KDCZ

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KDCZ
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Broadcast area Rochester, Minnesota
Frequency 107.7 MHz
BrandingSasquatch 107.7
Programming
Format Classic rock
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
KDOC-FM, KFIL, KFIL-FM, KOLM, KROC, KROC-FM, KWWK, KYBA
History
First air date
April 18, 1998 (1998-04-18) (as KLCX)
Former call signs
KANP (1996–1997)
KLCX (1997–2008)
KDZZ (2008–2017)
Technical information
Facility ID 56252
Class A
ERP 1,950 watts
HAAT 174 m (571 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 44°02′24″N92°13′05″W / 44.040°N 92.218°W / 44.040; -92.218
Links
Webcast Listen live
Website therockofrochester.com

KDCZ (107.7 FM, "Sasquatch 107.7") is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format. KDCZ is licensed to St. Charles, Minnesota, and serves the Rochester, Minnesota metropolitan area. The station is owned by Townsquare Media.

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History

Logo as KLCX KLCX Logo.jpg
Logo as KLCX

KDCZ signed on April 18, 1998, [1] as KLCX. The KLCX call letters were originally assigned to a station in the Palm Springs, California market in the early 1990s but were surrendered when its new owners changed the format to smooth jazz and the call letters to KJJZ.

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Z-Rock 107.7 logo

KLCX aired a classic hits format on 107.7, which moved to 103.9 FM on April 1, 2008, as 107.7 FM flipped to active rock as "Z-Rock 107.7". On March 23, 2010, KDZZ began simulcasting on KDCZ 103.9 FM.

On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare would acquire 53 Cumulus Media stations, including KDZZ/KDCZ, for $238 million. The deal was part of Cumulus' acquisition of Dial Global; Townsquare and Dial Global were both controlled by Oaktree Capital Management. [2] [3] The transaction was consummated effective November 14, 2013.

On April 13, 2017, at 7:30 a.m., KDCZ split from its simulcast with KDZZ and changed its format to adult hits, branded as "103.9 The Doc". [4] On June 2, 2017, KDZZ took on the KDCZ call sign, after 103.9 changed its call letters to KDOC-FM on May 16.

On September 2, 2021, at Noon, KDCZ dropped the "Z-Rock" moniker and began stunting with sounds of people hiking around Southeast Minnesota. At 3 p.m. on September 3, the station relaunched as classic rock-formatted "Sasquatch 107.7" (a name already in use at a sister station in Duluth).

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References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 (PDF). 2009. p. D-304. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Official: Cumulus Buys Dial Global, Spins Some Stations To Townsquare; Peak Stations Sold To Townsquare, Fresno Spun To Cumulus". All Access. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Cumulus Makes Dial Global And Townsquare Deals Official". RadioInsight. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  4. ↑ Variety Hits 103.9 The Doc is in Rochester Radioinsight - April 13, 2017


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