baɪ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi sˈɪks, kˈeɪsˈʌn wʌz ɹˈʌnɪŋ dʒˈæz fˈʊltˈaɪm wɪð mˈaɪnɚ lˈiːɡ bˈeɪsbɔːl plˈeɪbaɪplˈeɪ ʌvðə fˈiːnɪks fˈaɪɚbɜːdz, hˌævɪŋ lˈɔst ɹˈeɪdɪˌoʊ ˈɑːz wɛn tʃˈɪldɹənz ɹˈeɪdɪˌoʊ nˈɛtwɜːk ˈɑːptᵻd tə sˈiːs dˈɪstɹɪbjˌuːɾɪŋ ɪɾ aʊtsˈaɪd ʌv ɪts ˈoʊndændˈɑːpɚɹˌeɪɾᵻd stˈeɪʃənz.
By 1986, KSUN was running jazz full-time with minor league baseball play-by-play of the Phoenix Firebirds, having lost Radio AAHS when Children's Radio Network opted to cease distributing it outside of its owned-and-operated stations.