KGNZ

KGNZ-FM

Abilene, Texas
Broadcast area	Texas Big Country Texas Concho Valley Texas South Plains
Frequency	88.1MHz HD Radio upgrade planned
Branding	Life Changing Music(general) Good News, Great Music(alternate)
Programming
Format	Contemporary Christian Music
Ownership
Owner	Christian Broadcasting Co., Inc.
History
First air date	March 9, 1981(1981-03-09)
Call signmeaning	King'sGoodNewZ (referring to the Gospel)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	10920
Class	C1
ERP	91,000watts
HAAT	252 meters (827 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	32°13′47″N99°37′42″W
Translator(s)	See tables below
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	KGNZ Live Stream
Website	www.kgnz

KGNZis anFMChristianradio stationthat serves theAbilene,San Angelo,andLubbockregional areas inTexas.The non-commercial station is under ownership of Christian Broadcasting Co., Inc., a 501.c.3 non-profit organization.

KGNZ is available via 24-hour web streams atKGNZ,on TuneIn radio, iTunes Radio, and free applications for Apple and Android devices.

Programming

KGNZ currently presents the most daily local programming of any station of any format in the markets it serves. Local, generally live on-air hosts man the station from 7am until midnight weekdays and from 9am until 6pm on Saturdays. The general format is Christian Adult Contemporary, but features a variety of special programming. Weekdays at noon, new and old favorite worship songs are presented duringThe Praise Hour.The Classic Half-Hour with Ron Rosseauairs weekdays at 1pm and features CCM classics dating back to the origins of the genre. Many of these tracks originally aired on the station as vinyl records. On July 3, 2017, KGNZ expanded its nighttime offerings, becoming the only religious or secular radio station in the market to offer local programming every weeknight until midnight. The station tapped AISD Shotwell Stadium PA announcer and KGNZSunday Morning Living Praiseannouncer Mike Coffey to take the reins ofKGNZ In the Evenings,extending that show an hour until 9pm. KGNZ maintains an active community presence with its free "Community Events Calendar," a service which promotes events for local non-profits and churches both on its website and via hourly on-air announcement at 45 minutes past the hour. KGNZ is the exclusive radio partner forFields of FaithAbilene, held each September atShotwell Stadium,and One Kingdom Ministry's "Exalt" Community-wide Worship Service, held each January. The station provides broadcast carriage of each event live in its entirety.

During daylight hours Monday through Saturday, the station rebroadcastsSalem Media Group'sSRN Newsat the top of each hour. On weekdays, KGNZ receives recorded weather updates from degreed meteorologists at media partnerKTXS-TVwhich are broadcast during the morning and afternoon drive windows. The station may cut to these meteorologists' live audio feed during breaking severe weather coverage when life-threatening weather enters the city of Abilene.

KGNZ presents a variety of syndicated talk programming of interest to its listeners includingFocus on the Familyand the family radio dramaAdventures in Odyssey.Current air times of these programs are listed below.

Stations

One full-power station is licensed tosimulcastthe programming of KGNZ:

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	Facility ID	ERP W	Height m(ft)	Class	Transmitter coordinates	Call sign meaning
KLTP	90.9 FM	San Angelo, Texas	120615	2915	191 m (627 ft)	C3	31°25′16″N100°32′36″W(NAD27)

Translators

KGNZ programming is currently broadcast on the followingtranslators:

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP(W)	HAAT	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info
K215AM	90.9 FM	Snyder, Texas	10922	316	120m(394ft)	D	32°45′53″N100°53′08″W(NAD27)	LMS
K203CB	88.5 FM	Lubbock, Texas	76197	62	58 m (190 ft)	D	33°28′10″N101°47′25″W(NAD27)	LMS
K220EZ	91.9 FM	Graham, Texas	10957	143	111 m (364 ft)	D	33°07′24″N98°35′04″W(NAD27)	LMS

Technical Information

The station's studios feature the latestAoIP(Audio over IP technology using aWheatstonedigital studio featuring twin Wheatstone L-12 digital consoles and an assortment of BLADE interfaces. All studio audio is transported exclusively in digital formats whenever possible. Other equipment includesNeumannTLM-103 microphones, Simian automation, Tieline IP links which allow remote broadcast return to the station at full 192k studio quality audio, Telos One analog phone hybrids, and Inovonics David IV master processing. The link to KLTP and translator sites is by dedicated and encrypted satellite uplink.

In fall 2017, the station installed a newNautelGV20 digital transmitter at its main tower site. The station will soon retire the nearly 30-year oldContinental Electronics816R tube transmitter it bought new to stand-by usage. The Nautel unit will enable station upgrades in the future to an all-digital signal path to the transmitter point, and later, transmission inHD Radio.As of September 1, 2019, the station was still operating full-time on the old transmitter.

External links

• KGNZ official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 10920 (KGNZ)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
• KGNZinNielsen Audio's FM station database