13 K-Hit?

When I was a kid in the 80s I lived in Tucson for two years and regularly listened to an AM top 40 station that played alot of urban music. I believe it was called 13 K-Hit. I was wondering when did that station flip formats?

I believe it was called 13 K-Hit. I was
wondering when did that station flip formats?

Mid 90's, maybe '95 or '96. Station went tango uniform and the people who bought it launched the current format.

After KHYT and before the current talk KJLL
it was KMRR with a nostalgia format.

> After KHYT and before the current talk KJLL
> it was KMRR with a nostalgia format.
>
The main programming mind behind 13-KHYT was Rich "Brother" Robbin. He figured out how to buck a trend in the early 1980s. When nearly all young people were listening to music on FM, Rich got young Hispanics to switch off FM and tune in AM instead. Does anyone remember 1330 in the 1960s when it was K-MOP?

Adams and Sholz, KHYT morning drive in the late 70s: two old lechers playing top 40. Amazing.

> Adams and Sholz, KHYT morning drive in the late 70s: two old
> lechers playing top 40. Amazing.

Bob Scholz

> > After KHYT and before the current talk KJLL
> > it was KMRR with a nostalgia format.
> >
> The main programming mind behind 13-KHYT was Rich "Brother"
> Robbin. He figured out how to buck a trend in the early
> 1980s. When nearly all young people were listening to
> music on FM, Rich got young Hispanics to switch off FM and
> tune in AM instead. Does anyone remember 1330 in the
> 1960s when it was K-MOP?
>

I remember when it was KMOP in the 60's. It was a daytimer
playing country music with jocks like the late Smokey Stover
up against Jim Slone and his early success at KHOS before he
took most of the airstaff and elevated KCUB to the big country
station in the 70's.

> > Adams and Sholz, KHYT morning drive in the late 70s: two
> old
> > lechers playing top 40. Amazing.
>
> Bob Scholz

and "Bill" Adams?

13 K-Hit changed format in the fall of 1987, shortly after I arrived at KRQ. They became a Big Band/Nostalgia station with the call letters KMRR. As late as 1986, when I visited the market, they were still a pretty good AM Top 40 station. Bruce St. James (now PD of KKFR in Phoenix) was at K-Hit at the time, and we later hired him at KRQ.

Khyt 13 khit

Indeed Clarke You are right. I remember you coming to Tucson and sitting in a hotel room making air checks of KHYT we had a great station in 1987.
JJ Morgan Mornings
Ben Chambers (Kelly) Midday
Beau Richards (Myself) Afternoons
Buzz Elliott Nights
Bob O'Dell Late Nights
Bruce St James Overnights

Great times.

Yep, Paul, I remember KMOP quite well. I even have an air-check from the 60s..http://grooveshark.com/s/KMOP+Tucson/5aUKWQ?src=5.

Beau..gotta agree with you..the station was smokin!

The airchecks I have from K-Hit are among my career faves...

Long live Orangina and cold Sam's Pizza with the secret ingrediant...tomaine!

JJ

Loved reading the "Whistle Stop" live ads... lots of fun!