KOZB

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KOZB
Broadcast area Bozeman, Montana
Frequency 97.5 MHz
Branding97.5 The Zone
Programming
Format Active rock
Ownership
Owner
  • Cameron Maxwell
  • (Desert Mountain Broadcasting Licenses LLC)
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″N110°58′22″W / 45.65722°N 110.97278°W / 45.65722; -110.97278
Links
Public license information
Website thezone975.com

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.

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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

The 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 (PDF). 2009. p. D-338. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KOZB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "KOZB Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Archived from the original on November 24, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  4. ↑ Five Station Cluster Shuts Down in Bozeman Archived June 12, 2018, at the Wayback Machine Radioinsight - June 3, 2018
  5. ↑ Schontzler, Gail. "KBOZ radio stations go dark, future uncertain". Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Deal Digest – February 3, 2021". Archived from the original on June 14, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2022.


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