KOBB-FM

KOBB-FM (93.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Bozeman, Montana, United States. The station is owned by Reier Broadcasting Company, which operates as the KBOZ Radio Stations Group.[4]

KOBB-FM
CityBozeman, Montana
Frequency93.7 MHz
First air dateNovember 1, 1980 (1980-11-01)[1]
FormatSilent
ERP51,000 watts
HAAT-39 meters
ClassC1
Facility ID16776
Transmitter coordinates45°41′35″N 110°58′50″W
Former call signsKBZN (1978–1983)[2]
KBOZ-FM (1983–1993)
KATH (1993–1997)[3]
OwnerReier Broadcasting Company
Sister stationsKBOZ, KBOZ-FM, KOBB, KOZB

The offices and all the studios are located southwest of Bozeman at "Radio Ranch", 5445 Johnson Road. KOBB-FM shares a transmitter site with KBOZ (AM) and KBOZ-FM, east of the studios on Johnson Road and Fowler Lane. KBOZ-FM, KOZB, and KOBB-FM all have CPs to move to a new shared transmitter site on top of Green Mountain, along I-90 east of Bozeman.

KOBB-FM airs an oldies music format.[5] The station derives most of its programming from Scott Shannon's The True Oldies Channel.[6] As of July 2009, KOBB-FM was the only station in Montana to carry The True Oldies Channel.

The station was assigned the KOBB-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on April 11, 1997.[3] Before oldies the station carried a country music format as "The Kat".

On June 3, 2018, KOBB-FM and its sister stations went off the air.[7][8]

Translators

KOBB-FM programming is also carried on a broadcast translator station to extend or improve the coverage area of the primary station.

Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseERP
(W)		ClassFCC info
K280CS103.9Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming44DFCC

References
  1. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 (PDF). 2009. p. D-335. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  2. "KBZN (KOBB-FM) history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  3. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  4. "Citadel and Reier Broadcasting Company". Montanavision. Archived from the original on 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  5. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01.
  6. "Radio Stations". Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel. Archived from the original on July 28, 2008. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
  7. Five Station Cluster Shuts Down in Bozeman Radioinsight - June 3, 3018
  8. Schontzler, Gail. "KBOZ radio stations go dark, future uncertain". Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-06-08.


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