KFBZ
Hot adult contemporary | |
Affiliations | Westwood One |
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Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | August 25, 1985 | (as KXLK)
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "Buzz" |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 53153 |
Class | C0 |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 307 meters (1,007 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°48′00″N 97°31′30″W / 37.800°N 97.525°W |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live (via Audacy) |
Website | www |
KFBZ (105.3
The station mainly plays music from the 1990s to now (with a heavy emphasis on recent music) and is the local affiliate for The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show.
History
What is now KFBZ signed on the air on August 25, 1985, with an
In January 2002, KFBZ morphed into its current
The station has had four program directors in its history; Barry McKay from its inception until March 2005; JJ Morgan from April 2005 until November 2007; Dusty Hayes from December 2007 until December 2016; and Casey Osburn from January 2017 to present.
Beginning July 30, 2018, the Buzz ended the Kidd Kraddick Morning Show an hour earlier at 9 am to coincide with the live ending of the show (choosing not to air the repeat 9 am hour). The station also began airing the syndicated show The Daly Download With Carson Daly on May 4, 2019 on Saturday mornings and Sunday evenings.
In early 2015, the radio station moved to the Ruffin Building at 9111 East Douglas, formerly the Pizza Hut headquarters.[9]
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KFBZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Susan Freinkel, "Haysville Wary Of New Station", The Wichita Eagle-Beacon, August 9, 1985.
- ^ Advertisement, The Wichita Eagle, August 25, 1985.
- ^ Bob Curtright, "KXLK switches to 'smooth jazz'", The Wichita Eagle, October 5, 1996.
- ^ Denise Neil, "Shock jock out; rest of DJs, too", The Wichita Eagle, May 24, 2000.
- ^ Chris Shull, "Jazz station will stay on the air", The Wichita Eagle, March 11, 2000.
- ^ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-11-24.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Local station switches to all '80s, all the time", The Wichita Eagle, November 28, 2000.
- ^ "Entercom Radio to move to Ruffin Building". Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
External links
- Official website
- KFBZ in the FCC FM station database
- KFBZ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database