KSED

KSED (107.5 FM is a radio station licensed to Sedona, Arizona and serving the Flagstaff-Prescott, Arizona area. Owned by Stone Canyon Media Group, the station broadcasts a country music format.

KSED
CitySedona, Arizona
Broadcast areaFlagstaff-Prescott, Arizona
Frequency107.5 MHz
BrandingThe New KOLT @ 107.5
SloganNobody Plays More New Country
Programming
FormatCountry
Ownership
OwnerStone Canyon Media Group
(Stone Canyon of Flagstaff, LLC)
KBTK, KFLX, KWMX
History
First air date
1994
Call sign meaning
SEDona
Technical information
Facility ID55402
ClassC
ERP96,000 watts
HAAT446 meters (1,463 ft)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitekoltcountry.com

History
Former logo as 107.5 Kolt Country.

KSED signed on in Spring 1993 by owner Rap Broadcasting of Sedona with a MOR format.[1] The station was sold in March 1993 to Red Rock Broadcasting for $100,000 with owner Tom Rockler[2] and the changed to the country format as 107.5 Kolt Country in Spring 1998. Grenax Broadcasting II, LLC purchased KSED and sister stations from Red Rock Broadcasting in January 2006 for $5.025 Million. On September 24, 2018, Grenax Broadcasting II, LLC, announced plans to sell KSED and sister stations KBTK, KFLX, and KWMX to Stone Canyon Media Group—a group including former executives of Cherry Creek Media, Emmis Communications, and Withers Broadcasting.[3] the purchase was completed in December.[4]

On January 7, 2019, the station dropped its Kolt Country format, and began stunting with a robotic countdown, using Microsoft David as the voice, counting down to 6:00 a.m. on January 14, 2019 (at which time the station was expected to introduce a new format or other significant change in operations). The nature of the stunt caused concern among residents, to the point that the Flagstaff Police Department had to release a statement asking residents to stop phoning about the broadcasts, as the countdown was a promotional event with no harm intended.[5][6]

At the conclusion of the stunt, the station returned to a country format as The New Kolt @ 107.5.[7]

References
  1. (PDF) https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Annuals/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/90s-OCR-YB/1993-YB/1993-BC-YB-OCR-Page-0170.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. (PDF) https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Annuals/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/90s-OCR-YB/1994-YB/1994-BC-YB-OCR-Page-0174.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "New Group Of Radio Vets Acquires Flagstaff Cluster". RadioInsight. 2018-09-25. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  4. "EMF Buys KMJR/Corpus Christi; Perry Broadcasting Sells In SW Oklahoma". All Access. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  5. "KSED Counting Down To Monday". RadioInsight. 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  6. "'What is going on with 107.5 in Flagstaff?': Radio station's eerie marketing campaign stirs confusion". azcentral. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  7. "KOLT Country 107.5 Flagstaff Revamps As The New KOLT". RadioInsight. 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2019-01-15.


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