KOZZ-FM

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KOZZ-FM
Broadcast area Reno metropolitan area
Frequency 105.7 MHz
Branding105.7 KOZZ
Programming
Format Classic rock
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
June 20, 1971;53 years ago (June 20, 1971) (as KGLR)
Former call signs
KGLR (1971–1979)
KOZZ (1979–1991)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 38452
Class C
ERP 25,000 watts
HAAT 893 meters (2,930 ft)
Translator(s) 106.5 K293AA (Battle Mountain)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website kozzradio.com

KOZZ-FM (105.7 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Reno, Nevada. It is owned by Lotus Communications and it airs a classic rock format. On weekday evenings, it carries the syndicated Nights with Alice Cooper Show.

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KOZZ's studios are on Plumb Lane in South Reno, and its transmitter is atop Slide Mountain in New Washoe City. [2] Programming is also heard on FM translator K293AA at 106.5 MHz in Battle Mountain, Nevada. [3]

History

The station signed on the air on June 20, 1971;53 years ago. The original call sign was KGLR. Its transmitter was on McClellan Peak. The KGLR call letters stood for Good Life Radio. It was once an affiliate of NBC Radio's "The Source" network, which was geared to young adults.

The station started off with a freeform, progressive rock music format patterned after San Francisco's KSAN. It later adopted the newly created "Superstars" album-oriented rock (AOR) format designed by the programming consulting firm of Burkhardt, Douglass and Associates. After allowing its disc jockeys to choose their own music, the station now only played the top cuts from the biggest selling rock albums.

With its new, more accessible 'hit'-oriented programming, it featured popular personalities including Bruce Van Dyke, Daniel "The Sarge" Cook, Steve Funk, Chris "ZZ" Davis, Butch Johnson and later, Harry "The Happy Boy" Reynolds, Diane Michaels, Andy Schuon and Max Volume. The Superstars format scored early success. The first song played on the new station was "Higher and Higher" by The Moody Blues. With exciting music and promotions, plus a new high-powered transmitter, KOZZ 105.7 "Reno's Best Rock" vaulted to the number 1 rated position Arbitron in the Reno Metro market, with listeners aged 12 and over, in the Spring survey of 1978. The programming staff maintained that position until fall 1987 despite a few significant personnel changes.

As its audience began to age, the station adopted its current classic rock format in 1989. [ citation needed ] In 2023, afternoon host Chris Payne was promoted to the role of program director of both KOZZ and sister station KDOT, after the departure of Jave Patterson. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KOZZ-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KOZZ
  3. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/K293AA
  4. ↑ InsideRadio.com "People Moves - Chris Payne" April 25, 2023

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