Broadcast area | Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo, Utah |
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Frequency | 97.9 MHz |
Branding | Now 97.9 |
Programming | |
Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Capital Broadcasting |
KLO-FM | |
History | |
First air date | 1978 (as KZAN) |
Former call signs |
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Technical information [1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 8690 |
Class | C |
ERP | 26,000 watts |
HAAT | 1,149 meters (3,770 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°39′35″N112°12′5″W / 40.65972°N 112.20139°W |
Translator(s) | 103.1 K276DR (Montpelier, Idaho) |
Repeater(s) | 97.9 KBZN-FM1 (Park City) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | www.kbzn.com |
KBZN (97.9 FM, "Now 97.9") is a commercial radio station licensed to Ogden, Utah and serving the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The station airs a top 40 radio format and is owned by Capital Broadcasting. [2] [3]
The station's studios and offices are located at the 257 Tower building in downtown Salt Lake City, along with sister station KLO-FM. [4] KBZN's transmitter site is located southwest of the city on Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains. [5] The station is also heard on a repeater station, 97.9 KBZN-FM1 in Park City [6] and on translator station 103.1 K276DR in Montpelier, Idaho. [7]
In 1978, the station first signed on as KZAN. [8] The station was owned by Ben Lomand and broadcast a country music format. The station switched call letters to KKGB in 1988.
In 1989, the station changed its call sign to KKWY, as a Top 40 station.
In late 1989, the license was purchased by locally based Capital Broadcasting, changed call letters to KBZN, and became a smooth jazz station as an affiliate of the syndicated service "The Breeze". For several years it was a locally programmed smooth jazz station.
In 2009, KBZN made the switch to hot AC and the "Now 97.9" moniker. [9]
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