KKZY (95.5 FM) is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

based in

Bemidji, Minnesota Bemidji ( ) is a city and the county seat of Beltrami County, in northern Minnesota, United States. The population was 14,574 at the 2020 census. According to 2021 census estimates, the city is estimated to have a population of 15,279, making it ...

, United States and airs an

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 ...

music format. It is owned by

Hubbard Broadcasting Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. is an American television and radio broadcasting corporation based in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was founded by Stanley E. Hubbard. The corporation has broadcast outlets scattered across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, ...

, Inc. The Bemidji studios are located at 502 Beltrami Avenue, downtown Bemidji. It shares a transmitter site with

KBHP KBHP (101.1 FM, "KB101") is an FM radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to serve the community of Bemidji, Minnesota, which is located in northwestern Minnesota. KBHP plays country music and is owned and operated ...

, near

Lake Plantagenet Lake Plantagenet is a lake in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The name of the lake commemorates the House of Plantagenet. Its name in the Ojibwe Ojibwe language, language is ''Ozaawindibe-zaaga'igan'' (Yellow-head Lake), named after Ozaawindib, an ...

along Highway 9. KKZY began broadcasting on May 7, 1999, under the ownership of

Omni Broadcasting Omni Broadcasting was a small-market radio broadcasting company that operated for 25 years from headquarters in Bemidji, Minnesota. Organized in 1988, the company was owned and operated by Louis H. Buron, Jr., and Mary Campbell. They relocated fro ...

. Hubbard Broadcasting announced on November 13, 2014, that it would purchase the

stations, including KKZY. The sale was completed on February 27, 2015, at a purchase price of $8 million for the 16 stations and one translator.

References

External links

KZY Website
Radio stations in Minnesota Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1988 Hubbard Broadcasting {{Minnesota-radio-station-stub