the call sign kzon at 101.5 fm from 1992 to 2016 see kalv fm . kzon city gilbert arizona broadcast area phoenix arizona branding hot 97.5 103.9 slogan trending radio frequency 103.9 mhz also on hd radio first air date 1981 as kqez format adult top 40 kmva simulcast hd2 soft ac koai simulcast language s english erp 100 000 watts haat 189 meters class c1 facility id 54944 former callsigns kqez 1981 1993 kazr 1993 1995 kbzr 1995 1997 kpty 1997 2001 kedj 2001 2010 kexx 2010 2016 owner riviera broadcasting webcast listen live website trendingradio.com kzon 103.9 fm is a commercial radio station located in phoenix arizona broadcasting to the phoenix metropolitan area . kzon airs a hot ac format branded as hot 97.5 103.9 simulcasting with kmva 97.5 fm dewey humboldt arizona . its studios are located on 7th street in midtown phoenix while its transmitter is located in san tan valley arizona . contents 1 history 2 weekly program playlist 3 previous logo 4 external links history edit the station signed in 1981 and located in coolidge arizona . the station aired a country music format and originally adopted the call letters of kqez . this lasted until 1994 . in 1994 the country music format was dropped in favor of a classic rock music format complemented by a change of call letters to kazr . a signal upgrade followed providing the southern sections of the phoenix arizona area with a clear signal . however the format change was short lived . in march 1994 the format was changed to a modern rock top 40 hybrid branded as the blaze . a change of call letters to kbzr followed the change of format . in the spring of 1996 the station began moving its transmitter closer to phoenix . at the same time the station began a 6 month stunt of an automated rhythmic oldies format only going by the moniker s.t.e.v.e. the name was an acronym standing for songs that everyone vociferously enjoys . on october 30 1996 at 3 30 pm the station completed its upgrade and flipped to a hip hop emphasizing rhythmic top 40 as 103.9 arizona s party station . the call letters were changed in the spring of 1997 to kpty to reflect their station branding . despite the station s signal limitations kpty did very well in the ratings ; in fact rival kkfr which was airing a broad based mainstream top 40 format at the time began to move towards a hip hop r & b emphasizing rhythmic top 40 format as well and took away much of kpty s audience . in 1998 the format evolved to a hybrid hip hop modern rock format shortly followed by a change of branding to party radio 103.9 . on january 31 1999 kpty began stunting with a 24 hour loop of we like to party by the vengaboys . on january 1 2000 it returned to a rhythmic top 40 format this time with more of a dance lean as 103.9 the party . in october 2001 the station s owners were persuaded by the staff of the original kedj the edge on 106.3 fm and 100.3 fm to drop the rhythmic top 40 format and bring the kedj call letters and its modern format minus the howard stern show over to 103.9 fm . kpty flipped to the edge exactly 5 years after the station began october 30 2001 at noon . the 106.3 fm and 100.3 fm frequencies originally used by the edge were sold to hispanic broadcasting corporation now univision radio and switched to a spanish language format . in april 2008 the morning show the morning ritual was dropped in place of the syndicated adam carolla show . the adam carolla show was cancelled on february 20 2009 due to carolla s flagship station klsx fm flipping formats . it was quickly replaced by another los angeles based morning show kevin and bean . in july 2009 the station relaunched as fm 1039 ... where music matters . fm 1039 launched under then program director tim virgin . that same month virgin left to do afternoons at q101 in chicago . former program director marc young returned to the station and took over afternoon duties as well . on january 8 2010 the fm 103 9 branding was changed to x 103 9 ... alternative rock now . on february 2 2010 under the direction of program director marc young the station s call letters were changed from kedj to kexx to align with the x 103.9 branding . on january 12 2012 the station dropped alternative rock for classic rock under the name my 103.9 . personal jesus by depeche mode was the last song under their alternative rock format . as of june 2012 the station turned to a hot ac format still under the name my 103.9 . on december 27 2013 trumper communications and riviera broadcasting group announced that they would merge their adult top 40 outlets into one simulcast with kmva and kexx becoming hot 97.5 103.9 trending radio . the combined signals made their launch on december 31 2013 . on april 9 2015 its hd2 digital subchannel became the high definition simulcast of koai 95.1 fm sun city west . on june 20 2016 kexx changed their call letters to kzon . weekly program playlist edit vinnie 6am 12pm jt 12pm 3pm robin nash 3pm 7pm previous logo edit external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for kzon radio locator information on kzon query nielsen audio s fm station database for kzon v t e radio stations in the phoenix metropolitan area by am frequency 550 620 710 740 860 910 960 1010 1060 1100 1150 1190 1230 1260 1280 1310 1330 1340 1360 1400 1440 1480 1510 1540 1580 by fm frequency 88.31 88.32 88.7 89.1 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.5 92.3 92.7 93.3 93.9 94.1 94.5 95.1 95.5 96.3 96.9 97.5 97.9 98.3 98.7 99.1 99.3 k257cd kemp krwv lp 99.5 99.9 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.5 102.1 102.5 103.1 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.3 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.9 107.1 107.5 107.9 noaa weather radio frequency 162.550 by callsign k257cd kahm kajm kalv fm kasa kasc kazg kbaq kbmb kbsz kcdx kcky kdkb kdus kdva kec94 kemp kesz kflr fm kfnn kfnx kfxy lp kfyi kgme khep khot fm khov kidr kihp kiko kjzz kkfr kknt klnz klva klvk kmle kmva kmvp kmvp fm kmxp knai kphf knix fm knrj knuv koai komr kool fm koy kphq lp kphx kpng kpxq kqmr krde krph kslx fm ksun kswg ktar ktar fm kupd kvit kvva fm kwss lp kxeg kxxt kyot fm kzon kzzp 1 daytime hours 2 nighttime hours knai and kphf are timeshare stations satellite radio local traffic weather xm channel 219 sirius channel 157 nearby radio markets flagstaff prescott lake havasu city tucson yuma see also list of radio stations in arizona coordinates 33 14 49 n 111 31 52 w 33.247 n 111.531 w 33.247 ; 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