KOY

Infobox Radio station
name = KOY


city = Phoenix, Arizona
area =
slogan = "America's Best Music"
branding =
frequency = 1230 kHz
airdate =
share = 1.4, #20
share as of = Fa'07
share source = R&R [cite news |title=Phoenix Market Ratings | work =Radio and Records | url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DetailsPage.aspx?MID=199&RY=2007&RQ=4&MP=0&OTHER=2&MN=Phoenix&MS=AZ&MR=15&12P=3173200&UP=1/15/2008&SU=CM&BPER=&HPER=26.6&OPER=&NSD=3/10/2008&CE=0]
format = Nostalgia
erp = 1,000 watts
haat = 150.0 meters
class = C
facility_id = 63914
coordinates = coord|33|26|10.00|N|112|6|34.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = KAMJ (1990-1991)
KISP (1991-1992)
KYOT (1992-1999)
owner = AMFM Radio Licenses, L.L.C.
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast =
website = [http://www.am1230koy.com am1230koy.com]
affiliations = CNN Radio, Westwood One

KOY (1230 AM) in Phoenix, is the oldest radio station in the state of Arizona. It is owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications.

History

Originally broadcasting on 550 AM, the signal was switched to 1230 AM when News/Talk station KFYI took over the 550 signal.

KOY's format is "Adult Standards/Classic Adult Contemporary". The station features a mix of artists like Frank Sinatra, The Carpenters, Elvis Presley, Nat King Cole, The Platters, Billy Joel, Neil Diamond, Simon & Garfunkel, Petula Clark, Dean Martin, The Fifth Dimension, Ray Charles, and others. Morning show host Danny Davis is a fixture on KOY and is well loved by the station's listeners. The station carries the John Tesh Radio Program in afternoons. The remainder of the programming is mostly satellite fed from the Dial Global network with a play list including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Barbra Streisand and more. KOY now resides on the frequency that was a popular music station during the 1960s and 1970s. During those years, 1230 was KRIZ, an extremely successful AM top 40 station with studios and transmitter on Buckeye Road, in the western part of Phoenix.

For many years, KOY was the Valley's top station. KOY still maintains a loyal audience and is regularly at the top of the Adults 55+ ratings and often in the top 10 in the Adults 35+ demographic.

In the 1980s KOY-AM also had a sister station, KOY-FM which was known as Y-95. Y-95 was a contemporary hit radio (Top-40) station and was owned by Edens Broadcasting, headed by Gary Edens. [ cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=63914&Callsign=KOY |title=KOY Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ]

References

External links

* [http://www.am1230koy.com AM 1230 KOY official website]
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