 as one of America's leading Top 40 radio stations, led by Program Director Guy Zapoleon and owned by Nationwide Communications. During Zapoleon's era, the station played mass appeal hits along with some adventurous dance and alternative releases. Zapoleon hired morning man Bruce Kelly from Boston in July 1985.
In addition to Brandmeier, KZZP also had a strong on-air presence with talent including Valerie Knight, Kevin Weatherly, Gene Baxter, Todd Fisher, Clarke Ingram, John Machay, Nick Sommers, Michelle Santosuosso, Bill "Stu" Stewart, Carey Edwards, Steve Goddard, Kent Voss, William "Buddy" LaTour, Mike Elliot, John O'Rourke, Susan Karis, Dave Ryan, KQKS/KJMN Denver alums Laurie Michaels and Brody Scott.
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