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KRIM-LP

classic hits radio station in Payson, Arizona, United States

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ6336726 ↗
Source-derived summary

KRIM-LP (96.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Payson, Arizona.

Programming and administration

The community-oriented station is owned by Payson Council For The Musical Arts Inc. It airs music from the 1950s through the 1990s. The station's general manager is Chris Higgins.

The station was assigned the KRIM-LP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on June 5, 2002.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “KRIM-LP” is classic hits radio station in Payson, Arizona, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through KRIM-LP, classic and hits, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2002—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2002. For this dossier, KRIM-LP, classic and hits is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “classic hits radio station in Payson, Arizona, United States” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6336726. Authority coordinates are 34.267, -111.315. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2002.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “KRIM-LP”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow KRIM-LP primary sources, KRIM-LP archive and KRIM-LP research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “KRIM-LP”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “KRIM-LP” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.