KCDX-FM (103.1 MHz, licensed in Florence, Arizona, Arizona) is a radio station broadcasting to the east of Phoenix, Arizona from Globe, Arizona. ==Format== The station radio format is late-60s to late-80s album rock; often including cuts that nobody played even then. It is fully automated and has no DJs and does not play any commercial announcements other than its own station identification. ==History== KCDX was a complete mystery in the broadcast spectrum of Arizona for several years. Travelers were known to go to Florence (the only location mentioned on-air, indeed at the time the only fact mentioned on-air besides the call letters and frequency) to find the station and inquire as to its origin and meaning, or simply to give thanks to its creator, only to be sent away wanting, as the only connection between the station and Florence is the address on the FCC registration. The mystery was eventually revealed. KCDX was powered-on by Ted Tucker, a reclusive former hospital pharmacist and broadcast-radio engineer, who owns several radio stations in Arizona. When another format proved not to be profitable enough, he decided to use the signal as a 2700-watt personal MP3 player, letting the rest of central and eastern Arizona listen along. The fact that he has loaded whole albums and lets the software choose the tracks randomly leads to the station's playing songs that no human DJ would ever choose for a show. The station now has a website ([http://www.kcdx.com/ www.kcdx.com]), with a live Internet feed and a rolling playlist so that listeners can identify those songs they have never heard before. Tucker has remained quiet about the ultimate fate of the station. As he seems to have a history of ''flipping'' properties he may simply be creating value to promote their sale, but the growth of KCDX's popularity induced him to duplicate the signal on the 36-kilowatt transmitter of 95.1 KFMR northwest of Phoenix in order to maintain its broadcast license while a sale of that station was pending. The KFMR simulcast lasted from October 2004 until March 2005, when KFMR's license was passed from Tucker to its new owners. ==See also== *List of radio stations in Arizona ==External Links== *[http://www.kcdx.com/ KCDX-FM website] *[http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/issues/2003-09-18/feature.html/1/index.html September 2003 Phoenix New Times article] *[http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/relatedarticles/46830.php November 2004 Arizona Daily Star article] *[http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KCDX&service=FM&status=L&hours=U Radio-locator page for KCDX] Radio stations in Arizona
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KCDX-FM (103.1 MHz, licensed in Florence, Arizona, Arizona) is a radio station broadcasting to the east of Phoenix, Arizona from Globe, Arizona. ==Format== The station radio format is late-60s to late-80s album rock; often including cuts that nobody played even then. It is fully automated and has no DJs and does not play any commercial announcements other than its own station identification. ==History== KCDX was a complete mystery in the broadcast spectrum of Arizona for several years. Travelers were known to go to Florence (the only location mentioned on-air, indeed at the time the only fact mentioned on-air besides the call letters and frequency) to find the station and inquire as to its origin and meaning, or simply to give thanks to its creator, only to be sent away wanting, as the only connection between the station and Florence is the address on the FCC registration. The mystery was eventually revealed. KCDX was powered-on by Ted Tucker, a reclusive former hospital pharmacist and broadcast-radio engineer, who owns several radio stations in Arizona. When another format proved not to be profitable enough, he decided to use the signal as a 2700-watt personal MP3 player, letting the rest of central and eastern Arizona listen along. The fact that he has loaded whole albums and lets the software choose the tracks randomly leads to the station's playing songs that no human DJ would ever choose for a show. The station now has a website ([http://www.kcdx.com/ www.kcdx.com]), with a live Internet feed and a rolling playlist so that listeners can identify those songs they have never heard before. Tucker has remained quiet about the ultimate fate of the station. As he seems to have a history of ''flipping'' properties he may simply be creating value to promote their sale, but the growth of KCDX's popularity induced him to duplicate the signal on the 36-kilowatt transmitter of 95.1 KFMR northwest of Phoenix in order to maintain its broadcast license while a sale of that station was pending. The KFMR simulcast lasted from October 2004 until March 2005, when KFMR's license was passed from Tucker to its new owners. ==See also== *List of radio stations in Arizona ==External Links== *[http://www.kcdx.com/ KCDX-FM website] *[http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/issues/2003-09-18/feature.html/1/index.html September 2003 Phoenix New Times article] *[http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/relatedarticles/46830.php November 2004 Arizona Daily Star article] *[http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KCDX&service=FM&status=L&hours=U Radio-locator page for KCDX] Radio stations in Arizona
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