KRIZ 1230… Often times the Phoenix market leader of the 1960s and 70s– all done from the AM dial.
Has a station been so involved around the community since? Has there even been a station in Phoenix that reached the same level of popularity? And most of all, as stations and people of the past fade people’s memories, what does it say about KRIZ to know that it is still loved and remembered among many Phoenicians even thirty years after its final day?
KRIZ is the perfect model for radio done right, and those who grew up in Phoenix listening to it know its significance it had in their lives growing up.
Some memorable names of the KRIZ family:
Dave Anthony, Long John Ball, Dave Biondi, Ted Brown, Gene Burris, Steve Casey, Bobby Christian, Doug Cornet, Captain Curt, Captain Marvel, Chuck Dean (Camelback Jack), Morton “Doc” Downey, Ron Edwards, Don Elliott, Tony Evans, Jack Frost, Barnie Groven, Mark James, Ron James, Alan Jeffries, Shotgun Tom Kelly, Dennis King, Sonny Knight, Joe Light, Don Lincoln, Mike Lundy, Steve Martin, Larry McKay, Pat McMahon, Bruce Moody, Bumper Morgan, Phil Motta, Jim Nelson, Bob Pond, The Purple Pizza Eater, Rob Robbins, John Sebastian, Bob Shannon, Lee Smith, Jay Stone, Jim Titus, Dave Trout, Bruce Turner, Todd Wallace, Jonny Wallace, Art Webb
1970
1974
written by Lauren Polanski
