KOZB
KOZB (97.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Livingston, Montana, United States. The station is owned by Reier Broadcasting Company, Inc., which operates as the KBOZ Radio Stations Group.[2]
City | Livingston, Montana |
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Broadcast area | Bozeman, Montana |
Frequency | 97.5 MHz |
Programming | |
Format | Silent |
Ownership | |
Owner | Reier Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
Sister stations | KBOZ, KBOZ-FM, KOBB, KOBB-FM |
History | |
First air date | December 1977[1] (as KYBS) |
Former call signs | KYBS (1977–1993) KATH (1993) KBOZ-FM (1993–1995) KPKX (1995–2004) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 16777 |
Class | C1 |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 75 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 45°39′26″N 110°58′22″W |
The offices and all the studios are located southwest of Bozeman at "Radio Ranch", 5445 Johnson Road. Its transmitter site is east of Bozeman, on Bozeman Trail Road. KBOZ-FM, KOZB, and KOBB-FM all have construction permits to move to a new shared transmitter site on top of Green Mountain, along I-90 east of Bozeman.
History
The station signed on in December 1977[1] as KYBS. It changed its call letters to KATH in April 1993; on November 25, 1993, it became KBOZ-FM. On August 1, 1995, the station switched calls to KPKX, and on August 3, 2004 it became KOZB.[3]
On June 1, 2018, KOZB and its sister stations went off the air.[4][5]
Previous Logo
References
- Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 (PDF). 2009. p. D-338. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
- "KOZB Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- "KOZB Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- Five Station Cluster Shuts Down in Bozeman Radioinsight - June 3, 2018
- Schontzler, Gail. "KBOZ radio stations go dark, future uncertain". Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
External links
- KOZB in the FCC's FM station database
- KOZB on Radio-Locator
- KOZB in Nielsen Audio's FM station database