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| Frequency | 1290kHz |
| Branding | Wildcats Sports Radio 1290 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
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| History | |
First air date | August1929 (as KVOA) |
Former call signs | KVOA (1929–1958) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 56051 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
KCUB (1290kHz) is a commercialAM radio station located inTucson, Arizona. KCUB is owned byCumulus Media and airs asportsradio format. Its studios, offices andtransmitter are co-located on Oracle Road in Tucson, north of downtown.
KCUB serves as theflagship radio station forUniversity of ArizonaWildcatsfootball andbasketball games viaIMG Sports. KCUB was the former Tucson-areaaffiliate of theNFL'sArizona Cardinals[2] (Cardinals games are now heard onKTZR). Its studios and transmitter are co-located on Oracle Road in Tucson, north of downtown.
The format includes programming fromInfinity Sports Network, thesyndicatedJim Rome Show, as well as local hostRich Herrera, who, in October 2020, began hosting the station's weekday afternoon show.[3]
In August 1929, KCUB was founded as KVOA. It was originally on 1260 kHz, with 500 watts, and owned by the Arizona Broadcasting Company.[4] KVOA was Tucson's second radio station, going on the air three years afterKTUC. KVOA was an affiliate of theNBC Red Network and carried its schedule of dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows andbig band broadcasts during theGolden Age of Radio. By the 1940s, power was boosted to 1,000 watts and the station moved to 1290 kHz.
In September 1953, the owners putKVOA-TV on the air, also anNBC affiliate. Believing that TV would replace radio, the owners kept the TV station and sold off the radio station in 1958.[5] The new owner, Sherwood R. Gordon, renamed it KCUB but kept the affiliation with NBC. In 1968, the station was sold to Rex Broadcasting, airing acountry music format.[6]
In 2001, KCUB was bought byCitadel Broadcasting, a forerunner of Cumulus, which switched it to its current sports format.
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