KOZE (AM)

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KOZE
Broadcast area Lewiston–Clarkston metropolitan area
Frequency 950 kHz
BrandingTalk Radio 950 KOZE
Programming
Format Talk radio
Affiliations ABC News Radio
NBC News Radio
Premiere Networks
Salem Radio Network
Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • Lee McVey and Angie McVey
  • (McVey Entertainment Group, LLC)
KOZE-FM
History
First air date
October 5, 1953;70 years ago (1953-10-05) (as KLER)
Former call signs
KLER (1953–1957)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 140
Class B
Power 5,000 watts day
1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 46°23′32″N117°2′3″W / 46.39222°N 117.03417°W / 46.39222; -117.03417
Translator(s) 95.5 K238CI (Lewiston)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website koze.com
The radio towers and studio for KOZE AM 950, Lewiston, Idaho, as seen from across the river in Clarkston, Washington. KOZE AM 950 towers and studio.JPG
The radio towers and studio for KOZE AM 950, Lewiston, Idaho, as seen from across the river in Clarkston, Washington.

KOZE (950 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. Licensed to Lewiston, Idaho, United States, the station is currently owned by Lee and Angie McVey's McVey Entertainment Group, LLC. [2]

Contents

By day, KOZE is powered at 5,000 watts. But at night, to reduce interference to other stations on 950 AM, KOZE reduces power to 1,000 watts. It uses a directional antenna with a three-tower array. [3]

Programming

Most of KOZE's weekday programming is from nationally syndicated conservative talk shows. They include Doug Stephan, Glenn Beck, Dennis Prager, Michael Medved, Dave Ramsey, Jim Bohannon and "Coast to Coast AM with George Noory."

Weekends feature shows on money, health, pets, guns, cars, technology and real estate. Weekend hosts include Kim Komando, Dr. Ronald Hoffman, Ron Aninian, Warren Eckstein and "Somewhere in Time with Art Bell." Most hours begin with an update from ABC News Radio.

History

On October 5, 1953;70 years ago, the station signed on the air. The original call sign was KLER. Four years later, it switched to the current KOZE call letters. In 1961, an FM station was added, 96.5 KOZE-FM.

During the 1960s and 70s, KOZE was a popular Top 40 radio station. It had been affiliated with the ABC Contemporary Radio Network.

Former logo KOZE TalkRadio950 logo.jpg
Former logo

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KOZE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "KOZE Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KOZE-AM


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