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KPEZ

KPEZ (102.3 FM "102.3 The Beat") is a commercial radio station in Austin, Texas. It is owned by iHeartMedia and airs a rhythmic contemporary radio format. It shares studios with four other iHeart stations in the Penn Field complex in the South Congress district (or "SoCo") of south central Austin, near St. Edward's University. KPEZ has an effective radiated power of 26,000 watts, broadcasting from a transmitter site off Brodie Lane in Sunset Valley, Texas. "The Beat" station brand has for many years been associated with the R&B and hip hop music genres in the Austin radio market. It originated on 104.3 in 1998, first as KQBT, and later KXBT (now KLQB). It later moved to 104.9 (now KTXX) before that station switched formats in 2008. Clear Channel Communications picked up the branding one year later and placed it on 105.9 KFMK before swapping formats with KPEZ in 2010.

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KPEZ (102.3 FM "102.3 The Beat") is a commercial radio station in Austin, Texas. It is owned by iHeartMedia and airs a rhythmic contemporary radio format. It shares studios with four other iHeart stations in the Penn Field complex in the South Congress district (or "SoCo") of south central Austin, near St. Edward's University. KPEZ has an effective radiated power of 26,000 watts, broadcasting from a transmitter site off Brodie Lane in Sunset Valley, Texas. "The Beat" station brand has for many years been associated with the R&B and hip hop music genres in the Austin radio market. It originated on 104.3 in 1998, first as KQBT, and later KXBT (now KLQB). It later moved to 104.9 (now KTXX) before that station switched formats in 2008. Clear Channel Communications picked up the branding one year later and placed it on 105.9 KFMK before swapping formats with KPEZ in 2010.

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