KYOZ (1330

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) is a

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, owned by Tom Hodgins and Christopher Jacky, through licensee Xana Oregon, LLC. It airs a

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, known as "Ke Buena 95.7." KYOZ has a daytime power of 5,000

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s. But to protect other stations on

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, it drastically drops its nighttime power to 23 watts. It uses a

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at all times. The

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is on East 42nd Avenue near Regal Avenue in Spokane. Listeners can hear KYOZ around the clock on

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K239CL at 95.7 MHz, powered at 210 watts. On October 29, 2021, KYJJ (94.1), licensed to

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and serving the Tri-Cities, went on the air as a brand-new license won months earlier as a part of the FCC's Auction 109, simulcasting KYOZ.

History

On June 7, 1959, the station first

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as KCFA. It was owned by Christian Services, Inc. and aired a

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format. KCFA was a

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, required to be off the air at night, when AM radio waves travel further. In November 2013, the station, then known as KMBI, was knocked off the air by copper thieves. It was estimated to cost thousands of dollars to get the station back on the air. On December 29, 2014, KMBI broke away from its simulcast of

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to bring Spokane its first

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outlet. Selected programming from

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continued to be featured on the AM. On September 21, 2016, KMJY, LLC was granted a

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to move K237DS, an

licensed to

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, to Spokane as a translator for KMBI, operating on 95.7 MHz with a power of 127 watts. On October 11, 2016, the

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sold KMBI to Radio Station KMJY, LLC, which changed the station's

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to KYOZ and began stunting. On October 28, KMJY, LLC, signed FM translator 95.7 K237DS on the air simulcasting the stunt programming of KYOZ. The translator was issued a license to operate on November 29, 2016, as K239CL. On October 29, 2016, KYOZ began airing a

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format, branded as "Oz 95.7". The moniker referred to the movie " The Wizard of Oz." The station carried the weekly syndicated

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program "

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." On January 31, 2017, KYOZ was granted an

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that would allow night operation of 23 watts. On July 20, 2020, KYOZ changed its format from classic rock to

, branded as "Ke Buena 95.7". Effective July 16, 2021, Legend Broadcasting sold KYOZ, KNHK-FM, and translator K239CL to Tom Hodgins and Christopher Jacky's Xana Oregon, LLC for $395,000. On April 8, 2022, Xana Oregon announced it will sell the station to 247 Media Ministries and will join its "Worship 24/7" network.

References

External links

KYOZ website
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FCC History Cards for KYOZ
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