There are 23 AM and 39 FM stations in town. AM STATIONS SERVING METRO PHOENIX. KFYI (550) News/talk. KTAR (620) Sports (known as Arizona Sports) KIDR (740) Spanish Catholic (known as en Familia Radio) KMVP (860) Gospel (known as Gospel 860) KGME (910) Sports/talk (known as Fox Sports)
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, from a combination of African-American genres such as blues, boogie-woogie, jump blues, jazz, and gospel music, together with Western swing and country music.
Rock-and-Roll (rÃ¤k'n roll') n. first so used (1951) by Alan Freed, Cleveland disc jockey, taken from the song My Baby Rocks Me with a Steady Roll. The use of rock, roll, rock and roll, etc., with reference to sexual intercourse, is traditional in blues, a form of popular music that evolved in the 1950's from rhythm and blues, characterized by the use of electric guitars, a strong rhythm with an accent on the offbeat, and youth-oriented lyrics.