KKRZ
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| Broadcast area | Northwestern Oregon, Southwestern Washington |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 100.3 (MHz) (HD Radio) |
| Branding | Z100 |
| Programming | |
| Format | KKRZ: CHR KKRZ-HD2: Indie rock |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Clear Channel |
| KKCW, KFBW, KLTH, KXJM, KPOJ, KEX | |
| History | |
First air date | November 2, 1983 |
Former call signs | KQFM |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 11280 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 95,000 watts |
| HAAT | 470 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | callsign_meaning = Rose (as in "Rose City") |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Z100 |
KKRZ is a commercial broadcast radio station in Portland, Oregon, also known as Z-100, broadcasts popular rhythmic-leaning Top 40 Mainstream music.
History
KKRZ began its legacy as a Top 40 station in 1984, widely mirroring sister station WHTZ/New York City (down to the name "Z100"). In 1986, the station adopted a more rhythmic leaning format due to the lack of an existing Urban Contemporary FM. That move would pay off and make KKRZ a dominant success in the ratings in its first 15 years. That was until 1999, when it picked up competition from Rhythmic Top 40 rival KXJM who took advantage of the market's rhythmic void and filled it. KKRZ recently began to start leaning more towards Rhythmic crossovers due to KXJM's format flip to Sports Talk as KXTG in May 2008, but would end up facing new competition from CBS Radio outlet KVMX, who ironically, dropped their Rhythmic Adult Contemporary and picked up KXJM's Rhythmic format and intellectual property, including the KXJM calls and "Jammin'" slogan, from Rose City Radio Corporation, the owners of KXTG. In April 2009 Clear Channel took over ownership of KXJM, thus making KKRZ and KXJM sister stations. Both stations retained their respective formats however.
The BuckHead Show had a successful 4 year run on KKRZ from 2004 until August 15, 2007. In the same week that BuckHead received the Edison's Media Top 30 under 30 Personality award, KKRZ management Brian Bridgman, Tony Coles and Robert Dove began running short, cryptic spots about "T-Man" coming to Portland. On August 31, BuckHead's morning fill-in host Brooke Fox announced that indeed, "The T-Man Show" was coming to Z100 mornings on Tuesday, September 4. The show is based out of Seattle and syndicated San Francisco. As a result, the Buckhead Show was replaced by the T-Man Show. Buck Head can now be heard on B94 WBZW Pittsburgh, PA on BuckHead and Bubba in the Morning. Less than six months later however, the T-man show was pulled from KKRZ, for yet again undisclosed reasons. The replacement morning show is the Arizona-based Johnjay and Rich show.
External links
- Z100's website
- KKRZ-HD2
- BuckHead 30 Under 30
- Buck Heads Current Morning Show
- KKRZ in the FCC FM station database
- KKRZ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database