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| {{Infobox radio station | {{Infobox radio station | ||
| | name = KXCI | | name = KXCI | ||
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| | city = ] | | city = ] | ||
| | area = ] | | area = ] | ||
| | branding = 91.3 KXCI | | branding = 91.3 KXCI | ||
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| airdate = {{Start date and age|1983|11|19}} | ||
| | frequency = 91.3 ]{{HD Radio}} | | frequency = 91.3 ] {{HD Radio}} | ||
| | format = ] | | format = ] ] | ||
| | erp = 340 ]s | | erp = 340 ]s | ||
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| | class = C2 | | class = C2 | ||
| | licensing_authority = ] | |||
| | facility_id = 22167 | | facility_id = 22167 | ||
| | owner = Foundation For Creative Broadcasting | | owner = Foundation For Creative Broadcasting | ||
| | webcast = | | webcast = | ||
| | website = | | website = | ||
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| callsign_meaning = "XCI" is 91 in ] | ||
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| '''KXCI'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=KXCI |title=KXCI {{!}} Real People, Real Radio {{!}} Tucson's Community Radio |url=https://kxci.org/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=kxci.org |language=en-US}}</ref> (91.3 ]) is a ], listener-supported, ] in ]. It is owned by the ] Foundation for Creative Broadcasting. Its ] comes from the ] for 91 (XCI). Their studios and offices are located at 220 South 4th Avenue, Tucson, Arizona.<ref>{{Cite web |last=KXCI |title=Contact, KXCI |url=https://kxci.org/about/contact/ |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=kxci.org |language=en-US}}</ref> Its ] is on East Mount Bigelow Road in Whitetail, Arizona.<ref></ref> | |||
| '''KXCI''' is a nonprofit "]" ] that serves ]. KXCI broadcasts on the frequency of 91.3 MHz. Programs include talk shows, music shows and call-in shows. The call letters come from the ] for 91—XCI. | |||
| Primarily a music station, its programming also includes short-form features about local issues and the ] political show '']'' on weekdays. The station offers programs for ], the ] community and the ]. KXCI plays a variety of musical genres, featuring both independent artists and bands/musicians on major labels. They include ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].<ref></ref> | |||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| In the late 1970s, Tucson residents Paul Bear, Frank Milan, and Roger Greer began preliminary work on the idea of a new, non-commercial radio station with a community-centered focus.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mms.tucsonhispanicchamber.org/tucsonhispanicchamber/mem_555874037 | title=KXCI Community Radio 91.3 FM - Tucson, AZ }}</ref> They received a ] from the ] (FCC) in November 1982 after completing FCC filings and a frequency search. | |||
| In the late 1970s, several people began work on the station when it was realized that there was a need for a more eclectic and diverse radio station than many felt was available, and began preliminary work on the idea, which after a frequency search and FCC filings, gained a construction permit in November 1982. | |||
| The original idea regarding callsigns was to have a contest to come up with one and see if it was available. However, upon receiving a letter from the FCC regarding the need to select a callsign, a volunteer came up with the 'KXCI' idea, and that was the top submission of five sent to the FCC. Those calls were available and were assigned. | |||
| The original concept of finding a name for their call sign was to run a contest, and then see if the name was available. However, upon receiving a letter from the FCC regarding the need to select call letters, a volunteer came up with the name KXCI, and was the top choice out of five submitted to the FCC. Those calls were available and were assigned.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burch |first=Cathalena E. |title=6 Tucson musicians earn hall of fame honor |url=https://tucson.com/entertainment/music/6-tucson-musicians-earn-hall-of-fame-honor/article_6595e556-337e-11ed-8198-7364c781b351.html |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=Arizona Daily Star |date=22 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> | |||
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| ⚫ | The station ] the air on {{Start date and age|1983|11|19}}. It began at 7 p.m. with a ], playing ] for two days to promote a station benefit concert featuring ]. They then ran a three-week promotion called the "Big Broadcast of 1983", which featured a historical journey from earliest music to contemporary. It included a wide variety of genres and ended on December 5 with a live concert at the studio. | ||
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| ⚫ | There was some controversy about the final format of the new station, including one that the station was going to play ] music 24/7, causing ] station KHYT 1330 (now ]) to bill itself as "Tucson's First Rock and Soul Station". KHYT's promotion abruptly ended once the true format was known. It would be a 'music mix' during the day, and over 29 musical styles and genres during nights and weekends.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Buckley |first=Daniel |date=December 9, 1993 |title=KXCI survives rocky decade - Tucson Citizen Morgue, Part 2 (1993–2009) |url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/1993/12/09/215066-kxci-survives-rocky-decade/ |access-date=2017-02-01 |website=Tucson Citizen |publisher= |language=en}}</ref> The station still airs many genres and styles not generally found on other stations in the Tucson ].<ref name="prog"></ref> | ||
| ⚫ | The station originally |
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| ⚫ | The station was originally located at 91.7 FM. In the early 1990s, the station moved to its present 91.3 frequency to permit the station formerly known as KFMA 92.1 (now ]) to raise its power and cover more of the Tucson area. | ||
| ==Programming== | |||
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| KXCI plays an eclectic mix of musical genres, spinning both independent artists along with bands/musicians on major labels. | |||
| ==Specialty programming== | |||
| The styles of music vary wildly, and range from (and are by no means limited to) ] to ] and ] to ], ], ], ], ] and ].<ref></ref> In addition, there are many specialty shows (mostly on weeknights and weekends) which focus on particular genres.<ref name="prog" /> Its Monday night show, , broadcasting since May 1998,<ref>Downtown Tucsonan May 2002 "Locals Only Turns Four" (publication is out of print)</ref> features Tucson's diverse and talented musicians. Locals Only! includes interviews with and live performance by the bands. KXCI is also a local carrier for '']''.<ref></ref> | |||
| Specialty shows on KXCI are mostly heard on weeknights and weekends.<ref name="prog" /> Its Monday night show, ''Locals Only!'', which has been broadcasting since May 1998, features Tucson's musicians with interviews and live performances by the bands. KXCI is also a local carrier for '']''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arizona Stations |url=https://www.democracynow.org/stations/arizona |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927145504/https://tucson.com/entertainment/music/6-tucson-musicians-earn-hall-of-fame-honor/article_6595e556-337e-11ed-8198-7364c781b351.html |archive-date=2022-09-27 |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Democracy Now! |language=en}}</ref> | |||
| In 1995, Michael Metzger quoted the station's then board president Shirley Shade in a Tucson Weekly article that illustrates the station's diversity of musical offerings: "If you don't like something that you're hearing at this moment, just wait a minute and something different will be on," says Shirley Shade, president of the Foundation for Creative Broadcasting's board of directors. (The foundation is a non-profit corporation |
In 1995, Michael Metzger quoted the station's then board president Shirley Shade in a Tucson Weekly article that illustrates the station's diversity of musical offerings: "If you don't like something that you're hearing at this moment, just wait a minute and something different will be on," says Shirley Shade, president of the Foundation for Creative Broadcasting's board of directors. (The foundation is a non-profit corporation that holds KXCI's broadcast license and oversees the station's operation.) "It's a learning experience, it exposes you to different types of music that you might not normally listen to."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tw/bn-08-95/feature1.htm|title=Big Noise|last=Metzger|first=Michael|date=August 1, 1995|website=TucsonWeekly.com|publisher=Tucson Weekly|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | ||
| ==Funding== | ==Funding== | ||
| KXCI is a non-profit organization that operates under the corporation name The Foundation for Creative Broadcasting, Inc. and is designated as a cultural entity, according to the Arizona Corporation Commission website.<ref></ref> | KXCI is a non-profit organization that operates under the corporation name ''The Foundation for Creative Broadcasting, Inc''. and is designated as a cultural entity, according to the Arizona Corporation Commission website.<ref></ref> | ||
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| According to its website, "membership is the largest form of support at KXCI." Memberships range from one-time gifts in any amount to monthly sustaining members in any amount.<ref></ref> | |||
| ==Local Media Collaborations== | |||
| ⚫ | In September 2015, the City of Tucson awarded KXCI, Brink Media and Wavelab Studios a "contract to operate Tucson's new Community Media Center, officially replacing the now-defunct Access Tucson and City Channel," according to the Arizona Daily Star, which also wrote: "The partners will oversee public-access television broadcasting and local content designed to grow the economy, and provide training in media arts."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/new-partnership-takes-over-tucson-public-access-broadcasts/article_122f8456-185d-5288-8b45-02d244369320.html|title=New partnership takes over Tucson public-access broadcasts|last=Del Grande|first=David J.|date=September 11, 2015|work=Arizona Daily Star|access-date=February 1, 2017|via=Tucson.com}}</ref> | ||
| ⚫ | KXCI also collaborates with Tucson Weekly and Arizona Public Media's Jim Nintzel by airing the political journalist's show, |
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| ==KXCI's ''Tucson Weekly'' Best of Tucson Awards== | |||
| KXCI has won, or been a runner-up, in ''Tucson Weekly's'' Best of Tucson awards for over two decades. Here is a list, from KXCI.org.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kxci.org/about/kxci-tucson-weeklys-best-tucson/|title=KXCI's Tucson Weekly Best of Tucson Awards|last=|first=|date=March 1, 2016|website=KXCI|publisher=|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> According to that same page (scroll to the bottom),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://kxci.org/about/kxci-tucson-weeklys-best-tucson/|title=KXCI's Tucson Weekly Best of Tucson Awards - KXCI Tucson 91.3 FM|newspaper=KXCI Tucson 91.3 FM|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> "Previous issues of the ''Tucson Weekly's'' Best of Tucson awards are not online as of March 2016. According to this (Feb. 26, 2009) re-cap of ''Tucson Weekly'' articles, the Best of Tucson awards began in 1987."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/the-tucson-weekly/Content?oid=1149212|title=The 'Tucson Weekly'|last=Nintzel|first=Jim|website=Tucson Weekly|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''1995''': Best Radio Station for Music - "No radio station in Tucson comes close to playing the extraordinary assortment of music KXCI dispatches on the airwaves every day."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tw/bot98/framed/cl25_1995.html|title=Best Radio Station For Music '95|website=www.tucsonweekly.com|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''1996''': Best Radio Station for Music, Runner Up - "For the first time in the history of our readers' poll, KXCI 91.3 FM slips to second place. We, however, still think it's tops."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tw/bot98/framed/cl25_1996.html|title=Best Radio Station For Music '96|website=www.tucsonweekly.com|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''1997''': Best Radio Station for Music, Runner Up <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tw/bot98/framed/cl25_1997.html|title=Best Radio Station For Music '97|website=www.tucsonweekly.com|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''1998''': Best Radio Station for Music, Runner Up - "Eclectic doesn't even begin to describe the range of this community radio station. You're likely to hear anything here: old-timey bluegrass, rap, blues, trance, zydeco or bootleg Dead concerts."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tw/bot98/nonframed/cl25_1998.html|title=City Life: Best Radio Station For Music (Best of Tucson '98)|website=www.tucsonweekly.com|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''1999''': Best Radio Station for News, Runner Up<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-radio-station-for-news/BestOf?oid=1065260|title=Best Radio Station For News|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''1999''': Best Radio DJ, Kidd Squidd - "Dave Squires, a.k.a. Kidd Squidd, has been a stalwart of Tucson's own KXCI-FM since moving here from Los Angeles in 1984 – and from that time on, he's been committed to the principle that ours should be one pueblo under a groove."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-radio-dj/BestOf?oid=1065272|title=Best Radio DJ|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''1999''': Best Radio Station for Music - "Where else on the local airwave's will you hear Tuvan throat-singing from Mongolia, Finnish folk songs and a show of psychedelic '60s sounds?"<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-radio-station-for-music/BestOf?oid=1065259|title=Best Radio Station For Music|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''2000''': Best Radio Station Personality, Runner Up - Hod Rod Ron "Hot Rod Ron is one of those increasingly rare-to-come-by D.J.s who does what he does for the sheer love of the music."<ref name="Best Radio Personality">{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-radio-personality/BestOf?oid=1067103|title=Best Radio Personality|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''2000''': Best Radio Station Personality, Kidd Squidd - "Once again our readers have bestowed one of their favorite accolades upon KXCI's Kidd Squidd."<ref name="Best Radio Personality"/> | |||
| '''2001''': Best Radio Station - "If you look left on the dial to 91.3 FM, a music mix of legendary performances will greet you!" <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-radio-station/BestOf?oid=1077260|title=Best Radio Station|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''2002''': Best Radio Station Personality, Kidd Squidd - "So, you've just discovered early British punk, but you don't know where to turn after buying ''Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols'' and ''The Clash."''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-radio-personality/BestOf?oid=1070957|title=Best Radio Personality|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''2002''': Best Rock Music Station - "You had better do what you are told; you better listen to the radio! And you'd better listen to KXCI, the best station in the known universe."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-rock-music-station/BestOf?oid=1070956|title=Best Rock Music Station|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''2003''': Best Rock Music Station, Runner Up<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-rock-music-station/BestOf?oid=1074126|title=Best Rock Music Station|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''2003''': Radio Ringmaster - "KXCI's Kidd Squidd continues to be fascinated by the river that is music."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/radio-ringmaster/BestOf?oid=1074140|title=Radio Ringmaster|last=Nintzel|first=Jim|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''2004''': Best Rock Music Station, Runner Up<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-rock-music-station/BestOf?oid=1077796|title=Best Rock Music Station|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''2004''': Best Radio Station Personality, Kidd Squidd - "For radio enthusiasts of a certain age, the sounds emanating from the transistor used to actually be wildly enjoyable and mind-expanding, miles away from the programmed pablum that multinational conglomerates spoon-feed the masses today."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-radio-personality/BestOf?oid=1077797|title=Best Radio Personality|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''2005''': Best Rock Music Station, Runner Up<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-rock-music-station/BestOf?oid=1081814|title=Best Rock Music Station|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''2005''': Best Special Evening of Radio, ''Twangin' Tuesday'' - "Tuesday nights on KXCI feature the knockout triple-bill of Shorty Stubbs' ''Country Fringe'' followed by Michael Hyatt's ''Route 66'' and The Roze Lady's ''Rosie's Rhythm Room''."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-special-evening-of-radio/BestOf?oid=1081825|title=Best Special Evening of Radio|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''2006''': Best Rock Music Station, Runner Up<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-rock-music-station/BestOf?oid=1085424|title=Best Rock Music Station|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''2007''': Best Rock Music Station, Runner Up<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-rock-music-station/BestOf?oid=1088951|title=Best Rock Music Station|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''2008''': Best Rock Music Station, Runner Up<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-rock-music-station/BestOf?oid=1092636|title=Best Rock Music Station|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''2009''': Best Rock Music Station, Runner Up<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-rock-music-station/BestOf?oid=1360422|title=Best Rock Music Station|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''2010''': Best Rock Music Station, Runner Up<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-rock-music-station/BestOf?oid=2207996|title=Best Rock Music Station|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''2011''': Best Radio Show for Local Music, ''Locals Only - "''When you tune in to ''Locals Only'' on KXCI, the intimate banter among band members almost makes you feel like you're in Studio 2A with them."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-radio-show-for-local-music/BestOf?oid=3155449|title=Best Radio Show for Local Music|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| '''2012''': Best 2-1/2 Hours on KXCI, ''Hex Enduction Hours -'' "It's certainly possible the 2 1/2 hours of punk and post-punk that Julio Pena spins starting at 2:30 a.m. (!) on Wednesday might not be your thing, but it should be."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-2-12-hours-on-kxci-fm-913/BestOf?oid=3536149|title=Best 2 1/2 Hours on KXCI FM 91.3|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | Due to its non-profit status, and due to FCC and grant regulations, KXCI does not air traditional radio ]s. Instead, KXCI's ]s read ]' spots that highlight the ]' businesses or events.<ref></ref> The ]s also share ]s featuring Tucson's local non-profits and their initiatives or events.<ref></ref> | ||
| '''2014''': Best Radio Station for News, Runner Up<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-radio-station-for-news/BestOf?oid=4849258|title=Best Radio Station for News|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| ==Local media collaborations== | |||
| '''2014''': Best Radio Station for Music - "When they say 'real people, real radio,' they mean it."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-radio-station-for-music/BestOf?oid=4849255|title=Best Radio Station for Music|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | In September 2015, the City of Tucson awarded KXCI, Brink Media, and Wavelab Studios a "contract to operate Tucson's new Community Media Center, officially replacing the now-defunct Access Tucson and City Channel," according to the ''Arizona Daily Star'', which also wrote: "The partners will oversee public-access television broadcasting and local content designed to grow the economy, and provide training in media arts."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/new-partnership-takes-over-tucson-public-access-broadcasts/article_122f8456-185d-5288-8b45-02d244369320.html|title=New partnership takes over Tucson public-access broadcasts|last=Del Grande|first=David J.|date=September 11, 2015|work=Arizona Daily Star|access-date=February 1, 2017|via=Tucson.com}}</ref> | ||
| ⚫ | KXCI also collaborates with ''Tucson Weekly'' and Arizona Public Media's Jim Nintzel by airing the political journalist's show, ''Zona Politics'', on Sundays from 5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m<ref></ref> | ||
| '''2015''': Best Radio Stations for Music - "Tucson really is lucky to have KXCI. After all, not every city can boast its own truly local community radio station."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-radio-station-for-music/BestOf?oid=5941495|title=Best Radio Station for Music|newspaper=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
| KXCI has either won or been a runner-up in ''Tucson Weekly''<nowiki/>'s "Best of Tucson" awards for over two decades.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kxci.org/about/kxci-tucson-weeklys-best-tucson/|title=KXCI's Tucson Weekly Best of Tucson Awards|last=|first=|date=March 1, 2016|website=KXCI|publisher=|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/the-tucson-weekly/Content?oid=1149212|title=The 'Tucson Weekly'|last=Nintzel|first=Jim|website=Tucson Weekly|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> | |||
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| Broadcast area | Tucson metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 91.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 91.3 KXCI |
| Programming | |
| Format | Free-form community radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Foundation For Creative Broadcasting |
| History | |
| First air date | November 19, 1983; 41 years ago (1983-11-19) |
| Call sign meaning | "XCI" is 91 in Roman numerals |
| Technical information | |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 22167 |
| Class | C2 |
| ERP | 340 watts |
| HAAT | 1,110 meters (3,640 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°24′54.00″N 110°42′56.00″W / 32.4150000°N 110.7155556°W / 32.4150000; -110.7155556 |
| Links | |
| Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.kxci.org |
KXCI (91.3 FM) is a non-commercial, listener-supported, radio station in Tucson, Arizona. It is owned by the non-profit Foundation for Creative Broadcasting. Its call sign comes from the Roman numeral for 91 (XCI). Their studios and offices are located at 220 South 4th Avenue, Tucson, Arizona. Its transmitter is on East Mount Bigelow Road in Whitetail, Arizona.
Primarily a music station, its programming also includes short-form features about local issues and the syndicated political show Democracy Now! on weekdays. The station offers programs for Native Americans, the LGBTQ community and the Latino community. KXCI plays a variety of musical genres, featuring both independent artists and bands/musicians on major labels. They include Alternative Rock, Progressive country, Americana, Blues, Jazz, Latin jazz, Cumbia, Reggaeton, Punk rock, and Folk.
History
In the late 1970s, Tucson residents Paul Bear, Frank Milan, and Roger Greer began preliminary work on the idea of a new, non-commercial radio station with a community-centered focus. They received a construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in November 1982 after completing FCC filings and a frequency search.
The original concept of finding a name for their call sign was to run a contest, and then see if the name was available. However, upon receiving a letter from the FCC regarding the need to select call letters, a volunteer came up with the name KXCI, and was the top choice out of five submitted to the FCC. Those calls were available and were assigned.
The station signed on the air on November 19, 1983; 41 years ago (1983-11-19). It began at 7 p.m. with a stunt format, playing reggae music for two days to promote a station benefit concert featuring Eek-A-Mouse. They then ran a three-week promotion called the "Big Broadcast of 1983", which featured a historical journey from earliest music to contemporary. It included a wide variety of genres and ended on December 5 with a live concert at the studio.
There was some controversy about the final format of the new station, including one that the station was going to play urban contemporary music 24/7, causing Top 40 station KHYT 1330 (now silent) to bill itself as "Tucson's First Rock and Soul Station". KHYT's promotion abruptly ended once the true format was known. It would be a 'music mix' during the day, and over 29 musical styles and genres during nights and weekends. The station still airs many genres and styles not generally found on other stations in the Tucson radio market.
The station was originally located at 91.7 FM. In the early 1990s, the station moved to its present 91.3 frequency to permit the station formerly known as KFMA 92.1 (now KCMT) to raise its power and cover more of the Tucson area.
Specialty programming
Specialty shows on KXCI are mostly heard on weeknights and weekends. Its Monday night show, Locals Only!, which has been broadcasting since May 1998, features Tucson's musicians with interviews and live performances by the bands. KXCI is also a local carrier for Democracy Now!.
In 1995, Michael Metzger quoted the station's then board president Shirley Shade in a Tucson Weekly article that illustrates the station's diversity of musical offerings: "If you don't like something that you're hearing at this moment, just wait a minute and something different will be on," says Shirley Shade, president of the Foundation for Creative Broadcasting's board of directors. (The foundation is a non-profit corporation that holds KXCI's broadcast license and oversees the station's operation.) "It's a learning experience, it exposes you to different types of music that you might not normally listen to."
Funding
KXCI is a non-profit organization that operates under the corporation name The Foundation for Creative Broadcasting, Inc. and is designated as a cultural entity, according to the Arizona Corporation Commission website.
Due to its non-profit status, and due to FCC and grant regulations, KXCI does not air traditional radio commercials. Instead, KXCI's DJs read underwriters' spots that highlight the underwriters' businesses or events. The disc jockeys also share public service announcements featuring Tucson's local non-profits and their initiatives or events.
Local media collaborations
In September 2015, the City of Tucson awarded KXCI, Brink Media, and Wavelab Studios a "contract to operate Tucson's new Community Media Center, officially replacing the now-defunct Access Tucson and City Channel," according to the Arizona Daily Star, which also wrote: "The partners will oversee public-access television broadcasting and local content designed to grow the economy, and provide training in media arts."
KXCI also collaborates with Tucson Weekly and Arizona Public Media's Jim Nintzel by airing the political journalist's show, Zona Politics, on Sundays from 5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m
KXCI has either won or been a runner-up in Tucson Weekly's "Best of Tucson" awards for over two decades.
See also
References
- "Facility Technical Data for KXCI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- KXCI. "KXCI | Real People, Real Radio | Tucson's Community Radio". kxci.org. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- KXCI. "Contact, KXCI". kxci.org. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- Radio-Locator.com/KXCI
- KXCI's Programs page
- "KXCI Community Radio 91.3 FM - Tucson, AZ".
- Burch, Cathalena E. (22 September 2022). "6 Tucson musicians earn hall of fame honor". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- Buckley, Daniel (December 9, 1993). "KXCI survives rocky decade - Tucson Citizen Morgue, Part 2 (1993–2009)". Tucson Citizen. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ KXCI Website: Programs
- "Arizona Stations". Democracy Now!. Archived from the original on 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- Metzger, Michael (August 1, 1995). "Big Noise". TucsonWeekly.com. Tucson Weekly. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- Arizona Corporation Commission website
- KXCI Website: Underwriting
- KXCI PSA Submission page
- Del Grande, David J. (September 11, 2015). "New partnership takes over Tucson public-access broadcasts". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved February 1, 2017 – via Tucson.com.
- Zona Politics
- "KXCI's Tucson Weekly Best of Tucson Awards". KXCI. March 1, 2016. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- Nintzel, Jim. "The 'Tucson Weekly'". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
External links
- KXCI Website
- Facility details for Facility ID 22167 (KXCI) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KXCI in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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