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KUPD(FM)
Call Sign History
KUPD from 10/02/1992
830831AI from ???
97.9 MHz

Tempe, AZ
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





KUPD Channel: 250C 97.9 MHz
Tempe, Arizona
Service: FM - A full-service FM station or application.
Facility ID: 65166
FRN: 0022840441
Fac. Service: FM Analog & Digital

Status: LIC
Application Accepted: 08/20/2013
Application Granted: 09/10/2013
File Number: BMLH-20130820ABM
License Expires: 10/01/2029
Prefix Type: This is a modification of a license for a commecial FM station
Application Type: Minor Modification

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Facility Type: FM STATION
Class: C, A Zone II station; with exactly 100kW ERP and a class contour distance 72km-92km

Site Location: 33-19-58.2 N 112-03-55.5 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 33-19-58.0 N 112-03-53.0 W (Converted to NAD 27)

Effective Radiated Power: 100 kW
Transmitter Output Power: 21.1 kW
Antenna Center HAAT: 494 m (1621 ft.)
Antenna Center AMSL: 856 m (2808 ft.)
Antenna Center HAG: 59 m (194 ft.)

Calculated Site Elevation: 797 m. (2615 ft.)
Height Overall*: 0 m
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Omni-Directional Antenna
Antenna Make/Model: Continental G5CPS-10AC
Antenna ID: 0
Polarization:

Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1002361

[ASR Heights Differ from KUPD Application]
Structure Type: TOWER
Registered To:
Citicasters Co.
Structure Address:
Atop South Mountain 13.6 Km S Of Center
Phoenix, AZ
County Name: Maricopa County
ASR Issued: 08/29/2017
Date Built: 11/01/1967
Site Elevation: 797 m (2615 ft.)
Structure Height: 73.1 m (240 ft.)
Height Overall: 74 m (243 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 871 m (2858 ft.)
FAA Determination: 09/08/1986
FAA Study #: 86-AWP-834-OE
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 1, 3, 11, 21
RED LIGHTS/PAINT
33-19-58.0 N 112-03-56.0 W (NAD 83)
33-19-57.8 N 112-03-53.5 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
KUPD(FM) Licensee Information

Phoenix FCC License Sub, LLC
3415 University Avenue, West
St. Paul, MN 55114
Phone: 651-642-4336
Limited Liability Company
20130820ABM Applicant Information

Chuck Artigue
Date: 08/20/2013
Application Certifier
Tempe Radio, Inc.
1900 West Carmen
Tempe, AZ 85283
Applicant
James S Stanley
14537 W Grand Avenue
Suite 140
Surprise, AZ 85374-8651
Consulting Engineer
Kenneth C. Howard, Jr.
Baker & Hostetler LLP

Associated Land Mobile Licenses


(No Records Found)
Associated Microwave Licenses


(No Records Found)

Study Date: 4/16/2025; Study Duration: 0.0146 Seconds.
Database Sources:
04/16/2025 FCC LMS,
4/15/2025 FCC ASR,
4/15/2025 FCC ULS Microwave, and
4/15/2025 FCC ULS Broadcast Land Mobile.



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