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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = KRZI
| logo             = KRZI-KTON 1660-92.3-1330-100.9 logo.png
| logo_size        = 200px
| city             = [[Waco, Texas]]
| area             = [[Waco, Texas]]
| branding         = ''ESPN Central Texas''
| frequency        = 1660 [[kHz]]
| translator       = See {{section link||Translator}}
| repeater         = 1330 [[KTON (AM)|KTON]] ([[Temple, Texas|Temple]]-[[Killeen, Texas|Killeen]])
| airdate          = January 9, 1998 (as KAXY)
| format           = [[Sports radio|Sports]]
| power            = 10,000 [[watt]]s (day)<br>1,000 watts (night)
| class            = B
| facility_id      = 87179
| coordinates      = {{coord|31|24|46.00|N|97|12|38.00|W|region:US_type:city}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = KAXY (1998–1999)<br>KRZX (1999–2004)
| affiliations     = [[ESPN Radio]], [[Westwood One (1976–2011)|Westwood One]]
| owner            = M&M Broadcasters
| licensee         = M&M Broadcasters, Ltd.
| sister_stations  = [[KEKR]], [[KRQX (AM)|KRQX]], [[KWBT (FM)|KWBT]]
| webcast          = [http://krzi.streamon.fm Listen Live]
| website          = [http://www.listencentraltexassports.com listencentraltexassports.com]
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''KRZI''' (1660 [[AM broadcasting|AM]], 92.3 [[FM broadcasting|FM]] ''ESPN Central Texas'') is a [[radio station]], paired with an FM relay translator, broadcasting a [[sports radio|sports]] format. Both facilities are licensed to [[Waco, Texas]], United States, and serve the Waco area. KRZI is fully simulcast on sister station 1330 [[KTON (AM)|KTON]] [[Cameron, Texas|Cameron]], extending ESPN Central Texas's coverage area into Temple, Killeen, Belton, and Fort Hood.
==Programming==
KRZI features programming from [[ESPN Radio]] and [[Westwood One (1976–2011)|Westwood One]]. While the station airs local programming, roughly 75 percent is ESPN content. The associated stations have the broadcast rights for the NFL, the Texas Rangers, The Baylor Bears and NCAA Basketball and Football. Simmons, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, also owns and operates Simmons Radio in Utah, Western Broadcasting, Simmons Lone Star Media, Simmons Outdoor Media, Simmons Ventures and [[Morris Murdock Travel, LLC|Morris Murdock Travel]].
==History==
KRZI originated as the expanded band "twin" of an existing station on the standard AM band.
On March 17, 1997 the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "[[AM expanded band#United States|Expanded Band]]" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700&nbsp;kHz, with the original KRZI authorized to move from 1580&nbsp;kHz to 1660&nbsp;kHz.<ref name="five">[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x004848309&view=1up&seq=276 "FCC Public Notice: Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations"] (FCC DA 97-537), March 17, 1997.</ref>
A construction permit for the expanded band station was assigned the call letters '''KAXY''' on January 9, 1998.<ref name=callsigns1660/> The FCC's initial policy was that both the original station and its expanded band counterpart could operate simultaneously for up to five years, after which owners would have to turn in one of the two licenses, depending on whether they preferred the new assignment or elected to remain on the original frequency,<ref name="five"/> although this deadline was extended multiple times. It was ultimately decided to transfer full operations to the expanded band station, and on May 18, 2006 the license for the original station on 1580 AM, now with the call sign KQRL,<ref name=callsigns1580>{{cite web |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=35580 |title=Call Sign History (1580 AM)|work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref> was cancelled.<ref>[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=35580 FCC Station Search Details: DKQRL] (Facility ID: 35580)</ref> This allowed [[KEKR]] 1590 AM [[Mexia, Texas|Mexia]] to move farther west in Limestone County, to cover Waco proper with its daytime signal.
AM 1660 changed its call sign to '''KRZX''' on August 30, 1999, and to '''KRZI''' on October 7, 2004.<ref name=callsigns1660>{{cite web |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=87179&Callsign=KRZI |title=KRZI Call Sign History |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref>
In the summer of 2004 KRZI and its sister stations became owned by [[Simmons Media Group]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KRZI |title=KRZI Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division }}</ref> (now Redrock Broadcasting), which in 2009 sold its entire Waco station cluster to M&M Broadcasters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radio-info.com/news/m-m-broadcasters-to-buy-simmons-medias-4-station-waco-texas-group-for-nearl |title=M & M Broadcasters to buy Simmons Media's 4-station Waco, Texas group for nearly $2 million |date=September 21, 2009 |work=Radio-Info.com |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814014246/http://www.radio-info.com/news/m-m-broadcasters-to-buy-simmons-medias-4-station-waco-texas-group-for-nearl |archive-date=August 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Translator==
{{RadioTranslators
| callsign = KRZI
| width    =
| call1    = K222DC
| freq1    = 92.3
| fid1     = 202389
| watts1   = 250
| haat1    = 108
| class1   = D
| city1    = Waco, Texas
| coord1   = {{coord|31|32|15.00|N|97|5|32.00|W|region:US_type:city}}
| notes1   = First air date: September 12, 2018
}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{AM station data|87179|KRZI}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|202389|K222DC}}
*{{FXL|K222DC}}
*{{FCC letter|letterid=44550|callsign=KRZI|hcards=yes}} - Operation on 1580&nbsp;kHz (covering 1961-1980 as KBGO / KRZI)
{{Waco Radio}}
{{Sports Radio Stations in Texas}}
{{ESPN Texas}}
{{Simmons Media Group}}
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