Broadcast area | Northern Hudson Valley, Northern Harlem Valley, Northwestern Connecticut |
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Frequency | 98.1 MHz |
Branding | KZE 98.1 |
Programming | |
Format | Album Adult Alternative |
Ownership | |
Owner | Willpower Radio, LLC |
History | |
First air date | February 16, 1993 |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 67776 |
Class | A |
ERP | 1,800 watts |
HAAT | 184 meters (604 feet) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°55′8″N73°34′22″W / 41.91889°N 73.57278°W |
Translator(s) | 105.9 MHz |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | http://www.wkze.com/ |
WKZE-FM (98.1 FM, "KZE 98.1") is a radio station licensed to Salisbury, Connecticut. The station broadcasts to the upper Hudson Valley Region, northern Harlem Valley and north western Connecticut. It is independently owned by Willpower Radio, LLC [1] and airs an Album Adult Alternative music format. [2] The broadcast studios are located 7564 North Broadway (U.S. Route 9), Red Hook, New York.
In January 1986, the FCC added 98.1 MHz to the table of allotments for Salisbury, Connecticut. Johnson Development Corporation, then owner of WKZE applied for and was granted a construction permit in March 1988. The allotment was assigned the WKZE-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on March 10, 1988. [3] From that point, the construction permit was extended five times until the station was licensed in 1993. [4]
In September 1993, the station was transferred to Willpower Radio, LLC so named for majority shareholder William J. Stanley. In early 2006, Willpower moved the station studios from Sharon, Connecticut, to Red Hook, New York, where they remain today. In July 2009, Willpower, LLC acquired the translator W256BI.
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WKZE only advertises locally owned, independent businesses.
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