KEMP | |
City: | Payson, Arizona |
Area: | Phoenix metropolitan area |
Branding: | 106.9 Da Bomb |
Frequency: | 99.3 MHz |
Format: | Rhythmic Classic Hits (simulcast of KVGQ) |
Erp: | 50,000 watts |
Class: | C2 |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
Facility Id: | 164203 |
Coordinates: | 34.1844°N -111.3378°W |
Callsign Meaning: | KEMP Communications |
Former Callsigns: | KSXX (2005–2005) KMZQ (2005–2008) KMZQ-FM (2008–2014) |
Owner: | Kemp Broadcasting & Digital Media |
Licensee: | Kemp Communications, Inc. |
Sister Stations: | KMZQ KVEG KVGQ |
Webcast: | Listen Live |
Website: | 106.9 Da Bomb |
KEMP (99.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting a Rhythmic Classic Hits format. Licensed to Payson, Arizona, the station is owned by Kemp Broadcasting & Digital Media.[1] [2] It broadcasts to the Phoenix metropolitan area and it simulcasts with KVGQ in the Las Vegas metropolitan area.
The station has a construction permit to increase it signal strength to 50,000 watts effective radiated power (ERP) and increase its tower height above average terrain (HAAT) to 459abbr=offNaNabbr=off.[3]
The station was assigned call sign KSXX on May 2, 2005. On August 31, 2005, the station changed its call sign to KMZQ, on July 30, 2008, to KMZQ-FM, and on August 19, 2014, to the current KEMP.[4]
In 2014, KEMP began simulcasting sister station KVGQ in Overton, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas radio market.