KBGZ

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KBGZ
City of license Spring Creek, Nevada
Broadcast area Elko, Nevada
Branding Big Country 103.9
Slogan "Elko's New Country Music Station"
Frequency 103.9 MHz
First air date 2008
Format Country
ERP 10,800 watts
HAAT 487 meters
Class C1
Facility ID 166019
Transmitter coordinates 40°55′18″N 115°50′58″W / 40.92167°N 115.84944°W
Former callsigns KEBG (2007-2011)
Owner Ruby Radio Corporation
(Ken and Arlene Sutherland)
Sister stations KZBI, KHIX
Website http://www.bigcountry.fm/

KBGZ (103.9 FM, "Big Country 103.9") is a radio station licensed to serve Spring Creek, Nevada. The station is owned by Ruby Radio Corporation and licensed to Ken and Alene Sutherland. It airs a Country music format.[1]

Ownership and licensing

The station was assigned the KEBG call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on August 30, 2007.[2] The station was licensed by the FCC on December 2, 2009. In April 2011, the call letters were changed to KBGZ concurrent with the station adding High Definition Radio Service. The HD-2 program features '70's and 80's music, and the HD-2 program is also rebroadcast on fill-in translator K299AN.

On November 26, 2007, Ken and Alene Sutherland applied to the FCC for a License to cover for KEBG.[3]

References

  1. "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  2. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. "Broadcast Applications". Federal Communications Commission. 2007-11-26.

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