Radio This Week Back Then #16: May 5-11
XXL edition from May 1995 of the Phoenix radio dial: KUKQ, KKFR, KDKB, KBSZ, KOOL-FM, KYOT-FM, KHTC, KUPD, KESZ, KSLX, KZON, KNIX-FM, KTWC, KBZR, KVRY, KEDJ, KMLE
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This week back in 1995, I spent the week in Phoenix attending a Unix system administration conference for work at a large resort near South Mountain, which is also home to the main radio and TV tower farm for the market. I brought my Walkman and a box of blank cassettes with me…because nothing is cooler than attending a computer conference and recording airchecks.
As a result, I recorded a lot of stations, so this week’s “Radio This Week Back Then” is a scan of the Phoenix dial from back then. All told, I recorded 17 music stations. Only two music stations that showed up in the ratings at the time — AC KKLT 98.7 and adult R&B KMJK 106.9 — I didn’t get to.
In this edition, we will here audio from alternative KUKQ 1060, dance CHR KKFR 92.3, rock KDKB 93.3, new age KBSZ 93.7, oldies KOOL-FM 94.5, smooth jazz KYOT-FM 95.5, classic hits KHTC 96.9, rock KUPD 97.9, AC KESZ 99.9, classic rock KSLX 100.7, AAA KZON 101.5, country KNIX-FM 102.5, standards KTWC 103.5, rock CHR KBZR 103.9, hot AC KVRY 104.7, modern rock KEDJ 106.3, and country KMLE 107.9. With this batch, there are now over 150 airchecks across this Substack.
This week back then, Arbitron posted the Winter 1995 quarterly ratings for Phoenix, so here is how some of the stations below stacked up in the 12+ ratings as reported in the May 5 1995 Radio & Records:
Some things change: 3 of the top 5 outlets back then were on the AM dial. Some things don’t change: The majority of the call letters above are still in use in the market today, though some on different frequencies or some in different formats.
As the Phoenix Suns were starting a NBA Western Conference semi-finals series this week back then with Houston (it would end up needing a Game 7 on May 20), there are lots of references to that across many of the stations. What you won’t hear on any of them: references to their website, email, texts, mobile apps, podcasts, social media, viral videos, or nation-wide contests. The simpler times…
Alternative KUKQ 1060 “AM1060 KUKQ, KQ, The Q,” Saturday May 6 1995
KUKQ had two runs as an alternative rock outlet. The first run ended in 1993 when the station began simulcasting rock sister KUPD and then flipped to talk radio in October 1993. A year later, it returned to the alternative format for its second run, which is the era of this aircheck. The playlist, with a lot of obscure tunes, was something more similar to a college indie/alternative outlet than a commercial modern rock outlet. The format ran until January 15 1996 when the station was rebranded as “KUPD 2” and switched to programming rock and talk/entertainment programming often heard on rock outlets, such as the syndicated “Rock Line” interview show and the “Loveline” sex/relationship advice talk show. It was short-lived as KUKQ would flip to sports before the year ended. Today, it is sports KDUS.
For this aircheck, there are not that many commercial outlets — then or now — that play a ton of bands in the punk rock, Swedish rock, Belgium electronic, ska punk, or American metal genres.
Bloodhound Gang/”Legend In My Spare Time”
Beck/”Beercan”
Legal ID: KUKQ 1060 Tempe-Phoenix
ALL/”Million Bucks”
The Leather Nun/”I Can Smell Your Thoughts”
Peter Murphy/”Subway”
Echotour/”Deep Waters”
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Body Count/”Born Dead”
Body Count/”There Goes The Neighborhood”
Mustard Plug/”Schoolboy”
T.S.O.L./”Name Is Love”
Quicksand/”Thorn In My Side”
Front 242/”Headhunter V1.0”
P.O.L./”Stupid”
Morphine/”Honey White”
Dance CHR KKFR 92.3 “Power 92, Today’s Hottest Music,” Friday May 5 1995
In the top 40 format battle that began in the 1980s, KKFR originally competed against “Y95” KOY-FM 95.5 and KZZP 104.7. By this time, KKFR had long outlasted them as 95.5 was now smooth jazz KOYT-FM, and KZZP moved to AC KVRY.
At this point, KKFR was dance and R&B-driven. Its only competition was not really much competition — KBZR (listen to later in this post), which was on the other end of the spectrum as a rock-leaning outlet, but as a rimshot from the south, its city grade signal did not cover Phoenix nor the larger suburbs and as such at this time was not a player since the vast majority of the population in the market could not receive it very well.
By the late 1990s, KKFR dropped the pop titles and evolved all the way to R&B. In September 2006, the programming and calls of sister news/talk KTAR 620 moved to the 92.3 facility as KTAR-FM, which it remains today. The KKFR intellectual property was picked up by the new rimshot facility on 98.3 that was relocated into the market from the Prescott area. About two weeks ago, that station relaunched as a rhythmic AC, maintaining the KKFR calls and “Power 98.3” handle.
This audio is from a Friday evening shift. This may be the only station that ever referred to its non-stop music sweeps as “commercial-free clusters.”
Robin S./”Show Me Love”
Blackstreet/”Before I Let You Go”
The Human League/”Tell Me When”
Montell Jordan/”This Is How We Do It”
Real McCoy/”Run Away”
Brandy/”Baby”
Legal ID: KKFR 92.3 Glendale-Phoenix
IV Xample/”I’d Rather Be Alone”
Livin’ Joy/”Dreamer”
Dionne Farris/”I Know”
Roula & 20 Fingers/”Lick It”
TLC/”Waterfalls”
Fun Factory/”Close To You”
Jimmy Cliff/”I Can See Clearly Now”
Keith Martin Jr./”Never Find Someone Like You”
Janet Jackson/”What Have You Done For Me Lately”
Le Click/”Tonight Is The Night”
Sheila E./”The Glamorous Life”
Mary J. Blige/”I’m Going Down”
Warren G (Featuring Nate Dogg)/”Regulate”
Legal ID: KKFR 92.3 Glendale-Phoenix
Stevie B/”Funky Melody”
P.M. Dawn/”Looking Through Patient Eyes”
Rock KDKB 93.3, Monday May 8 1995
At this time, KDKB and KUPD were co-owned by Sandusky. In 1996, Sandusky picked up classic rock KSLX-FM to make a “wall of rock” in its Phoenix cluster…and creating a lot of musical overlap between KDKB and its two sisters. On September 17 2014, after 43 years in the rock format, KDKB flipped to modern rock “Alt AZ 93.3,” its present day format, to eliminate that music overlap.
That flip was about a decade away from this audio, when KDKB played new and a lot of classic rock (as KSLX-FM was still a rival). This Monday afternoon drive aircheck features Paul Peterson and Todd Walsh as KDKB had basically a morning drive-type show in afternoon drive.
.38 Special/”Back Where You Belong”
Melissa Etheridge/”I Take You With Me”
Jimi Hendrix/”Foxey Lady”
Boston/”Let Me Take You Home Tonight”
Van Halen/”Hot For Teacher”
Legal ID: KDKB 93.3 Mesa-Phoenix
Steve Miller Band/”Swingtown”
The Cars/”Dangerous Type”
Dire Straits/”Money For Nothing”
New Age KBSZ 93.7, Saturday May 6 1995
Licensed to Wickenburg to the northwest of Phoenix, tiny class A KBSZ did not really provide any city grade signal coverage to Phoenix or most of the metro, though it included Phoenix in its legal ID. In an era where mobile phones with meditation apps to help put you to sleep at night did not exist, KBSZ would have filled that gap with its sedating song library. The new age format at the time of this recording was less than two months old. The station moved from 93.7 to 94.1 in 1996 and picked up the KSWG calls soon after. KSWG would move from 94.1 to 96.3 in 2006, but as with the previous frequencies, the spacing to the main Phoenix frequencies broadcasting from South Mountain prevent it from really moving closer to Phoenix to provide any city grade coverage.
David Arkenstone/”Lover’s Promise”
Patrick O’Hearn/”Espana”
Gary Lamb/”Two Friends”
Legal ID: KBSZ 93.7 Wickenburg-Phoenix
Steve Morse Band/”Dreamland”
Leo Kottke/”Turning Into Randolph Scott”
Herb Ernst/”The Crystal Forest”
Xavier Descarpentries/”Le Desert Bleu”
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George Winston/”The Cradle”
Christopher Cross/”Thinkin’ About You”
Oldies KOOL-FM 94.5 “Kool 94.5,” Saturday May 6 1995
As a pioneer of the format, KOOL-FM has been running oldies since 1971. The format hasn’t changed over the decades, but the playlist has as the format continually evolves to add “less old” songs and jettison songs from years and decades that are too long in the tooth to appeal to a current audience in more desired age demographics, i.e. 24-54. Of course, the format is no longer called “oldies” today as “classic hits” sounds less “old.” Oldies and classic hits were distinct formats in the mid-1990s, but basically became one in the same as oldies stations phased out songs before 1970.
At this point, KOOL-FM’s playlist had largely phased out the 1950s music for songs from 1960 forward into the 1970s.
In September 2022, KOOL-FM rebranded as “Big 94.5,” remaining classic hits but ditching its heritage “Kool” monicker. The playlist today has long shed the 1960s titles and is centered on the 1980s-1990s with a few late 1970s tunes in the mix from the likes of Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, etc.
From a Saturday morning back in May 1995, DJ Tony McGraw is handling the requests on an all-request weekend.
Chubby Checker/”The Twist”
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles/”Ooo Baby Baby”
Creedence Clearwater Revival/”Bad Moon Rising”
Marvin Gaye/”I Heard It Through The Grapevine”
Gene Pitney/”It Hurts To Be In Love”
Legal ID: KOOL-FM 94.5 Phoenix
The Association/”Along Comes Mary”
J.J. Jackson/”But It’s Alright”
The Grass Roots/”Temptation Eyes”
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas/”Jimmy Mack”
Neil Sedaka/”Breaking Up Is Hard To Do”
The Beach Boys/”Fun, Fun, Fun”
The Turtles/”She’d Rather Be With Me”
The Cuff Links/”Tracy”
Dion/”Ruby Ruby”
The Rolling Stones/”(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
Spanky & Our Gang/”Sunday Will Never Be The Same”
Smooth Jazz KYOT-FM 95.5 “Smooth Jazz 95.5FM KYOT, Coyote,” Saturday May 6 1995
The smooth jazz format on 95.5 was a little over a year old at this point. The format took off nationally in 1987 when KMET 94.7 Los Angeles dropped its long time rock heritage to become KTWV “94.7 the Wave.” At the time the format was named “new AC” (or “NAC,” which is how R&R tagged KYOT-FM in the ratings at the top of this post) and based primarily on new age music (like KBSZ above) and instrumentals. Within a few years, “smooth jazz” became the preferred name of the format as it evolved to more vocals.
The “Coyote” handle was a holdover from the previous format. In September 1993, top 40 KOY-FM flipped to a rock & R&B oldies hybrid called “Coyote” and picked up the KYOT-FM calls with the move. The flip to smooth jazz came 7 months later in March 1994.
KYOT-FM’s run lasted until 2011, where it had evolved to more of a rhythmic AC and rebranded as “Eva 95.5” in August that year. Today, KYOT is adult hits “95-5 the Mountain.”
From its smooth jazz days, this is a Saturday night shift.
Yellowjackets/”Daddy’s Gonna Miss You”
Joe Sample/”Spellbound”
Tom Scott/”Don’t Get Any Better”
Chuck Loeb/”The Hello”
Legal ID: KYOT 95.5 Phoenix
Neal Schon/”Bandalero”
Take 6/”Biggest Part Of Me”
The JB Horns/”Evening In New York”
Brian Culbertson/”Alone With You”
Billy Joe Walker, Jr./”Key West Skies”
Classic Hits KHTC 96.9 “96.9 K-Hits, The Greatest Hits Of The 70s,” Wednesday May 10 1995
About six months before this aircheck, 96.9 flipped from oldies KPSN “Sunny 97” to classic hits. Classic hits, at this time, was a distinct format from oldies stations like KOOL-FM above. In the mid-1990s, 70s-based outlets between oldies and classic rock started popping up, most notably like CBS’s “All Rock & Roll Oldies” format branded as “Arrow” (derived from the first letter of each word in “All Rock Roll Oldies”) that launched in 1993 on its stations like KCBS-FM 93.1 Los Angeles and KRRW 97.9 Dallas/Fort Worth. In Phoenix, KHTC followed the same approach of a 1970s classic hits outlet. It rebranded as KGLQ “Eagle 96.9” in 1997 and then flipped to its present day format, hot AC KMXP “Mix 96.9” in 1998.
This aircheck is a Wednesday PM drive shift with DJ Allen Cook.
Boston/”Don’t Look Back”
Andy Kim/”Rock Me Gently”
Gary Wright/“Dream Weaver”
Billy Preston/”Nothing From Nothing”
Fleetwood Mac/”Dreams”
Chicago/”Saturday In The Park”
Foreigner/”Double Vision”
Elton John/”Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long Time)”
Stampeders/”Sweet City Woman”
Bee Gees/”You Should Be Dancing”
Rock KUPD 97.9 “98 KUPD,” Monday May 8 1995
KUPD became a rock station in 1979 and, by this point, was a sister to rocker KDKB. Of the two, KUPD was focused on newer rock music, and it remains an active rocker today.
Technically, the current KUPD license only dates back to 1992 in FCC records. The original license for KUPD signed on in 1960. However, the license was caught up in a long-running review at the FCC related to a misrepresentation of ownership when KUKQ and KUPD were sold back in 1974. In May 1991, the FCC upheld a Review Board decision that denied license renewal to KUKQ and KUPD, and the FCC awarded new licenses for the facilities in 1992, where the new owners took over the facilities, call letters, and programming of the stations. So, the FCC databases show the 97.9 being granted its first construction permit in June 1992, the KUPD calls being assigned on October 2 1992, and its first license to cover as March 25 1993.
This aircheck is from a Monday morning drive shift with long-time Phoenix morning man Dave Pratt.
Candlebox/”Far Behind”
Soul Asylum/”Misery”
Def Leppard/”Excitable”
Great White/”Rock Me”
Led Zeppelin/”Hey, Hey, What Can I Do”
Better Than Ezra/”Good”
AC KESZ 99.9 “KEZ 99.9FM,” Saturday May 6 1995
In January 1988, AC KLSI relaunched as KESZ “EZ Rock 99.9.” More than 35 years later, KESZ is still running the AC format today. One thing that is easy to predict each year is that come December, after KESZ does it annual flip to all-Christmas music in November, it will end up crushing all the other radio stations when Nielsen releases the holiday ratings. Across all markets in the US, year after year, KESZ often has one of the highest shares as a Christmas outlet.
This audio is from a Saturday shift.
Kenny Loggins/”Meet Me Half Way”
Robert Palmer/”Every Kinda People”
Mariah Carey/”Can’t Let Go”
Extreme/”More Than Words”
Hall & Oates/”Private Eyes”
Ben Taylor/”I Will”
Madonna/”Cherish”
Gloria Estefan/”If We Were Lovers”
Legal ID: KESZ 99.9 Phoenix
Carole King/”Now And Forever”
George Benson/”On Broadway”
Billy Joel/”Tell Her About It”
Classic Rock KSLX 100.7 “Classic Rock 100.7 KSLX,” Tuesday May 9 1995
In early 1986, the former top 40 KOPA-FM became “All Classic Hits” KSLX (the call letters resembling “classics”). It would evolve to classic rock and still is “Classic Rock 100.7 KSLX” today. At this time, it was a year away from being acquired and becoming a sister to rockers KDKB and KUPD. The three outlets remain co-owned today under Hubbard Broadcasting.
This audio from May 1995 is from a Tuesday morning with morning team John & Bill.
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble/”The Sky Is Crying”
The Doors/”Love Me Two Times”
Legal ID: KSLX 100.7 Scottsdale-Phoenix
Grand Funk Railroad/”I’m Your Captain (Closer To Home)”
The Alan Parsons Project/”Sirius”
REO Speedwagon/”Take It On The Run”
Boston/”Peace Of Mind”
Styx/”Renegade”
Don Henley/”The Boys Of Summer”
Bob Dylan/”Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door”
Billy Idol/”White Wedding”
AAA KZON 101.5 “the Zone 101.5 KZON,” Saturday May 6 1995
KZON’s beginning dates back to when AC KMXX flipped to AAA KZON in late July 1992. Within the year of this 1995 aircheck, “the Zone” would evolve to modern rock. Several more format changes later, today it is top 40 KALV-FM “Live 101-5.” The KZON calls still are technically on the air in the market today — on 103.9 (see below) — but only for legal ID purposes.
Doc Ellis is the DJ for this Saturday aircheck.
R.E.M./”Strange Currencies”
Nick Lowe/”Switchboard Susan”
Dire Straits/”Tunnel of Love”
Little Feat/”Shakeytown”
John Mayall/”Room To Move”
Legal ID: KZON 101.5 Phoenix
The Subdudes/”(You’ll Be) Satisfied”
David Bowie/”Ziggy Stardust”
The Dream Academy/“Life In A Northern Town”
Grateful Dead/”Sugar Magnolia”
Eric Clapton/”The Core”
Melissa Etheridge/”Like The Way I Do”
Simple Minds/”Hypnotised”
The Beatles/”The Ballad Of John And Yoko”
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band/”The Runner”
Legal ID: KZON 101.5 Phoenix
Eagles/”James Dean”
Sting/”Heavy Cloud No Rain”
Utopia/”Caravan”
Country KNIX-FM 102.5, Tuesday May 9 1995
The background on KNIX-FM is pretty short and simple: Today, and for the past 55 years, KNIX-FM has been programming a country format. Today, and for the last 35 years, it has dueled rival KMLE 107.9 for format leader.
George King is the DJ for this midday shift on a Tuesday morning.
Legal ID: KNIX-FM 102.5 Phoenix
John Anderson/”Bend It Until It Breaks”
Garth Brooks/”That Summer”
Tracy Lawrence/”Texas Tornado”
Joe Diffie/”Honky Tonk Attitude”
Daryle Singletary/”I’m Living Up To Her Low Expectations”
Vince Gill/”When Love Finds You”
Mary Chapin Carpenter/”The Bug”
Alan Jackson/”Song For The Life”
Toby Keith/”You Ain’t Much Fun”
Neal McCoy/”They’re Playin’ Our Song”
Alabama/”Feels So Right”
Doug Stone/”Little Houses”
Shania Twain/”Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?”
Standards KTWC 103.5 “KTWC Twice 103.5,” Tuesday May 9 1995
The 103.5 signal is relatively new compared to the other full market FMs. It signed on the air as KTWC, a year before this aircheck, on May 18 1994 with a library of 3,500 “pleasant oldies,” as the GM described it in The Arizona Republic article on its launch. It was relatively short-lived as KTWC flipped to smooth jazz KOAZ “the Oasis” in May 1996, creating, for a short time, a relatively rare format battle in the smooth jazz format. It changed formats again to country KWCY the following year in 1997. And following another sale, it flipped to regional Mexican in late 1998. Today, it is KLNZ “La Tricolor 103.5.”
Given the desire for most owners to reach more youthful audiences, KTWC was certainly a large market anomaly in the 1990s with a standards/soft AC mix. Houston’s KQUE 102.9 at the time was one of the few other stations of this kind.
Jerry Butler/”He Will Break Your Heart”
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Legal ID: KTWC 103.5 Glendale
The Cowsills/”Poor Baby”
Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder/”Ebony And Ivory”
Patsy Cline/”Faded Love”
Bread/”Guitar Man”
B.J. Thomas/”Everybody’s Out Of Town”
Terri Gibbs/”Somebody’s Knockin’”
The Platters/”To Each His Own”
Lulu/”Oh Me Oh My (I’m A Fool For You Baby)”
Nat “King” Cole/”If I May”
Rock CHR KBZR 103.9 “the Blaze 103.9, Arizona’s Hot Rock”, Friday May 5 1995
“The Blaze” was only a month and a half old at the time of this recording, which is why there are several references to “the debut of the Blaze” in the audio below. Musically, it was the other end of the spectrum from dance KKFR above…only Dionne Farris/”I Know” was one of the few songs that spun on both this week back then.
KBZR did not provide much challenge for KKFR as it was a class C3 FM with a tower just to the north of Casa Grande that did not provide any strong signal over Phoenix or most of its suburbs. The southern suburb of Chandler was about as far north as KBZR’s signal got.
In the end, the Blaze lasted only about a year. In 1996, after several months of stunting, KBZR flipped to rhythmic top 40 “103.9, the Party Station.” In 1997, it relicensed from Coolidge AZ to Gilbert, resulting in a transmitter location closer to cover the eastern suburbs (it has since updated to a class C1 allowing for even more coverage today). It has had multiple format changes since. Notably, in 2001, it picked up the KEDJ calls and modern rock format from 106.3 (below). Currently, it has the KZON calls (from 101.5 above) and simulcasts another Phoenix move-in, AC KMVA 97.5 “Hot 97-5/103-9.”
Back to 1995, this is a Friday night aircheck with DJ Chris.
Tears For Fears/”Sowing The Seeds Of Love”
Big Audio Dynamite/”The Globe”
Nine Inch Nails/”Hurt”
Dave Matthews Band/”What Would You Say”
The Smashing Pumpkins/”Disarm”
Melissa Etheridge/”If I Wanted To”
Bush/”Everything Zen”
Live/”Lightning Crashes”
Legal ID: KBZR 103.9 Coolidge-Phoenix
Collective Soul/“December”
Duran Duran/”Ordinary World”
Dionne Farris/”I Know”
Elastica/”Connection”
Seal/”Crazy”
Spin Doctors/”How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Can Have Me?)
The Cranberries/”Linger”
Jeff Buckley/”Last Goodbye”
The Jayhawks/”Blue”
Terrence Trent D’Arby/”She Kissed Me”
Candlebox/”Far Behind”
The Stone Roses/”Love Spreads”
Pearl Jam/”Better Man”
Hot AC KVRY 104.7 “Variety 104.7,” Saturday May 6 1995
KVRY was the bland filling of a KZZP sandwich. KZZP ended its top 40 run in April 1991 to become hot AC “Variety 104.7.” The KZZP calls were ditched for KVRY. The KZZP calls would return in March 1996 when it flipped to modern AC. It evolved all the way back to top 40 in 1999. In April 2001, KZZP’s top 40 format rebranded as “104-7 Kiss FM,” which it remains today.
This audio from 1995 is a Saturday afternoon shift with Darla Sandy.
Glass Tiger/”Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone)”
Madonna/”Take A Bow”
Legal ID: KVRY 104.7 Mesa-Phoenix
Peter Gabriel/”In Your Eyes”
Rick Astley/”The Ones You Love”
Level 42/”Something About You”
4PM/”Sukiyaki”
Phil Collins/”A Groovy Kind Of Love”
Billy Joel/”Scenes From An Italian Restaurant”
Dionne Farris/”I Know”
Modern Rock KEDJ 106.3 “106.3 the Edge,” Saturday May 6 1995
Prior to the flip to modern rock KEDJ in January 1993, 106.3 was classical KONC. KEDJ had a pretty decent run; it was sold in 2001 and flipped to Spanish AC, but the KEDJ calls and modern rock format were picked up 103.9 above for it to continue on until 2012 (the “Edge” branding was replaced in 2009, but the alternative format lived on as “FM103-9” and then “X103-9” until 2012). Presently, 106.3 is Spanish AC KOMR “Amor 106.3.”
This is a Saturday shift with DJ Jared on remote at the station’s Edgefest outdoor concert.
Jeff Buckley/”Last Goodbye”
Legal ID: KEDJ 106.3 Sun City-Phoenix
Candlebox/”Far Behind”
Elastica/”Connection”
Matthew Sweet/”Girlfriend”
White Zombie/”More Human Than Human”
Adam Ant/”Wonderful”
Toad The Wet Sprocket/”All I Want”
Cake/”Rock ‘N’ Roll Lifestyle”
Dead Hot Workshop/”E Minor”
Live/”Lightning Crashes”
Country KMLE 107.9 “Camel Country 108, Today’s New Country,” Monday May 8 1995
KMLE changed to country in 1988, and KNIX-FM and KMLE have battled ever since. As noted at the top, KMLE was #2 overall and KNIX-FM #4 in the Winter 1995 Arbitron book. At this point, KMLE was more current-based with “Today’s New Country,” while KNIX-FM played a mix of newer and older country.
Stu Evans is the DJ for this Monday evening shift leading into KMLE’s “Club Camel” mix show. A mix show on a country station…that’s an odd thing to write.
Daryle Singletary/”I’m Living Up To Her Low Expectations”
Doug Stone/”I Never Knew Love”
Lorrie Morgan/”Watch Me”
Tracy Lawrence/“Texas Tornado”
BlackHawk/”Every Once In A While”
Toby Keith/”A Little Less Talk And A Lot More Action”
John Michael Montgomery/”I Can Love You Like That”
Shenandoah/”Darned If I Don’t (Danged If I Do)”
Legal ID: KMLE 107.9 Chandler-Phoenix
Diamond Rio/”Bubba Hyde”
Marty Stuart/”Now That’s Country”
John Michael Montgomery/”Sold”
As always, the logos and other intellectual property belong to the stations. The recordings were made from over the air broadcasts.