KPEZ

KPEZ

Austin, Texas
Broadcast area	Greater Austin
Frequency	102.3 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	102.3 The Beat
Programming
Format	Rhythmic Top 40
Subchannels	HD2: Pride Radio
Affiliations	iHeartRadio Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia (iHM Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	KASE-FM KHFI-FM KVET KVET-FM
History
First air date	August 13, 1976 (1976-08-13)
Former call signs	KMXX (1976–82)
Call sign meaning	Reference to a prior easy listening format
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	11935
Class	C2
ERP	26,000 watts
HAAT	209 meters (686 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	30°13′26″N 97°49′41″W / 30.224°N 97.828°W / 30.224; -97.828
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live (via iHeartRadio) Listen live (HD2)
Website	thebeatatx.iheart.com

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.