About the station
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98 KUPD is Arizona’s active-rock station on 97.9 FM, serving the Phoenix area with hard rock, metal and alternative favorites from artists such as Metallica, Slipknot, Korn and Nirvana. Use the player for the KUPD live stream and check recently played songs supplied by the station.
The weekday KUPD schedule features Bret Vesely overnight, Holmberg’s Morning Sickness from 5:30 to 10 a.m., Larry McFeelie in middays and The Shan-Man in afternoons. Sunday specialty shows include Valley Focus, Go Punk Yourself and Into the Pit. Times use Arizona time (MST).
Licensed to Tempe, Arizona, KUPD broadcasts with 100 kW ERP and serves the Phoenix metropolitan area. The station signed on in 1960, initially simulcasting its AM sister, and moved through several music formats before becoming a rock station in 1979.
KUPD is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting. Its Phoenix sister stations are KSLX-FM, KDKB, KDUS and KAZG. The contacts block includes the Phoenix studio address, Hubbard office number, request line and verified social profiles. No additional current KUPD analog frequency was confirmed.
