Yes, Virginia, there IS a real "underground" FM radio station still playing out there somewhere...

KCDX in Florence, AZ is a musical gift to those of us fortunate enough to be in range to hear it. And for us "boomers" who were around when KCAC and KDKB sprouted wings in the late '60s and '70's, it's a real blast from the past.

Thank you, Ted Tucker, wherever you are!

Yes, Virginia, there IS a real "underground" FM radio station still playing out there somewhere...

KCDX in Florence, AZ is a musical gift to those of us fortunate enough to be in range to hear it. And for us "boomers" who were around when KCAC and KDKB sprouted wings in the late '60s and '70's, it's a real blast from the past.

Thank you, Ted Tucker, wherever you are!

This radio station DOES exist. I first discovered it last spring driving back from New Mexico through northeastern AZ. This station drops out of the air off my scan button, playing something by Steve Miller (Going to Mexico) that I hadn't heard on the radio in 25 years. We continued to listen to this station (in and out reception thru the mountains) till getting to our home in the Scottsdale area, and I set the radio button at that time. The lack of commercials, dj's, interuptions in general from just playing music, is more than worth the poor reception (the futher east you go the better the signal gets). I grew up with free-form FM radio in the 60's and other than internet-streams, this type of radio is non-existent. All I can says is KCDX baby.

KCDX....listen to it every day on my way to and from work... Simply put, it's what radio should have been.

I live a few miles from Florence and actually ran a station down the road from there. I have been trying to get info on KCDX for sometime. It's the best I've hear in years!

this station stays on my radio 24/7 - i live in mesa. az and am fortunate enough to receive this true music treasure. i don't make much money but i would send this station money to keep them on. the reminiscent oldies and fresh b-sides i have never heard keep me listening. it's good to know music (and especially free radio) still means enough to somebody in this day and age that they would do what it takes to make this happen. i gather from the previous posts that this man is Ted Tucker. Ted - if i had anything to do with it, the Nobel Peace Prize would be yours for restoring integrity back into the world of radio and music in general. my soul truly feels better when i listen to your station. Forever in your debt - thanks - james y.

I switched to KCDX the day I read the article in the New Times. Somewhere out there, there's a sly sense of humor behind the programming. The only voice on the station is the identifier, 103.1 KCDX Florence, somewhere around the top of the hour. Every so often, right before the identifier, I'll hear ZZ Top's "I heard it on the X."

"That outlaw X is cuttin' through the air...with lots of watts he took control...."

I also hear "Rock and Roll Fantasy" by the Kinks from time to time, and think of whoever's programming this when I hear the lines "There's a guy on my block and he lives for rock, plays records day and night...He turns his stereo way up high." How much higher can a guy turn his stereo than owning a radio station and playing whatsodamnever he wants, without ClearChannel and record company weasels telling him what to do? Ted, you rock.

I love this station! I just wish it would simulcast on the internet so I can listen at work. I can't get the signal in my office.

I see from other comments that I am not the only one addicted to the great Florence station KCDX. I live in north Scottsdale and hate to go home after work because the signal gets spotty. It's unbelievable! It's the most eclectic selection of music I have ever heard and I have been listening to rock since the fifties. Where else can you hear Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, remix version of Gary Numan's "Cars" and many others commercial free! Some station owner has very deep pockets and very good taste. I hope it lasts.

Hands down this is the best station I have heard since back in the early eighties when I listened to KSTM (The Storm)I love the deep cuts and off the wall hits that you just dont hear anymore. I first heard it coming back from Wickenburg one late night on my truck radio. The song that got my attention was Tommy Bolin, 'Post Toasty' ,an album that I have. (Private Eyes)The trucks' radio station has never left from 103.1 since. Some of the other stations around the valley should take a lesson from KCDX and stop playin the same old crap day in and day out.

When I found this station coming from Florence, I was convinced it was a pirate prison radio station.
That's because the AZ state prison is located in Florence and they seem to play "too much time on my hands" & "we gotta get out of this place" way too much. The New Times Article cleared up the confusion. Now with the real time playlist on that compact website I can solve the "Whozat?" with my fancy cell phone that gets the web..Rock on Ted and thanks.

KCDX now has a web sight at http://www.kcdxfm.com/
Also if you are having getting a good signal from this station there is a simple fm antenna you can get instructions for at http://www.kgnu.org/howtohear/antenna.html to get a high quality signal point the sntenna to 33-17-55 north lat
110-50-28 west lon
ps the websight has a running playlist. Jim

Great to read you guys! Bill Compton, Toad Hall and now Hank cookenboo are all gone, I am still around, but not in radio anymore. I got to be the Program Director for the first six months of KCAC, worked at KDKB a little, and put in 15 years in AZ.

Hey, did you guys know your clocks are an hour off half the time?

Ron Wortham KCAC-1969

I purchaced an $9.95 FM not boosted antenna at Radio Shack. About 5 inches square. I highly recommend it if the signal fades. Now I can listen to the station at home. I am close to South Mountain so there are some issues with reception at times. Now all I have to do is to find one for my vehicle. I used to have one when I lived in Radio Free Iowa in the 60's.

I remember the early days of KDKB and the Storm.
Many thanks to Ted Tucker!

picked up some rift that sounded alot cleaner than vinyl cuts I thought only resided on my old vinyl. I blend into the continuous sounds someone is digging down deep to play to us fortunate souls. Dig deeper my friends.
Stay pure to the real reason for FM's uninterupted, non-commercialized, chitter-chatter free, contest free radio station.

Thank you Ted... I listen to nothing but your station. It's like one of those awesome dreams you really don't want to wake up from. I get KCDX most of the way on my trips down to Rocky Point also. Again... Thank you Ted.

I came across this radio station about 2 months ago and is the only station I listen to anymore. I've told several friends about it and they cant believe a station like this exists. My 13 year old told me the other day that he really likes listening to the old songs I listened to growing up. I live in Picture Rocks which is just outside of Tucson and I have been able to pick it up as far south as Sauhrita which is by Green Valley. I am amazed with the power of this station.

Keep it up!

I started listening to this radio station in my car (only time I can seem to get it) after the New Times article came out and haven't been able to kick the habit. I forgot what it was like to listen to a radio station that was "unpredictable"... I'm also glad for the website. I used to try and memorize snippets of lyrics of the songs I liked and do a search for them on Google just to know who did them. Keep rocking Ted!

I live near Florence, AZ and KCDX ROCKS! It's the only station I listen to these days~~~~Where else can a music oficianado listen to a station with no commercials and NO INCESSANT DJ Yakking of obscure (and not so obscure), awesome music? They've played some stuff I hadn't heard in 30 years. Hope they offer Internet streaming soon.

>>Where else can you hear Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, remix version of Gary Numan's "Cars"

Please tell me y'all are getting excited about more than this. What other songs are they playing.

I found KCDX yesterday while looking for a good song--I've not turned my radio off since and have adored EVERY song. What a treasure.
I live in Pinal County and get the signal stong and clear. What a joy to hear these songs -- and only songs!

The finest compliment I could give KCDX is it is the KSTM (The Storm) of the 00's. The Storm was a one of a kind station in Metro Phoenix. It was not only fun to listen too but but it educated their listeners by playing cuts that you would never had the chance to hear anywhere else, or even knew existed. I remember we would hear a song on the Storm and turn to each other and say "only on the Storm". I never thought there would be another KSTM but KCDX is close. There not excatly the same, but I can again turn to someone after hearing a song that I thought was lost forever to radio playlists here in the "Valley Of The Bad FM Stations" and say, "Only on KCDX." Just like in the days of KSTM, all of my presets on my car radio are set to KCDX. A rare bightspot in a otherwise bleak coperate FM market.

I have listened to it while on trips to Court in Florence. Not yet a preset on my radio, but because I don't get out there much.

I'm glad to read all these comments. I was one of the part-time jocks on The Storm in 85 and 86. Then went to work for Ted Tucker when he put on KTTZ in Oracle (then on to KLPX) and we had a similar sound to The Storm. Jay Zucker put a translator at the top of Mt Lemmon and suddenly we were broadcasting into Tucson for several months. Ted sold the station to Laurie Weissert and KHYT AM as I recall and she commercialized it. So I'm glad to hear that Ted Tucker has a station he can have fun with. I get down to Tucson once a year for Spring BB(currently live in Portland) so I'll have to tune in. PS- Jeff Parets the creator of the Storm has a nationwide show thats on KSLX Phoenix called the Acoustic Storm.

Now they're in Sun City West under 95.1. Simply amazing. We were in the outer band and lost signal at our home in Peoria. Now it's crystal clear. Wow, just wow. Listening for 8 months now.

What a nice station, Old E.L.O. stuff I thought I only listened to.

Im thinking of erecting an extra long dipole atenna to pick it up out in the Ahwatukee foothills.
Screw the HOA! I want this station....

I discovered KCDX, or KFMB as it is also known about 2 months ago. I live in Rainbow Valley and the reception doesn't get too good till I cross the Gila River. I only listen to radio while driving and this station is a Godsend. No more mattress ads and music that doesn't insult the listener and the artists who made it.

Man, I love this station.

There was an article in the Arizona Daily Star that turned me on to this station. As a former college DJ, I love the openness of the format. I also love that he is super secretive (Ted) as to how he runs his station. This is the best damn station I have ever heard...a close second is WXRT in Chicago. After a week of listening, I still have yet to hear the same song. Honestly. I just wished that I lived within the vicinity of the true spectrum of the station itself and not having to resort to listening to it over the web.

Who would of thunk it that there could be such a great Rock'n Roll radio station like KCDX here in Arizona. Speaking for myself as a "Baby Boomer",
I started listening to this contagiuos radio station 2 months ago and can't get enough of the what I call " The other songs" of musical artist. To hear "A horse with no name" by America just makes my day. Thank you Ted Tucker also after reading the article in the Arizona Republic I can stop thinking that the music was coming from a prison cell.

I have the presets for both in my car, the part I like is all the reminders of those great stations the Storm in AJ or WXRT in Chicago where I grew up, driving from Waukegan to Mundelien or Palatine Ill when I was in high school & college & then Jeff Parrets & Andy Olsen on the Storm in the '80's. So my response is keep Rockin Ted, we in the 40's & 50's wasteland applaud you for your continued real FM sound & if there's any music I can donate to the cause let me know....JM

WHEN WE'RE HUNGARY, KCDX WILL KEEP US ALIVE !!!

When I first discovered KCDX I had the same feeling of excitement that I had when KZON first came on the air. I tried to stick with that station through its many changes over the years. I'm glad KCDX came along when it did!

At last a station with no commercial interuptions.Many thanks to you ted The music is incredible. My wife who listens to spanish or techno also enjoys listning. I emailed the web address to my brother in New Yok. He now listens via the internet as often as he can.I look forward to many more forgotten songs, and now with the web address I can see the name of the song and artist. Many thanks from tempe az

I recently heard a song on the station I have no idea what the song or artist was but the only lyrics i could remember were, "Biker bar next to a lingerie store, thats got the rolling stones lips up there in, bright big neon, where everyone can see 'em...they burn all night, they burn all night"Please if somebody out there knows this song please do tell who and what it is. It is a hard rock song but is played slowly, he also is not really singing it more talking it to the rhythm. If any one knows please contact me or post it. Thank You.

KCDX does stream now on the Internet.
www.kcdx.com.

We live here in sunny AZ and discovered this station last year while driving in Casa Grande. Since I can drive right by the station I always want to drag it home with me. The best music since Storm left us high and dry!!! The best part is NO TALKING HEADS!!!!! Just the very best of the B sides and what the REGULAR stations would never [;ay, like the whole version od Inagodadivida. Please always stay the way radio should be, and you are.

I just want to say thank you for playing so much great music I love it , =
im so lucky to be on the east side of the valley to get the station in =
my car ,thanks for not much advertising, keep up the great work.

Kenny Z
Gilbert ,AZ

Oh God why did you guys have to mention the Storm? I walked around depressed for days when that went off the air!!


KCDX is about all I listen to on the radio for the last few years. I have a Sirius box at work because I can't get KCDX there. Hel lwe can't even cell phone reception in that building!

I worked on the NAU campus AM radio station in the early 80's and this is the type of music we played. I live in Mesa and listen to this station whenever I am in my car. I can't get good reception in my apartment. But they are now streaming on the internet. I hope they are around a long, long time.

I live in Gilbert and love FM. This station is what FM once was.Commercial free.
You would have to be alive in the 1960s to experience commerical free rock FM.
I am in antenna manufacureing buis and had many requests for FM antennas that can receive this station from the greater Phoenix area.I sold one to someone who lives near Camelback mountain and 56 th st..He is receiving this station from a reflected bounce off the mountain loud and clear.

Mike Godar Godarusa.com