WKZY

WKZY

City of license	Cross City, Florida
Broadcast area	Gainesville-Ocala, Florida
Branding	106.9 KZY
Slogan	"Best Mix of the 80's, 90's and today!"
Frequency	106.9 MHz
Format	Hot AC
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	143 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	73409
Transmitter coordinates	29°36′31.7268″N 82°50′58.0416″W
Callsign meaning	"CoZY Radio"
Former callsigns	WDFL-FM (1987-1998)
Former frequencies	106.7 MHz (1987-1998)
Owner	MARC Radio Gainesville, LLC
Sister stations	WDVH, WPLL-FM, WHHZ, WRZN, WTMG, WTMN
Webcast	Listen Live!
Website	1069kzy.com

WKZY ('106.9 KZY') is a commercial radio station in Cross City, Florida, broadcasting to the Gainesville-Ocala, Florida area on 106.9 FM.

History

WKZY signed on as in 1987 as WDFL-FM from the tower of then sister station, WDFL (now WZCC) in Cross City. It was originally a Class A FM station with 6,000 watts of power broadcasting a satellite-fed Country format on 106.7 MHz. It took several years for then owner, Women in Florida Broadcasting, to upgrade the signal to a C1 and move it to its current transmitter site, about 2 miles west of Trenton. In doing so, however, the station changed its frequency to 106.9 MHz, to avoid conflicts with Orlando-area station WXXL, which also broadcasts on 106.7 FM. Upon the frequency change, WDFL-FM became WKZY ("Cozy") and its format changed to Adult Standards, fed via satellite from Westwood One.

It was sold to Pamal Broadcasting in late 2000, and in April 2001 launched a Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary format as "Lite Rock, 106.9 KZY." This format never did well, mostly because it was going up against heritage WKTK which had a better signal over the Gainesville metro. Pamal moved the studios from a single wide mobile home at the Trenton transmitter site to the studios of WLUS (now WDVH) on the east side of Gainesville. From that location, the station consistently had trouble delivering a reliable program feed to the transmitter site.

In 2003, Pamal changed format to Adult Hits as "106.9 KZY." In October 2005, WKZY along with Pamal's other Gainesville stations moved to a new studio facility in the Sunshine Broadcasting Building, located at 100 NW 76 Street, in the Tower Hill Office Park where they operate from today. In order to comply with FCC 73.1225(a) (main studio rule), the station still maintains its main studio at the Trenton Transmitter site.

In December 2007 106.9 KZY transitioned to Hot AC (adult contemporary) and more recently to an Adult Top 40 with a rhythmic lean.

Programming

In 2009, the station changed its format from Adult Top 40 back to a Hot AC. WKZY also changed its slogan from "More Hit Music... Better Mix" to "The Best Mix of the 80's, 90's and today", which is a common slogan for Hot AC stations across the USA.

External links

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