KZZP (104.7 FM) is a United States commercial radio station licensed to Mesa, Arizona, and serving the Phoenix metropolitan area.
[1] KZZP has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, broadcasting from a tower at 472 meters (1,549 ft) in height above average terrain (HAAT).
The two stations simulcast their programming and were owned by Sun Valley Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Harkins Theatres, a movie theater chain.
While in Phoenix, his KZZP show featured prank phone calls, parody songs which Brandmeier himself usually wrote, sang and recorded, along with a cast of regular characters.
When Brandmeier left for Chicago, Western Cities won an injunction to keep him off the air in that market until his contract with KZZP had expired.
DJs during this era include Valerie Knight, Kevin Weatherly, Jimmy Kimmel, Dave Otto, Kevin Ryder and Gene Baxter (of Kevin and Bean fame), Todd Fisher, Clarke Ingram, John Machay, Nick Sommers, Michelle Santosuosso, William "Bill Stu" Stewart, Carey Edwards, Steve Goddard, Kent Voss, William "Buddy" LaTour, Mike Elliot, John O'Rourke, Steve Grosz, Susan Karis, Dave Ryan, Laurie Michaels, Brandon Scott, and Christopher Lee.
On April 28, 1991, at 1 pm, after playing "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" by Elton John, KZZP began stunting with a ticking clock.
[6][7][8] On March 8, 1996, at 3 pm, after six hours of stunting with heartbeat sound effects and clips from the television show ER, KZZP returned to Phoenix, this time featuring a modern AC format, and the "104.7 KZZP" name, making an attempt to capture the audience that grew up listening to the original incarnation.
[14][15] The new modern AC KZZP was competing with the similarly-formatted KMXP, and would later become its sister station with the merger of Jacor and Nationwide.
KMXP had the better ratings so, in February 1999, KZZP began evolving back to mainstream Top 40 by including more rhythmic and upbeat tracks in its playlist; the shift was completed that April.
On April 20, 2001, at 6 pm, after playing "Higher" by Creed, KZZP began stunting with a three-day loop of Prince's Kiss.
KZZP, under Clear Channel and Program Director Tom Caloccoci, went in a rhythmic-leaning Top 40 direction that included some dance crossovers.