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| Broadcast area | Waco, Texas |
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| Frequency | 1660kHz |
| Branding | ESPN Central Texas |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | ESPN Radio,Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KEKR,KRQX,KWBT | |
| History | |
First air date | January 9, 1998 (as KAXY) |
Former call signs | KAXY (1998–1999) KRZX (1999–2004) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 87179 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 10,000watts (day) 1,000 watts (night) |
Transmitter coordinates | 31°24′46.00″N97°12′38.00″W / 31.4127778°N 97.2105556°W /31.4127778; -97.2105556 |
| Translator | See§ Translator |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | listencentraltexassports.com |
KRZI (1660AM, 92.3FMESPN Central Texas) is aradio station, paired with an FM relay translator, broadcasting asports format. Both facilities are licensed toWaco, Texas, United States, and serve the Waco area. KRZI was fully simulcast on sister station 1330KTONCameron, until that station was sold in 2023.[2]
KRZI features programming fromESPN Radio andWestwood One. While the station airs local programming, roughly 75 percent is ESPN content. The associated stations have the broadcast rights for the NFL, the Texas Rangers, The Baylor Bears and NCAA Basketball and Football. Simmons, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, also owns and operates Simmons Radio in Utah, Western Broadcasting, Simmons Lone Star Media, Simmons Outdoor Media, Simmons Ventures andMorris Murdock Travel.
KRZI originated as the expanded band "twin" of an existing station on the standard AM band.
On March 17, 1997 theFederal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with the original KRZI authorized to move from 1580 kHz to 1660 kHz.[3]
A construction permit for the expanded band station was assigned the call lettersKAXY on January 9, 1998.[4] The FCC's initial policy was that both the original station and its expanded band counterpart could operate simultaneously for up to five years, after which owners would have to turn in one of the two licenses, depending on whether they preferred the new assignment or elected to remain on the original frequency,[3] although this deadline was extended multiple times. It was ultimately decided to transfer full operations to the expanded band station, and on May 18, 2006 the license for the original station on 1580 AM, now with the call sign KQRL,[5] was cancelled.[6] This allowedKEKR 1590 AMMexia to move farther west in Limestone County, to cover Waco proper with its daytime signal.
AM 1660 changed its call sign toKRZX on August 30, 1999, and toKRZI on October 7, 2004.[4]
In the summer of 2004 KRZI and its sister stations became owned by Simmons Media Group[7] (now Redrock Broadcasting), which in 2009 sold its entire Waco station cluster to M&M Broadcasters.[8]
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info | Notes |
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| K222DC | 92.3FM | Waco, Texas | 202389 | 250 | 108 m (354 ft) | D | 31°32′15.00″N97°5′32.00″W / 31.5375000°N 97.0922222°W /31.5375000; -97.0922222 | LMS | First air date: September 12, 2018 |