KOZZ-FM
City | Reno, Nevada |
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Broadcast area | Reno, Nevada |
Branding | 105.7 KOZZ |
Slogan | Reno's Classic Rock |
Frequency | 105.7 MHz |
Translator(s) | 106.5 K293AA (Battle Mountain) |
First air date | June 20, 1971 (as KGLR) |
Format | Classic rock |
ERP | 25,000 watts |
HAAT | 893 meters |
Class | C |
Facility ID | 38452 |
Former callsigns |
KGLR (1971–1979) KOZZ (1979–1991) |
Owner |
Lotus Communications (Lotus Radio Corp.) |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | kozzradio.com |
KOZZ-FM (105.7 FM) is a commercial radio station located in Reno, Nevada. The station airs a classic rock format. The station signed on in 1971 as KGLR with a transmitter located on McClellan Peak. The KGLR call letters stood for Good Life Radio. It was once a news affiliate of NBC Radios The Source, which was geared to young adults.
The air-staff, which had previously executed a freeform rock music format patterned after San Francisco's KSAN, adopted the newly created Superstars album-oriented rock (AOR) format designed by the programming consulting firm of Burkhardt, Douglass and Associates six months before. With its new, more accessible 'hit'-oriented programming, a good deal of 'street cred' built up as KGLR with the new young rock audience, popular personalities and promotions, and a new high-powered transmitter, KOZZ 105.7 "Reno's Best Rock" vaulted to the number 1 rated position Arbitron in the Reno market, with listeners aged 12 and over, within the first ratings period. The programming staff maintained that position until fall 1987 despite a few significant personnel changes. The station adopted its current classic rock format in 1989.
References
External links
- Official Website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KOZZ
- Radio-Locator information on KOZZ
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KOZZ
- Query the FCC's FM station database for K293AA
- Radio-Locator information on K293AA
Coordinates: 39°18′47″N 119°53′02″W / 39.313°N 119.884°W