KEAZ

KEAZ
City Kensett, Arkansas
Broadcast area Northern Suburbs of Little Rock
Branding My Z100.7
Slogan All the Hits
Frequency 100.7 MHz
First air date September 1, 1972 (as 96.7 KAWW-FM Heber Springs)
Format Contemporary Hit Radio (Top 40)
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 129 meters (423 ft)
Class C2
Facility ID 48748
Transmitter coordinates 35°27′26″N 92°02′11″W / 35.45722°N 92.03639°W / 35.45722; -92.03639
Former callsigns KAWW-FM (1979-2008)[1]
Owner Crain Media Group, LLC
Sister stations KSMD, KRZS, KCNY, KHTE-FM, KAPZ, KAWW
Webcast Listen Live
Website MyZ100.com

KEAZ (100.7 MHz, "My Z100.7") is a radio station licensed to Kensett, Arkansas, serving the northern suburbs of Little Rock. The station is owned by Crain Media Group, LLC, and airs a Top 40 radio format. It uses the slogan, "All The Hits."

The studios and offices are on North Spring Street in Searcy, Arkansas.[2] The transmitter is off McIntosh Drive, near Route 16, also in Searcy.[3]

History

On September 1, 1972, the station first signed on as KAWW-FM at 96.7 MHz in Heber Springs, Arkansas.[4] It was the FM counterpart to AM 1370 KAWW and the two stations simulcast their programming. KAWW-FM was powered at only 3,000 watts, limiting its coverage to Heber Springs and its adjacent communities.

In 1998, Equity Broadcasting bought KAWW-AM-FM. In the early 2000s, the Federal Communications Commission granted a request to move KAWW-FM to 100.7 MHz. That was coupled with an increase in its coverage area, boosting the power to 50,000 watts.[5]

The station was assigned the call sign KEAZ by the Federal Communications Commission on December 17, 2008.[1] Those call letters referred to the format at the time, soft adult contemporary, described as "Easy." The city of license was switched to Kensett, Arkansas.

In the mid-2010s, the format moved to contemporary hit radio (Top 40).

References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ MyZ100.com/contact-us
  3. ↑ Google.com/maps
  4. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1973 page B-14
  5. ↑ page Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-72


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