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WE:
- are an anthem for distant
memories.
- are a close-knit radio family.
- play songs you forgot you loved.
- have local & authentic radio
personalities.
- give away classic cars &
oven mitts.
- stream live from
TheDriveTucson.com

09/04/2025

08/31/2025

WHAT A SEASON/HOME OPENER!!! Our U of A Football team wins 40-6!!

08/13/2025

Wishing our own Leslie Lois a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY today! 🎉🎊🎂🎂🍷🎊🎂🎂

08/05/2025

Happy Birthday to us🎉🎉
We’re turning six, today!
Please sign our digital birthday card in the comments- Our Annual birthday logo (pictured below) will be available for all merch in our Drive Shop on 8/05 after 12pm🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎂🎂🎂

It’s been an amazing six years thank you guys so much for your love and support ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

08/03/2025

From WRKP in Cincinnati, Actress Loni Anderson has passed away at age 79🙁

08/02/2025

Morning Show Audio Below…

The link directs you to our website, where you can press the play button and listen, originally airing on Thursday, July 31, 2025.

tinyurl.com/MattandRandi

07/24/2025

Two more gone. Hulk Hogan & Chuck Mangione have both passed away.

07/22/2025

(Special tribute below)
Legendary performer Ozzy Osbourne has passed away at age 76.

I know what you're thinking…The Drive Tucson doesn’t play Ozzy Osbourne. And you’re right. We don’t. But that doesn’t mean Ozzy didn’t play a big role in my life.

Matt Gentry here, Program Director at The Drive Tucson and long before I ever cracked a mic on the radio, I was just a 13-year-old kid trying to survive military school. By the time I came home to Tucson that summer, my dad drove me straight to Zips Records & Tapes on Speedway and I bought my own copy. First record I ever bought with my own money. I’ve been hooked ever since.

Ozzy’s music got me through some of the roughest years of my life, and probably helped get me kicked out of military school😂😂There’s just something about his voice…tortured, unpolished, fearless, that felt like it understood me when nothing else did.

If you’re older, think about when John Denver passed. It wasn’t just sad, it felt like losing a piece of your own past. That’s what this feels like. The music is still there, but the voice behind it is gone.

He wasn’t some polished, radio-friendly act. He was messy, human, loud, brilliant. Born into poverty in Birmingham, England, he didn’t take the easy road. He was the road.

I remember my dad telling me, “Just wait until all the celebrities you grew up with start dying off, life becomes viewed through a different lens…with every one.”

So no, The Drive Tucson doesn’t play Ozzy. But this programmer sure did. On cassette. On vinyl. In my car. In my room. In the background of life’s hardest and loudest moments. Musically speaking, Ozzy has always been one of my first loves.

So here’s to the madman, the legend, the little boy from Birmingham who never stopped screaming into the dark… and somehow helped all of us feel a little less alone in it.

Rest easy, Ozzy. And thank you.

07/21/2025

Malcolm‑Jamal Warner, beloved Theo on The Cosby Show, has died at 54 after drowning while on a family vacation in Costa Rica. A gifted actor, musician, and advocate, he lit up screens for four decades—from sitcoms and dramas to Grammy-winning spoken word. He also used his voice to uplift others, co-hosting a podcast on Black identity and mental health. Warner was a private, grounded man who leaves behind a loving wife and daughter.

07/17/2025

Awe, we've been nominated...VOTE FOR US!🙏❤

The Drive Tucson is up for BEST RADIO STATION FOR MUSIC and our very own Ken Carr is up for BEST RADIO HOST!

Would you mind taking a few minutes to vote for us?
Remember, there is a minimum of 15 categories you must fill out in order for the vote to count:) - Vote now and click the link here - https://bit.ly/44VgRuw

Thank you, Tucson Weekly and thank you to our listeners!!

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http://TheDriveTucson.com/

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Well-Known Locals Launch New Radio Station Targeting In-Car Listeners

Hall of fame radio personality Bobby Rich, legacy station manager Jim Arnold and local downtown champion Fletcher McCusker have joined forces to launch a new Tucson owned-and-operated commercial radio station in Tucson at 101.7FM and AM830

The trio of well-known Tucsonans recently acquired the stations and have converted to an original format of music and local, live personalities.

Branded as The DRIVE, KDRI Tucson originates 24/7 broadcasting from Scott and Broadway downtown. The station is designed to appeal to baby boomers whose radio options have become overlooked and underserved by local radio. With a catalogue of over 2,000 songs, the distinctive presentation is unlike anything in the region and maybe in the country.

Listeners can hear the KDRI-AM830 signal while driving from the Mexican border to Phoenix. The DRIVE 101.7-FM signal can be heard all over the Tucson valley, allowing for frequent road reports and local information. The music will be familiar without playing the same 40 songs over and over, and you’ll connect with local, live DJs.