KXRZ

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KXRZ
City of license Alexandria, MN
Broadcast area West Central Minnesota
Branding Z99
Slogan Your Music, Your Station!!!
First air date 2000
Frequency 99.3 FM (MHz)
Format Hot Adult Contemporary
Power 6,000 watts
Class A
Owner Paradis Broadcasting Inc.
Website www.kxra.com

KXRZ, or Z99, is a Hot Adult Contemporary radio station in Alexandria, Minnesota broadcasting on 99.3 FM. Z99 is owned by Paradis Broadcasting Inc. which also owns KXRA-FM and KXRA-AM. Every morning between 6am-9am and again at noon,Z99 provides their listeners with local news and Weather Eye Forcast at the top and bottom between 6am-9am, and then again at noon. Z99 provides the Hollywood Minute weekday morning between 6am-9am.

The station airs a satellite feed from Jones Radio Networks, called "The '80s, '90s and Now", at all times besides the morning show.

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[edit] History

Z99 originally started out as The Lakes 99.3 (KSTQ). In December of 1998, the FCC canceled the license of 3 Branstock Communications radio stations. KSTQ Alexandria, KMSR Sauk Centre, and KMGK Glenwood. KMGK is still broadcasting now known has Smooth Magic 107. In February of 2000 Paradis Broadcasting purchased KSTQ 99.3 and changed it's letter to KXRZ. KXRZ is now known as Z99.

[edit] Contests

Z99 is well known for their Thousand Dollar Name Game. Throughout the week, listeners give their name to the station. During the day, the station reads names and once their name is read on air, they have 10 minutes to call back to qualify for the Friday drawing. On Friday, one lucky listener who gave their name to the station and qualified could possibly win $1,000.

In the month of January, Z99 plays the RE-DO YOU CONTEST. Between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., Z99 will read off names of those who sent there name in to Z99. Within ten minutes of Z99 announcing a name, the qualifier has 10 minutes to qualify for the Z99 RE-DO YOU CONTEST.

[edit] On-air schedule

[edit] Monday-Friday

  • 5a-6a - Dave Otto
  • 6a-10a - Tom-E Lee, Program director and Morning Show Host
  • 10a-2p - Scott Morrison
  • 2p-6p - Peter McLaine
  • 6p-11p - Blake
  • 11p-5a - Crash Crenshaw

[edit] Weekends

  • JAY SHIELDS
  • NICK
  • SASSY HACKETT
  • STEVE CASSIDY

[edit] Special Programming

  • The Awesome 80's Hour (11AM-12PM weekdays)
  • The Retro Show (7-11PM Saturdays)
  • The 80's Rewind (6-11PM Sundays)

[edit] External links

Radio stations in the Alexandria, Minnesota market

FM: K208EQ- 89.5 | K215BL- 90.9 | K219FA- 91.7 | KXRA-FM - 92.3 | KULO- 94.3 | KKOK- 95.7 | KRVY- 97.3 | KXRZ- 99.3 | KIKV- 100.7 | KBHL- 103.9 | KMGK- 107.1

AM: KXRA-AM - 1490

Minnesota Radio Markets
Duluth-Superior AM/FM  · Fargo-Moorhead AM/FM  · Grand Forks (ND) AM/FM  · Mankato-New Ulm-St. Peter  · Minneapolis-St. Paul AM/FM  · Rochester AM/FM  · St. Cloud


See also: List of United States radio markets
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