KZNO

For the Jerome, Idaho radio station that held the call sign KZNO at 103.1 FM from 2012 to 2014, see KEDJ.
KZNO
City of license Rupert, Idaho
Broadcast area Twin Falls, Idaho
Branding ESPN Radio The Zone
Frequency 970 kHz
First air date 1955-10-24 (as KAYT)
Format Sports
Power 2,500 watts day
900 watts night
Class B
Facility ID 67743
Transmitter coordinates 42°36′10″N 113°43′21″W / 42.60278°N 113.72250°W
Former callsigns KAYT (1955-1985)
KBBK (1985-2000)
KFTA (2000-2014)
Affiliations ESPN Radio
Owner Lee Family Broadcasting
Sister stations KZDX, KART, KKMV, KEDJ, KBAR
Website inthezone.fm

KZNO (970 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Rupert, Idaho, USA, the station serves the Twin Falls area. The station is currently owned by Lee Family Broadcasting and features programing from ESPN Radio.[1]

History

The station was assigned the call letters KAYT on 1955-10-24. They changed to KBBK on 1985-01-01 and on 2000-02-24, the station changed its call sign to KFTA.[2]

The station began its regional Mexican format on November 1, 1999 as "La Fantástica 970" under the direction of Benjamin Reed, a.k.a. "El Chupacabras." Reed, who is Anglo by birth but fluent in Spanish. Reed has also been featured in Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hector Tobar's book, Translation Nation.

On March 1, 2013, the station began broadcasting the Spanish adult hits format "Juan" from Westwood One. It is now known as "Juan 970."

On August 4, 2014, KFTA changed their format to sports, branded as "The Zone", under new call letters, KZNO. The KZNO calls and "Zone" sports format were previously on 103.1 FM KEDJ, which switched to active rock as "The Edge".

References

  1. ↑ "KZNO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "KFTA Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

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