KUEZ

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KUEZ
KUEZ The New Easy 104.1 logo.jpg
Broadcast area Reno metropolitan area
Frequency 104.1 MHz
BrandingEasy 104.1
Programming
Format Soft adult contemporary
Ownership
Owner
  • John Burkavage
  • (Big Horn Media, Inc.)
History
First air date
November 12, 2012 (as KRZQ)
Former call signs
KZZD (CP) (2009–2012)
KRZQ (2012–2017)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 165338
Class C
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 600 meters (1969 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
39°54′46.2″N118°55′18.9″W / 39.912833°N 118.921917°W / 39.912833; -118.921917
Repeater(s) 104.1 KUEZ-FM1 (Reno)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website easy1041.com

KUEZ (104.1 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Fallon, Nevada serving the Reno metropolitan area. It is owned by John Burkavage, with Big Horn Media, Inc. as the licensee. It broadcasts a soft adult contemporary radio format.

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KUEZ has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts. The transmitter is in Churchill County off Interstate 80 near the Fallon Rest Stop. [2] KUEZ also has a booster station in Reno on 104.1 MHz, KUEZ-FM1 with an ERP of 17,500 watts. [3]

History

In 2009, Shamrock Communications was granted a construction permit to build a new FM station northeast of Reno and licensed to Fallon. It took three years to get the station on the air. [4]

On November 12, 2012, the station signed on, airing an alternative rock format.

On August 2, 2017, KRZQ was acquired by Big Horn Media from Shamrock Communications. The station changed to Soft Adult Contemporary, branded as Easy 104.1 under the new call sign KUEZ. [5]

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KUEZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. Radio-Locator.com/KUEZ
  3. Radio-Locator.com/KUEZ-1-FM
  4. Information from Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 page D-351
  5. KRZQ Flips to Soft Oldies as Shamrock Exits Reno Radioinsight - July 28, 2017