KIZN is a commercial
radio station
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located in
Boise, Idaho
Boise (, , ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho and is the county seat of Ada County. On the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, it is east of the Oregon border and north of the Nevada border. The downtown are ...
, broadcasting on 92.3
FM. KIZN airs a
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
format branded as ''Kissin 92.3''.
History
Early years (1967-1978)
The station was launched in December 1967 as KATN-FM. On August 1, 1968, the call letters were changed to KBBK.
Top 40 (1978-1990)
On January 2, 1978, KBBK flipped to a new
Top 40
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format branded as ''Magic 92'', one of the first full-time FM Top 40 stations in the Boise market. In 1984, KBBK changed their call letters to KIYS and rebranded as ''92 Kiss FM''.
Country (1990-present)
In 1990, the station switched to country format as ''Kissin' 92'', and changed the call letters to KIZN. The switch left Boise without a CHR station appealing younger listeners for the next year until
KZMG
KZMG (102.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Melba, Idaho, United States.
KZMG broadcasts in HD Radio.
History
The KZMG call letters belonged to a top 40 radio station that later became KTIK-FM. Magic 93.1 was the mass appeal radio statio ...
launched ''Magic 93.1'' in 1991, previously as a short-lived
Adult Contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...
station.
In early 2013, along with branding changes at sister station
KQFC
KQFC (97.9 MHz, "Magic 97.9") is a commercial FM radio station in Boise, Idaho. It airs a soft adult contemporary radio format and is owned by Cumulus Media. Studios and offices are on West Bannock Street in Boise. The transmitter is off North ...
, Cumulus adjusted the name of the station from ''Kissin' 92'' to ''KISSIN 92.3''.
On April 3, 2017, a staff shuffle happened between KIZN and sister station KQFC; KQFC afternoon host Rick Daniels over to KIZN for the same shift. Also, KIZN debuted a new logo.
On October 1, 2017, Shawnda McNeal
was hired to join market veteran Cory Mikhals on the KIZN morning shift. The morning show was rebranded as "Idaho's Morning Show".
References
External links
Official Website
IZN
Country radio stations in the United States
Cumulus Media radio stations
Radio stations established in 1968
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