KPEZ

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KPEZ
102.3 The Beat.png
City Austin, Texas
Broadcast area Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area
Branding 102.3 The Beat
Slogan Austin's Hits & Hip-Hop
Frequency 102.3 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date August 13, 1976 (as KMXX)
Format FM/HD1:Rhythmic Top 40
HD2:Dance/EDM (Pride Radio Austin)
ERP 26,000 watts
HAAT 209 meters
Class C2
Facility ID 11935
Callsign meaning KeePing It EaZy, which is a reference to EZ 102, an easy listening format on the frequency in the late '70s - early '80s
Former callsigns KMXX (1976-1982)
Owner iHeartMedia, Inc.
(CC Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations KASE, KHFI, KVET-FM, KVET
Webcast Listen Live
Listen Live (HD2)
Website thebeatatx.com
prideradioaustin.com

KPEZ, (102.3 FM), known on-air as "102.3 The Beat", is a radio station licensed to and serving Austin, Texas, operating a Rhythmic Top 40 format. The station broadcasts with an ERP of 26,000 watts from a transmitter site near Sunset Valley, TX and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. (previously Clear Channel Communications). It shares studios with four other sister stations in the Penn Field complex in the South Congress district (or "SoCo") of south central Austin within walking distance of St. Edward's University; it has broadcast here since 2002 after moving from a downtown Austin office building off of Barton Springs Road (which it shared with KHFI-FM).

"The Beat," long synonymous with the Hip Hop/R&B music genre under rhythmic and mainstream urban formats, is in its fifth incarnation in the Austin region. It originated on 104.3 in 1998, first as KQBT, and later KXBT (now KLQB); it later moved to 104.9 before switching formats entirely in 2008 (now KTXX). Clear Channel picked up the branding one year later where it aired on KFMK before the format swap with KPEZ in 2010.

Station history

This frequency was originally occupied by Austin's first full-time Spanish language FM radio station, KMXX. However, KMXX existed for just over a year before the call-letters were changed to KPEZ and the format became easy listening "EZ 102". Later, KPEZ switched formats to classic rock "Z 102". KPEZ became "Channel 102-3" under a classic-leaning "AAA" format (dubbed "World Class Rock") in the fall of 2004, retaining most of its airstaff. Ironically, the change to a Christian format (and subsequent dismissal of most on-air employees) came in December 2005, just five days before Christmas.

Due to the privatizing of Clear Channel in 2010, FCC ownership regulations required that the Austin cluster spin off one license. There were plans underway to sell ownership of the KFMK (105.9) license to Aloha Trust LLC [1], but on May 21, 2010 Clear Channel announced that it planned to move KFMK's format to the 102.3 frequency, taking advantage of better coverage and a more powerful signal, beginning May 31, 2010. The Christian Contemporary format, which resided at the 102.3 frequency, moved to 105.9 and would be purchased by Crista Ministries. 105.9 would become contemporary Christian-formatted "Spirit 105.9" in April 2010.[1]

Until 2018, KPEZ's HD2 channel carried continuous rebroadcasts of Casey Kasem-era American Top 40 shows; IHeartRadio has since moved this feed to WMMX in Dayton, Ohio.

Personalities

Current:

  • Kramer (Mornings)
  • Val Santos (Middays)
  • Frankie V. (Afternoons)
  • Angela Cortez (Nights)
  • Hali G (Overnights)
  • DJ Hella Yella (Weekends/Mixer)

Former:

Station management

  • Program Director - Ryan Kramer
  • Music Director - Ryan Kramer

References

  1. ^ "Clear Channel/Austin Flips KFMK, KPEZ Frequencies" from All Access (May 21, 2010)

External links

  • 102.3 The Beat Website
  • Query the FCC's FM station database for KPEZ
  • Radio-Locator information on KPEZ
  • Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KPEZ

Coordinates: 30°13′26″N 97°49′41″W﻿ / ﻿30.224°N 97.828°W﻿ / 30.224; -97.828

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