KBZE

KBZE

City	Berwick, Louisiana
Branding	105.9 The Breeze
Frequency	105.9 MHz
Format	Urban Adult Contemporary
ERP	4,000 watts
HAAT	123 meters (404 feet)
Class	A
Facility ID	40580
Transmitter coordinates	29°45′27″N 91°10′25″W / 29.75750°N 91.17361°W / 29.75750; -91.17361Coordinates: 29°45′27″N 91°10′25″W / 29.75750°N 91.17361°W / 29.75750; -91.17361
Former callsigns	KVPO
Owner	Hubcast Broadcasting Inc.
Sister stations	KFRA
Webcast	KBZE Webcast
Website	KBZE Main website

KBZE (105.9 FM) is the only Urban radio station located between New Orleans and Baton Rouge and New Orleans and Lafayette. It broadcasts the Tom Joyner Morning Show, and live local news and sports six times a day, weekdays.

Although KBZE's format is Urban Adult Contemporary, the station also broadcasts local programming, including a 15-minute weekday broadcast at 9:30 a.m. by Bishop Hebert Andrew, pastor of the Beacon Light Baptist Church of Houma. KBZE is also the home at 10am on Fridays for the Jerome Boykin Show. Boykin is president of the Terrebonne NAACP.

Licensed to Berwick, Louisiana, USA, the station is owned by Hubcast Broadcasting Inc.^[1]

The station serves a seven parish region, however, it focuses most of its interest on the Houma/Thibodaux/Morgan City/Franklin metropolitan areas.

Currently, the station is being simulcast over sister station KFRA 1390 kHz Franklin, Louisiana

The station also features a webcast of its stream at www.kbze.com. Android and I-Phone customers can listen to the station by using the Tune-In Application, a free download.

Also, these two radio stations are New Orleans Pelicans affiliates. They also broadcast area high school football, basketball softball and baseball.

History

The station was started around 1990, becoming licensed as KVPO in 1991 as a 3,200 watt station at its present tower location. The station changed to its current KBZE calls on October 16, 1992, and was granted an increase of power to 4,000 watts in 1995. The KBZE where once used by a radio station licensed to Security, Colorado from 1989-1991.

References

↑ "KBZE-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Radio stations in the Houma, Louisiana area

By AM frequency	640 870

By FM frequency	88.3 90.5 91.5 92.3 94.9 96.7 97.7 104.1 106.3

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475

By callsign	KCIL KDLC KIH23 KNSU KTIB KTLN-FM KUHN KVDU KXOR-FM WGUO WRKN WWL

Nearby radio markets Baton Rouge Lafayette New Orleans See also List of radio stations in Louisiana

Urban and Urban AC Radio Stations in the U.S. state of Louisiana

Stations	Hip-Hop KBTT-FM - Haughton/Shreveport KBCE-FM - Boyce/Alexandria KCJM-LP - Alexandria KJMH-FM - Lake Arthur/Lake Charles KKST-FM - Oakdale/Alexandria KMJJ-FM - Shreveport KRRQ-FM - Lafayette KRVV-FM - Bastrop/Monroe KZJM-LP - Lafayette WQUE-FM - New Orleans Urban AC KAYT-FM - Jena/Alexandria KBZE - Berwick KCLF - New Roads KDKS-FM - Blanchard/Shreveport KFXZ-FM - Opelousas KGRM - Grambling KJMG - Bastrop/Monroe KMVX - Monroe KMXH - Alexandria KNEK-AM - Washington KNOC-AM - Natchitoches KQXL-FM - New Roads KVMA-FM - Shreveport KZWA - Moss Bluff WYLD-FM - New Orleans Oldies KBRH - Baton Rouge KOUS-LP - Monroe KTJZ - Tallulah/Vicksburg Gospel WYLD (AM) - New Orleans WTQT-LP - Baton Rouge

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Louisiana

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