KAIZ (FM)

Christian radio station in Arizona, United States

KAIZ

* Avondale, Arizona

Broadcast area| Phoenix metropolitan area
Frequency| 105.5 MHz (HD Radio)
Programming
Format| Christian worship music
Ownership
Owner| Educational Media Foundation
History

First air date

| August 26, 1976

Former call signs

| KBFE (1976–1979)
KSAA (1979–1983)
KBBT (1983–1989)
KFAS-FM (1989–1992)
KKER (1992–1995)
KLVA (1995–2018)

Call sign meaning

| K Air I (1) AriZona
Technical information[1]

Licensing authority

| FCC
Facility ID| 2749
Class| C2
ERP| 800 watts
HAAT| 941 meters (3,087 ft)

Transmitter coordinates

| 33°16′24″N 112°16′48″W﻿ / ﻿33.27333°N 112.28000°W﻿ / 33.27333; -112.28000
Translator(s)| 90.7 MHz K214DN (Cave Creek)
Links

Public license information

* Public file
* LMS

KAIZ is a Christian radio station licensed to Avondale, Arizona, broadcasting on 105.5 MHz FM. The station provides the Air1 network to the Phoenix metropolitan area and is owned by the Educational Media Foundation.

## History

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KBFE came to air August 26, 1976.[2] Owned by the Eisele Broadcasting Corporation and named for Brett F. Eisele, KBFE broadcast from Casa Grande and held that callsign for just three years before being sold to Grande Communications Corporation, which renamed the station Casa FM 105 with the callsign KSAA. KSAA broadcast a Top 40 format from studios in a reconverted house.[3] In 1983, KSAA became KBBT with a country music format after it was sold at a loss by Grande. In 1989, KBBT was sold by Video Communication and Radio to Casa Grande Broadcasters and changed its format to adult contemporary with a new callsign, KFAS-FM. It also began simulcasting with KPIN AM 1260 (now defunct), which changed its calls to KFAS[4] but by 1990 returned to a country format. The new callsign came from one of the station's part-owners, Frank Sinatra (Francis Albert Sinatra).[5] Casa Grande Broadcasters racked up indebtedness, and the partnership sold the station in 1992 to Robert Finkelstein's Arizona Radio Players in a buyout of the other partners in the company. Finkelstein paid $10,000 in cash and assumed $240,000 of bank indebtedness to acquire KFAS-FM.[6] Arizona Radio Players applied to move the transmitter toward Maricopa and increase power to 50,000 watts, enabling the station to enter into the Phoenix market. From 1992 to 1995, the station used the KKER callsign.

In 1995, a receiver was appointed for Arizona Radio Players, selling the stations to McDaniel and Callaham. The Educational Media Foundation (EMF) began operating the station noncommercially, with new calls KLVA and the K-Love network. After one last attempt at local radio, 1260 AM disappeared, leaving Casa Grande without a local radio station. Two years later, EMF bought KLVA outright. For a brief time in the mid-1990s, KLVA operated a booster on South Mountain as part of its strategy to reach metropolitan Phoenix. An attempted 1997 sale to Big City Radio Phoenix, which would have seen KLVA return to commercial operation, fell through when that company declared bankruptcy and sold its stations.

In January 2017, EMF filed with the FCC to relocate KLVA to a transmitter in the Estrella Mountains and change its community of license to Avondale, Arizona; the proposed mountaintop site is higher, requiring the proposed new KLVA to broadcast with just 800 watts. The move was completed in November 2018, moving the KLVA call letters and K-Love format to 89.9 FM in Superior and Air1 to 105.5, which now covers most of the Phoenix area.

## References

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1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KAIZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. ^ "New CG Radio Station Staffed with Experienced Broadcasters". Casa Grande Dispatch. August 27, 1976. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
3. ^ Coates, Bill (January 16, 2017). "Rose Law Group Senior Reporter Phil Riske brought unique radio station to Casa Grande". Rose Law Group Reporter. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
4. ^ "Start spreading the news" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 3, 1989. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
5. ^ "News/Talk PD Flux: 3WE, KTRH, WVON; Sinatra-Owned Ariz. Outlet Swings To AC" (PDF). Billboard. July 8, 1989. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
6. ^ "Amarillo Combo Catalyst for Houston Investment Action" (PDF). Radio & Records. July 31, 1992. Retrieved June 20, 2017.

## External links

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* Facility details for Facility ID 2749 (KAIZ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* KAIZ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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