KOZY (AM)

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KOZY

City of license	Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Broadcast area	Iron Range
Branding	1320 KOZY
Frequency	1320 AM (kHz)
First air date	January 29, 1948
Format	Commercial; Oldies/ Sports; Talk
Power	5,000 watts
Class	B
Facility ID	34971
Callsign meaning	Pronounced as cozy
Former callsigns	KBZY-AM
Affiliations	ABC News Radio, Minnesota Twins Radio Network Minnesota News Network
Owner	Jim and Colleen Lamke Lamke Broadcasting
Sister stations	KMFY
Website	kozyradio.com

KOZY (originally pronounced as cozy) is a talk/oldies radio station broadcasting on 1320 AM in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. It is owned by Lamke Broadcasting along with its sister station, KMFY.

The Super Cruiser

The Super Cruiser is KOZY's promotional vehicle used in parades and on location reporting. Originally a 1971 Chevy Ambulance, It was retired and sold to KNNS-FM (Now KOZY's Sister station, KMFY). The Super Cruiser has had many color schemes over the years including Yellow, 2 tone blue, and the current black.

Programming

KOZY AM 1320 is a live, locally produced radio station.

KOZY is the Grand Rapids area affiliate for the ABC Information Network, with hourly news updates from ABC, and several ABC Sports reports as well. KOZY is also an affiliate of the Minnesota News Network with hourly newscasts of statewide news, generally at the bottom of each hour. MNN also provides several Minnesota sports programs throughout the day. KOZY's exclusive network of affiliations afford them the opportunity to present information of all types in an accurate and rapid fashion. Local area news is provided by News Director Michael Davis throughout the day.

KOZY broadcasts games for the Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Timberwolves, Minnesota Golden Gophers (college), Minnesota Wild. The Minnesota Vikings NFL Football Games air on sister station, KMFY.

KOZY is also the longtime flagship station of Grand Rapids High School sports. They also feature "Thunderhawk Talk" a program of news from Grand Rapids High School.

KOZY airs syndicated programming including "Little Known Facts" with Chaz Allan, "The Hippie Radio Show" with Charlie Butcher, "Classic Countdown" with Dick Bartley, as well as "The Beatle Years", "The Rock Files" with Keith Austin, and "Elvis Only"

KOZY's music programming features the hit songs of the mid-1950s through the mid-1970s. A music library of literally thousands of musical selections provides a very wide music base generally exceeding that of typical "oldies" radio stations.

DJs

Morning - Tim Edwards & Jason Groth "The Morning Mess"
Mid-Day - Jason Groth
Afternoon - Kathy Lynn
Evening - Tyler Nesset
Late evenings - Hal 2000
News - Michael Davis

Former D.J's

Bill Betz
Dale Randall
Dave Michaels (Frechette)
Neal Miller
Jon Paulson
Jim Voltz
Kenn Fideldy- News
Erin Anderson
Bill Kirwin (Also former owner)
Jim Mickelson (News & Sports)
Bobby Mambo (Hachey)
Greg Salo
Mr. Mergatroid
Larry Johnson
Harry Wills
"Bud" Germ
Dennis Melde
Clayton Kruger
Mark Masters (Lallak)
Jon Toivonen
Nicole Zorman

External links

KOZY Website

Query the FCC's AM station database for KOZY

Radio-Locator Information on KOZY

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KOZY

v t e Radio stations in the Iron Range market area

(Market includes Hibbing, Grand Rapids, Virginia, and Ely)

By FM frequency	WHPJ 88.7 WQRN 88.9 K208CR 89.5 WIRR 90.9 K209DS 89.7 KADU 90.1 KAXE 91.7 W221AU 92.1 WIRN 92.5 WTBX 93.9 WELY 94.5 K236AD 95.1 W237AO 95.3 K237CE 95.3 KGPZ 96.1 KMFY 96.9 WEVE-FM 97.9 W252AN 98.3 WUSZ 99.9 W267AO 101.3 W269AC 101.7 KMFG 102.9 K280AT 103.9 K281AB 104.1 KBAJ 105.5 W288AI 105.5 WMFG-FM 106.3 KAOD 106.7 K297AD 107.3

By AM frequency	650 WNMT 1240 WMFG 1320 KOZY 1340 KRBT 1450 WELY

Minnesota radio markets Duluth–Superior Grand Forks, ND La Crosse, WI Mankato–New Ulm–St. Peter Minneapolis–St. Paul Moorhead–Fargo Rochester St. Cloud Other Minnesota radio regions Alexandria Austin–Albert Lea Bemidji Brainerd Fergus Falls–Detroit Lakes International Falls Iron Range Sioux Falls, SD Worthington–Marshall Willmar See also List of radio stations in Minnesota

v t e Oldies radio stations in the state of Minnesota

By frequency	1020 1170 1320 1390 1480 1570 1590 93.9 94.3 94.7 95.5 98.7 99.7 100.5 101.5 101.7 102.7 103.5 104.3 104.5 105.1 105.3 105.7 105.7 106.3 106.9 107.9

By callsign	KAKK KCHK-FM KDJS KISD KJJK KKCQ KKRC KLDJ KNSG KOZY KQEG KQQL KRAQ KRFO KRJM KRUE KUAL-FM KULO KVGO KXAC KXDL WGVX WGVY WGVZ WMFG-FM WMOZ WQXJ

By city	Alexandria Blackduck Brainerd Browerville Cambridge Cloquet Duluth Eden Prairie Fergus Falls Fosston Grand Rapids Granite Falls Hibbing Jackson La Crescent (La Crosse, Wisconsin) Lakeville Mahnomen Mankato Minneapolis Moose Lake New Prague Owatonna Pipestone Rochester Springfield Walker Waseca Willmar

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Minnesota See also Oldies Classic Hits

Coordinates: 47°10′22″N 93°27′10″W / 47.17278°N 93.45278°W / 47.17278; -93.45278

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