KOZB (97.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Livingston, Montana, United States. The station's license is held by Desert Mountain Broadcasting Licenses LLC.
| Broadcast area | Bozeman, Montana |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 97.5 MHz |
| Branding | 97.5 The Zone |
| Programming | |
| Format | Active rock |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KBOZ, KBOZ-FM, KOBB, KOBB-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | December 1977[1] (as KYBS) |
Former call signs | KYBS (1977–1993) KATH (1993) KBOZ-FM (1993–1995) KPKX (1995–2004) |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 16777 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 75 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 45°39′26″N 110°58′22″W / 45.65722°N 110.97278°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | thezone975.com |
Its transmitter site is east of Bozeman, on Bozeman Trail Road. KBOZ-FM, KOZB, and KOBB-FM all have construction permits to move to a new shared transmitter site on top of Green Mountain, along I-90 east of Bozeman.
History
editThe station signed on in December 1977[1] as KYBS. It changed its call sign to KATH in April 1993; on November 25, 1993, it became KBOZ-FM. On August 1, 1995, the station switched its call sign to KPKX, and on August 3, 2004, it became KOZB.[3]
On June 1, 2018, KOZB and its sister stations went off the air.[4][5]
Effective December 6, 2019, the licenses for KOZB and its sister stations were involuntary assigned from Reier Broadcasting Company, Inc. to Richard J. Samson, as Receiver. The licenses for these stations were sold to Desert Mountain Broadcasting Licenses LLC for $300,000 in a deal completed on January 31, 2022. The station came back on the air as active rock 97.5 the Zone.[6]
Previous logo
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References
edit- ^ a b Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 (PDF). 2009. p. D-338. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KOZB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "KOZB Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Five Station Cluster Shuts Down in Bozeman Radioinsight - June 3, 2018
- ^ Schontzler, Gail. "KBOZ radio stations go dark, future uncertain". Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ^ "Deal Digest – February 3, 2021". Retrieved 2022-08-07.
External links
edit- Facility details for Facility ID 16777 (KOZB) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KOZB in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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