The station first signed on 17 May 1968 as KAVR-FM. Owned by BHA Enterprises, it was the FMsister station to KAVR and broadcast a middle of the road music format. On 15 September 1972, BHA Enterprises sold KAVR-AM-FM to Phoenix Broadcasters Corporation Ltd. for $423,750. Gerald F. Hicks, president of BHA, held a 4.7% interest in the purchasing party. However, on 11 October 1973, the Federal Communications Commission blocked the transaction and scheduled a hearing on whether the stations' licenses should be revoked, citing Hicks' obtaining a majority of BHA's stock without FCC approval. On 5 November 1974, an administrative law judge recommended the revocation of BHA's licenses to the stations. In December 1981, KAVR-FM changed its call sign to KAPV. The station reverted to the original KAVR-FMcall lettersin September 1985.
KZXY-FM
In October 1987, BHA Enterprises Ltd., now controlled by Dick Schofield, sold KAVR-AM-FM to Crown Broadcasting, owned by Ron Strother, for $1.7 million. At the time, the FM station carried a country music format. The FCC approved the transfer of licenses on 18 December. The new owner, also known as Ruby Broadcasting and controlled by Tom Gammon, changed KAVR-FM's call sign to KZXY-FM in June 1988. In December 1997, Regent Communications purchased KZXY-FM, its longtime AM sister station now called KIXW, and KIXA from Ruby Broadcasting for $8 million. In April 2000, Clear Channel Communications proposed a complex station swap with Regent Communications which would have involved 20 stations nationwide, including KZXY-FM, and a payment of over $67 million by Regent to Clear Channel. This deal was one of many divestitures required of Clear Channel and AMFM, Inc. by the FCC as a condition of their merger, in order to satisfy ownership caps in each affected media market. While this exchange was not implemented fully, Clear Channel did acquire the adult contemporary-formatted KZXY-FM and its AM sister station KIXW. From 2001 to 2002, KZXY and its hot adult contemporary music format were simulcast on sister KYHT in Yermo, California; together, the two stations were branded as "Y 102 & 105". In June 2007, Clear Channel sold 16 stations in California and Arizona, including KZXY-FM, to El Dorado Broadcasters for $40 million. Syndicated programming on KZXY-FM includes The John Tesh Radio Show and American Top 40 hosted by Ryan Seacrest.
