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City | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
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Broadcast area | Chattanooga and Vicinity |
Frequency | 106.5 MHz |
Branding | KZ106 |
Programming | |
Format | Classic rock |
Ownership | |
Owner | Cumulus Media (Radio License Holding CBC, LLC) |
AM, WGOW-FM, WOGT | |
History | |
First air date | December 1960 (as WLOM) August 19,1978 (as WSKZ) |
Former call signs | WLOM (1960-1974) WYNQ (1974-1978) |
Call sign meaning | We are Super KraZy on FM 106! |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 54525 |
Class | C |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 329 meters |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | kz106.com |
WSKZ (106.5 FM) is a commercial radio station in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The station operates under a classic rock format and is branded as KZ106. The station is one of four stations operating in the Chattanooga broadcast area by Cumulus Media. Its studios are located on Pineville Road in Chattanooga, and its transmitter is located in Signal Mountain.
History
The station became WSKZ in August 1978 in which they were formerly co-owned with their nearby AM station WGOW during its early years but by 1981 the station became a Top 40/CHR format in which WSKZ is the only FM radio station in Chattanooga that broadcast a fully-fledged Top 40/CHR station. But beginning in 1985, unlike most Top 40 stations, WSKZ began fledging into a similar "Rock-40" format lean (similar to KEGL in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex in Texas). The station formerly began competing against a new Top 40/CHR station WBDX in 1989, WSKZ continued their run as a Top 40/CHR station until 1992 when they returned to simulcasting WGOW after being a Top 40/CHR station to Chattanooga for 14 years. Then after 12 incredible years of playing rockin' hits, WSKZ has decided to transform from their highly successful Top 40/CHR format into their current Classic Rock format in 2000.
External links
- KZ 106 official website
- WSKZ in the FCC FM station database
- WSKZ on Radio-Locator
- WSKZ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
Coordinates: 35°09′43″N 85°19′05″W / 35.162°N 85.318°W