KKLD
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| Broadcast area | Flagstaff-Prescott, Arizona |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 95.9MHz |
| Branding | The Cloud |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Affiliations | Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Yavapai Broadcasting Corporation |
| KQST,KVNA,KVNA-FM,KVRD-FM,KYBC | |
| History | |
First air date | August 1983(as KSMK-FM) |
Former call signs | KCRJ-FM (1980–1983, CP) KSMK-FM (1983–1991) KZGL (1991–2006) |
Call signmeaning | K KCLouD |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 51642 |
| Class | C0 |
| ERP | 21,000watts |
| HAAT | 799 meters (2,621 ft) |
| Translator(s) | 92.1K221GL (Prescott) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kkld |
KKLD(95.9FM,"The Cloud" ) is a commercialradio stationlocated inCottonwood, Arizona,broadcasting to theFlagstaff-Prescott, Arizonaarea. KKLD airs aclassic hitsmusic formatsyndicatedbyABC Radio Network.
In addition to its usual music programming, through the months of September to December, the station broadcasts the high school football games of the Bradshaw Bears of Bradshaw Mountain High School inPrescott Valley, Arizona.The games are commentated by Matt Showalter.
History
[edit]Signing on in August 1983 under the call sign KSMK-FM, the station started life with aTop 40/CHRformat under theKISS-FMbrand. The station dropped Top 40 in 1991 foradult contemporaryunder the call letters KZGL.
In 1996, the station dropped AC forclassic rockretaining its call letters. Two years later in 1998, the station flipped its format to amodern rockmusic format branded as "The Z" with its slogan "The Total Rock Experience" (primary) or "We Just Suck a Little Less" (secondary). In 2006, the former KKLD call letters and "The Cloud" branding, moved its frequency from 98.3 FM to 95.9 FM and changed its format to a classic hits format.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 742535 (KKLD)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- KKLDinNielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 56338 (K221GL)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- K221GLat FCCdata.org
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- ^"Facility Technical Data for KKLD".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.