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KC Radio History 1030AM Frequency History D) 1030AM Z-Rock
D) 1030AM Z-Rock
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| Website: | N/A |
| Branding: | Z-Rock |
| Positioning: | <UNKNOWN> |
| Call Letters: | KBZR (Sign-on - Signoff) |
| City of License: | Blue Springs, MO (Sign-on - Signoff) |
| Format: | Album Rock/Heavy Metal |
| Sign-On Date: | July 1, 1989 |
| First Song: | <UNKNOWN> |
| Sign-Off Date: | February 18, 1993 |
| Final Song: | <UNKNOWN> |
| Ownership: | Noble Broadcasting (Sign-on - Signoff) |
| Prog. Director: | <UNKNOWN> |
Satellite Programming:
| Network Affiliation: | Z-Rock - ABC Radio Network (Sign-on - Signoff) |
Airstaff:
| Other Staff: | Gregg Todt (by February 1991 - ???) |
Background:
After affiliating KBZR with the Dallas-based Z-Rock network, Noble Broadcasting had, for a time, the hardest rockin' station on the KC dial - and on the AM band, no less! The Z-Rock network provided a unique alternative to existing rock fare on the KC dial, featuring jocks with names like Madd Maxx Hammer, The Tiptonizer, and "Loud" Debi Dowd. Special programs & features included The Nightly Nuke (where a top 40 song would begin playing, only to be "nuked" part way through), The Z-Rock 50 Countdown, and a familiar feature to fans of KQRC, Mandatory Metallica. After enjoying a monopoly on young-skewing rock/metal for three years, Journal Broadcast Group launched 98-9 the Rock in April of 1992. That development, coupled with the decline and end of Q-104, would lead to the end of Z-Rock on 1030AM (three years before the network would ultimately fold). On February 19, 1993, as Young Country 104 was launching at 104.3FM, the new station would begin simulcasting at 1030AM on the dial.
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