{"id":412484,"date":"2026-01-16T05:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T05:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/412484\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T05:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T05:46:09","slug":"ai-infused-adult-alternative-94-9-the-zone-debuts-in-phoenix-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/412484\/","title":{"rendered":"AI-Infused Adult Alternative \u201894.9 The Zone\u2019 Debuts In Phoenix. | Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zelus Media Group has launched adult alternative \u201c94.9 The Zone\u201d on the Chandler, AZ licensed FM translator K235CB (94.9) and KZON-HD2 Phoenix. The station is utilizing programming from SonicTrek.ai to broadcast a 24\/7 AI-infused adult alternative station dubbed \u201cWhere Music Matters,\u201d which becomes the fifth format offered by the new service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Zone\u201d features the voices of format veterans SonikTrek.ai\u2019s Dennis Constantine, along with Nicole Sandler, Kevin Malvey and Sean Marten. The station pays homage to the former \u201c101.5 The Zone\u201d KZON, which was heard in the Phoenix market from 1992 until 2005.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to be partnering with SonicTrek.ai in what we believe is the continuous evolution of radio,\u201d Zelus Media\u2019s CEO Michael Cutchall said. \u201cIntegrating human expertise and talent with cutting edge AI technology, that enhances the listener experience with localized music and content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SonicTrek.ai entered the audio syndication space in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insideradio.com\/free\/sonictrek-ai-debuts-with-futuri-partnership\/article_eb375fee-f474-46d6-8fdd-080c3a8f1750.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 2025<\/a>. The company is led by industry veterans Joel Denver (CEO) and Mike Agovino (CRO) and uses Futuri Media\u2019s advanced AI technology to deliver hyper-localized, 24\/7 audio formats.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to \u201cWhere Music Matters,\u201d additional formats offered include \u201cPhoebe: Curiously Alternative,\u201d \u201cMyCountry,\u201d \u201cStarship,\u201d and \u201cCoolClassics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMike Cutchall and the Zelus team are embracing the opportunity to re-engage listeners and re-energize sales with our new 100% localized AI-infused Triple A format, utilizing real personalities who have licensed their voices to us,\u201d Denver remarked. \u201cWe are excited to help make this happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Agovino added, \u201cZelus presented us with the opportunity to develop a new format leveraging familiar localized voices within a tight window and \u2018Where Music Matters\u2019 answers that challenge in a big way. Moving forward, SonicTrek.ai will leverage the power of influential voices on both a national and local level to drive the impact of ai-infused audio even deeper into the market.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zelus Media Group has launched adult alternative \u201c94.9 The Zone\u201d on the Chandler, AZ licensed FM translator K235CB&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,3872,341,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-412484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-free","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}