KZWB

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KZWB
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Broadcast area Sweetwater County
Frequency 97.9 MHz
BrandingThe Big Dog 97.9
Programming
Format Classic hits
Affiliations Cumulus Media
Ownership
OwnerWagonwheel Communications Corporation
KUGR, KYCS, KFRZ, KFZE
History
First air date
June 1, 2005
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 162319
Class C2
ERP 10,500 watts
HAAT 327 meters (1,073 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 41°29′46.05″N109°20′44.74″W / 41.4961250°N 109.3457611°W / 41.4961250; -109.3457611
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website KZWB website
KZWB's radio tower (farthest right) shared with KFRZ. WilkinsTV KFRZ.jpg
KZWB's radio tower (farthest right) shared with KFRZ.
KZWB's studios in Green River Theradionetworkstudios.jpg
KZWB's studios in Green River

KZWB (97.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting from Green River, Wyoming. The station signed on June 1, 2005. KZWB is owned by Wagonwheel Communications Corporation, who also owns KUGR and KZWB's sister stations KYCS, KFZE, and KFRZ. [2] [3]

Contents

KZWB specializes in a classic hits music format that plays music from primarily the 1960s, and 1970s, but occasionally plays music from the 1980s.

Signal

KZWB, like its sister stations, broadcasts from Wilkins Peak just outside Rock Springs, Wyoming in Sweetwater County. The station shares tower space with KFRZ and transmits a 10,500 watt signal to protect KBZN in Utah. The signal reaches the majority of Sweetwater County, and begins to weaken near Rawlins to the east, and Mountain View to the west. The signal reaches into parts of northeastern Utah, and as far north as Pinedale. [4] KZWB and KFRZ are both at 7,646 feet (2,331 m) above sea level on Wilkins Peak.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KZWB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "KZWB Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "KZWB Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ↑ KZWB Coverage Map


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