KOZB

KOZB (97.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Livingston, Montana, United States. The station's license is held by Desert Mountain Broadcasting Licenses LLC.

KOZB

Livingston, Montana
Broadcast area	Bozeman, Montana
Frequency	97.5 MHz
Branding	97.5 The Zone
Programming
Format	Active rock
Ownership
Owner	Cameron Maxwell (Desert Mountain Broadcasting Licenses LLC)
Sister stations	KBOZ, KBOZ-FM, KOBB, KOBB-FM
History
First air date	December 1977[1] (as KYBS)
Former call signs	KYBS (1977–1993) KATH (1993) KBOZ-FM (1993–1995) KPKX (1995–2004)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	16777
Class	C1
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	75 meters
Transmitter coordinates	45°39′26″N 110°58′22″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	thezone975.com

Its transmitter site is east of Bozeman, on Bozeman Trail Road. KBOZ-FM, KOZB, and KOBB-FM all have construction permits to move to a new shared transmitter site on top of Green Mountain, along I-90 east of Bozeman.

History

The station signed on in December 1977^[1] as KYBS. It changed its call sign to KATH in April 1993; on November 25, 1993, it became KBOZ-FM. On August 1, 1995, the station switched its call sign to KPKX, and on August 3, 2004, it became KOZB.^[3]

On June 1, 2018, KOZB and its sister stations went off the air.^[4][5]

Effective December 6, 2019, the licenses for KOZB and its sister stations were involuntary assigned from Reier Broadcasting Company, Inc. to Richard J. Samson, as Receiver. The licenses for these stations were sold to Desert Mountain Broadcasting Licenses LLC for $300,000 in a deal completed on January 31, 2022. The station came back on the air as active rock 97.5 the Zone.^[6]

Previous logo

References

1. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 (PDF). 2009. p. D-338. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
2. "Facility Technical Data for KOZB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
3. "KOZB Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
4. Five Station Cluster Shuts Down in Bozeman Radioinsight - June 3, 2018
5. Schontzler, Gail. "KBOZ radio stations go dark, future uncertain". Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
6. "Deal Digest – February 3, 2021". Retrieved August 7, 2022.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 16777 (KOZB) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KOZB in Nielsen Audio's FM station database