KSZR

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KSZR is an oldies and adult contemporary station serving Tucson, Arizona. It is located in Oro Valley (a northern suburb of Tucson), but its reception is generally above average in most areas of Tucson. It is owned by Citadel and broadcasts at 9.75MHz with an ERP of 6kW. The station is focused on '70s and '80s rock and adult contemporary music. KSZR also sometimes plays current pop and modern rock music from artists like Five for Fighting, Uncle Kracker, Dido, and Hoobastank.

History

KSZR has gone through a variey of format changes in the past. It first started as a jazz oldies station but most of Tucson's audience isn't interested in the format. It then flipped to a country format known as "Cat Country" in 2001 but that seemed to fail as well. The station then flipped to "Star 975" in 2002, a mix of pop, modern rock, and adult contemporary. This format went on the longest but still failed. In Novmbember 2004, Citadel changed KSZR to BOB FM, an oldies format. KSZR is currently still BOB FM. But based on still lacking ratings, there are various rumors that it will change to a talk format which is more common on AM radio.

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