WRKZ

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WRKZ
City of license	Columbus, Ohio
Broadcast area	[1]
Branding	99.7 The Rock
Slogan	Columbus' Rock Station
Frequency	99.7 (MHz)
First air date	April 26, 1962
Format	Active Rock
ERP	20,000 watts
HAAT	239 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	49107
Owner	North American Broadcasting Company, Inc.
Website	http://www.997wrkz.com

WRKZ (99.7 FM, "99.7 The Rock") is primarily a rock music radio station in Columbus, Ohio owned by locally-based North American Broadcasting Company, Inc.

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1 History
2 Other Items of Interest
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

99.7FM went on the air in 1962. At that time, FM radio wasn't very popular and WMNI-FM (as it was known) mostly rebroadcast its sister AM station's easy listening music format. Like most stations, it has changed formats over the years. In the late '80s and early '90s the station was known as WMGG, Magic 99.7 (spoken as "ninety-nine-seven"), and played predominantly '60s-era classic rock/oldies. The Blitz began July 4th weekend, 1992, and played 'new rock hits'. WBZX became WRKZ The Rock on April 4th, 2008.

The Rock broadcasts from one of the highest radio antennas in Columbus (only WOSU-FM is higher) and covers an area more than 125 miles in diameter. The station uses a state-of-the-art audio and radio transmission system. There are three on-the-air studios, four radio production rooms, an interview studio and a multi-track recording studio with a separate sound booth. Most of the programming on 99.7 The Rock is produced on fully digital audio systems. Computer-controlled main and backup transmitter sites feature the latest equipment, backup power systems and high-tech environmental controls.^[3]

[edit] Other Items of Interest

^{- From WBZX Wikipedia entry -}

The FCC website has shown that the call letters, WBZX, have been changed to WRKZ, effective April 4, 2008. [2]

On April 3rd, 2008, the station played miscellaneous jargon that sounded as if the radio was having trouble tuning. Intermittently, a voice would mention that the "station is rebooting".

On April 4th 2008, 99.7FM was yet again changed to WRKZ The Rock. The new station premiered with "Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at 17:00 EST.

[edit] References

^ WBZX Radio broadcast. 9:53PM EST, April 3, 2008. Continuous minutes in.
^ Venta, Lance. "99.7 WBZX Columbus Stunting", RadioInsight, April 3, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
^ NEW ROCK 99.7 THE BLITZ (via Google Cache) (March 28, 2008 16:20:16 GMT.). Retrieved on 2008-04-04.

[edit] External links

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