KOZZ-FM

KOZZ-FM
City	Reno, Nevada
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 is a commercial radio station located in Reno, Nevada, broadcasting on 105.7 FM. KOZZ-FM airs a classic rock music format. The KOZZ call letters signed on with a promotion called "Fire on The Mountain" in spring 1979 when the new 75,000-watt transmitter replaced the old KGLR hardware on McClellan Peak. The KGLR call-signs had stood for "Good Live Radio". The original line-up started with Steve Funk (Production Director) on mid-days from 10 am to 2 pm when the new transmitter was activated, followed by Daniel "D.C." Cook, (Program Director) 3 pm – 7 pm, Chris "ZZ" Davis 7 pm – midnight, Stu Buchanan midnight–6 am and Bruce "BVD" Van Dyke (Music Director)as morning host 6–10 am with sidekick and News Director Don "Mr. Sunshine" Hackstaff, and Joe "Brother Joe" Wolfe, pulling the midnight to 6am shift! The station was a news affiliate of NBC Radio's 'The Source', geared to young adults. Promotion and Public Service Director Jody Detre also played occasional roles on-air.

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 programing 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

Radio stations in the Reno, Nevada market

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 90.5 91.3 92.1 92.9 93.7 94.5 95.5 96.1 96.5 97.3 98.1 99.1 100.1 100.9 101.3 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.3 106.9 107.3 107.7

By AM frequency	590 630 780 920 1060 1230 1270 1300 1340 1400 1450 1550

By callsign	K285EQ KBUL-FM KBZZ/K241AK KCMY KDOT KHIT KIHM KKFT KKOH KKTO KLCA KLRH KNEV KNEZ KNIS KNNR KODS KOLC KOZZ KPLY KRNG KRNO KRNV-FM KRZQ KSGG/K245BV KSRN KTHO KTHX-FM KUNR KURK KUUB KWFP KWNZ KWYL KXEQ KXTO KYSA KZTI KZTQ

Defunct	KQLO (1590 AM)

Nearby radio markets Chico Fallon Lovelock Sacramento Susanville/Sierra Nevada See also List of radio stations in Nevada

Classic rock radio stations in the state of Nevada

By frequency	1400 97.1 105.7

By callsign	KOZZ-FM KWNA KXPT

By city	Las Vegas Reno Winnemucca

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

Lotus Communications Corporation

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Las Vegas, NV	KBAD KENO KLAV KOMP KRLV KWID KWWN KXPT

Reno, NV	KCKQ KDOT KHIT KOZZ-FM KPLY KTHX-FM KUUB

London, UK	Top Music

Television stations

Coordinates: 39°18′47″N 119°53′02″W / 39.313°N 119.884°W / 39.313; -119.884

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