KBZE

KBZE (105.9 FM) is the only Urban radio station located between New Orleans and Baton Rouge and New Orleans and Lafayette. It broadcasts the Tom Joyner Morning Show and the Michael Baisden Show.

Although KBZE's format is Urban Adult Contemporary, the station also broadcasts local programming, including a 15 minute weekday broadcast at 11:30 a.m. by Elder Hebert Andrew, pastor of the Beacon Light Baptist Church of Houma. KBZE is also the home at Noon on Fridays for the Jerome Boykin Show. Boykin is president of the Terrebonne NAACP.

Licensed to Berwick, Louisiana, USA, the station is owned by Hubcast Broadcasting Inc.^[1]

The station serves a seven parish region, however, it focuses most of its interest on the Houma/Thibodaux/Morgan City/Franklin metropolitan areas.

Currently, the station is being simulcast over sister station KFRA 1390 kHz Franklin, Louisiana

The station also features a webcast of its stream at www.kbze.com. It also has a gospel Internet Radio Station at www.kbzegospel.com, and a sports Internet Radio Station at www.kbzesports.com.

Also, these two radio stations are New Orleans Hornets affiliates. They also broadcast area high school football, basketball and baseball.

History

The station was started around 1990, becoming licensed as KVPO in 1991 as a 3,200 watt station at its present tower location. The station changed to its current KBZE calls on October 16, 1992, and was granted an increase of power to 4,000 watts in 1995. The KBZE where once used by a radio station licensed to Security, Colorado from 1989-1991.

References

External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for KBZE
• Radio-Locator information on KBZE
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KBZE