KZNS-FM

For the radio station located in Des Moines, Iowa formerly known as KZZQ, see KPUL.

KZNS-FM

City of license	Coalville, Utah
Broadcast area	Salt Lake City and surrounding areas
Branding	97.5 The Zone
Frequency	97.5 MHz
First air date	September 9, 2008
Format	Sports
ERP	89,000 watts
HAAT	647 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	87974
Transmitter coordinates	40°52′16″N 110°59′43″W
Former callsigns	KTPM (2003-2005) KFMS (2005-2006) KOAY (2006-2008) KZZQ (2008-2011)
Owner	Millcreek Broadcasting
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	The Zone Online

KZNS-FM (97.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports radio format. Licensed to Coalville, Utah, the station serves Salt Lake City and the surrounding areas. This station is currently owned by Millcreek Broadcasting and is branded as 97.5 The Zone.

Until July 2011, KZZQ was an active rock station called 97.5 The Blaze, previously located on 94.9 under the call sign KHTB, which is now branded as 94.9 Z-Rock. The station changed call signs from KOAY to KZZQ on September 9, 2008. A tribute concert for the Blaze by local artists took place shortly after the station was abruptly taken off the air. It was one of three active rock radio stations in Salt Lake City, the others being Z-Rock and KBER 101 (KBER).

History

The station was assigned the call letters KTPM on June 11, 2003. On August 10, 2005, the station changed its call sign to KFMS and began carrying a talk radio format. On September 5, 2006, the station became KOAY and branded itself as "The Oasis", carrying mostly soft adult contemporary music.

The Blaze

On September 9, 2008 the station changed to active rock and became The Blaze, with the call letters becoming the current KZZQ. The Blaze had previously been located on 94.9 with the call sign KHTB, which subsequently became the call sign for a new active rock station called 94.9 Z-Rock. Reportedly, The Blaze had almost been shut down, but was able to continue using the Blaze moniker because Citadel failed to acquire the naming rights. However, on this date, due to poor ratings (possibly as a result of competition against Z-Rock),^{[citation needed]} The Blaze changed to what they called a "Rockin' Hits" format. However, this new format was met with even poorer ratings and extremely negative response from the station's longtime listeners.^{[citation needed]} However, on December 1, 2010, The Blaze's morning host, Roger "Big Rog" Orton, spent his shift protesting the station's new mainstream rock format by playing active rock songs. This protest was met with overwhelmingly positive response from listeners, and the station received thousands of supportive phone calls, song requests, e-mails, and Facebook messages.^{[citation needed]} Several Facebook fan pages showing support for The Blaze also appeared and hundreds of listeners signed the radio station's van, which was spray-painted white to act as a petition for the station to return to the active rock format. The Blaze returned to playing active rock shortly afterwards.

The Zone

On July 7, 2011 at 12 midnight KZZQ changed their format to sports, simulcasting KZNS 1280 AM "The Zone". On July 15, 2011 KZZQ changed their call letters to KZNS-FM.

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External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for KZNS
• Radio-Locator information on KZNS
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for KZNS