KDCZ (107.7 FM, "Sasquatch 107.7") is a

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broadcasting a

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. KDCZ is

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, and serves the

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metropolitan area. The station is owned by

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History

KDCZ signed on April 18, 1998, as KLCX. The KLCX call letters were originally assigned to a station in the

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market in the early 1990s but were surrendered when its new owners changed the format to

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and the call letters to

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. KLCX aired a

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format on 107.7, which moved to 103.9 FM on April 1, 2008, as 107.7 FM flipped to

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as "Z-Rock 107.7". On March 23, 2010, KDZZ began simulcasting on KDCZ 103.9 FM. On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare would acquire 53

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stations, including KDZZ/KDCZ, for $238 million. The deal was part of Cumulus' acquisition of

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; Townsquare and Dial Global were both controlled by

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. The transaction was consummated effective November 14, 2013. On April 13, 2017, at 7:30 a.m., KDCZ split from its simulcast with KDZZ and changed its format to adult hits, branded as "103.9 The Doc".Variety Hits 103.9 The Doc is in Rochester
Radioinsight - April 13, 2017 On June 2, 2017, KDZZ took on the KDCZ call sign, after 103.9 changed its call letters to

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on May 16. On September 2, 2021, at Noon, KDCZ dropped the "Z-Rock" moniker and began stunting with sounds of people hiking around Southeast Minnesota. At 3 p.m. on September 3, the station relaunched as

-formatted "Sasquatch 107.7" (a name already in use at a sister station in Duluth).

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* Radio stations in Minnesota Classic rock radio stations in the United States Townsquare Media radio stations Radio stations established in 1998 1998 establishments in Minnesota {{Minnesota-radio-station-stub