Frequency | 96.9 MHz |
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Branding | Z-96.9 |
Programming | |
Format | Hot adult contemporary |
Ownership | |
Owner | Best Broadcasting, Inc. |
KFMZ | |
History | |
First air date | August 17, 1981 | (as KQMO at 97.7)
Former call signs | KQMO (1981–1985) |
Former frequencies | 97.7 MHz (1981–1995) |
Technical information [1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 4930 |
Class | C2 |
ERP | 50,000 watts |
HAAT | 150 meters (490 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°50′26″N 93°04′49″W / 39.84051°N 93.08024°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | kzbkradio.com |
KZBK is a radio station airing a hot adult contemporary format licensed to Brookfield, Missouri, broadcasting on 96.9 MHz FM. The station is owned by Best Broadcasting, Inc. [2]
KQMO at 97.7 MHz signed on August 17, 1981, simulcasting sister AM station KGHM during the day and airing its own programming until midnight. [3] Two years later, however, KGHM-KQMO went silent and remained so for a year until the station was sold by Hampro Wireless to Dwight and Carolyn Carver in 1984. [4] The resumption of operations of both stations was delayed into 1985 by FCC requirements. [5] After the sale, both stations changed call letters: KGHM became gospel station KGNG, while KQMO relaunched as KZBK with an adult contemporary format.
Best acquired KGNG-KZBK in 1993. The two stations became KZBK-AM-FM, simulcasting Best flagship KZZT in Moberly. [6] The simulcast of KZZT ended in 1995 when Best completed construction of a new KZBK-FM facility at 96.9 MHz, and the two stations began carrying their own programming.