KZYR

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KZYR
KZYR logo.png
City Avon, Colorado
Frequency 97.7 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingThe Zephyr
Programming
Format Alternative Rock
Ownership
OwnerSteve Leigh
(KNS Broadcasting, LLC)
History
First air date
1984
Call sign meaning
Kolorado ZephYR
Technical information
Facility ID 57335
Class C2
ERP 15,000 watts
HAAT 134.0 meters (439.6 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 39°38′5″N106°26′47″W / 39.63472°N 106.44639°W / 39.63472; -106.44639 Coordinates: 39°38′5″N106°26′47″W / 39.63472°N 106.44639°W / 39.63472; -106.44639
Translator(s) K272AF 102.1, Eagle
Links
Webcast Official website
Website Official website

KZYR (97.7 FM, "The Zephyr") is a radio station broadcasting an Alternative Rock music format. [1] Licensed to Avon, Colorado, United States, the station is currently owned by Steve Leigh, through licensee KNS Broadcasting, LLC. [2]

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History

KZYR signed on at 103.1 MHz in 1984 as "Brave New World". It was the fourth radio station in the Eagle Valley, with studios in the Benchmark Building in Avon. The station was programmed with an early form of adult album alternative known as "adult album rock". The "Dead Air" feature once drew an interesting letter from Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead on letterhead of his appreciation for the recognition.[ citation needed ] Several changes of ownership occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with Jerrell K. Davis consolidating control in 1991; Gardiner Broadcast Partners bought the station not long after and became Rocky Mountain Radio in 1994. During this time, the station shifted to alternative rock as "The Mountain". In the winter of 2001, the station's new owners—Cool Radio, LLC—moved the station from 103.1 FM to its new home at 97.7 and relaunched it as The Zephyr.

In 2017, Cool Radio sold KZYR and KKVM 104.7 in Vail to Rocky Mountain Radio Group, LLC, for $1 million. [3] In 2021, KZYR Morning Host Steve Leigh bought the station under the corporate name, KNS Broadcasting. Leigh has been the morning show host on KZYR since 1992.

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References

  1. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
  2. ↑ "KZYR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
  3. ↑ "Deal Digest - October 5, 2017". InsideRadio. October 5, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
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