KZWB (97.9 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 ...

broadcasting from

Green River, Wyoming Green River is a city in and the county seat of Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 12,515 at the 2010 census. History The townsite of Green River, Dakota Territory was platte ...

. The station signed on June 1, 2005. KZWB is owned by Wagonwheel Communications Corporation, who also owns

KUGR KUGR is an AM radio station located in Green River, Wyoming operating on 1490 kHz AM. It carries a soft adult contemporary and talk format. The station is owned by Wagonwheel Communications Corporation. KUGR won the Wyoming Association o ...

and KZWB's two sister stations KYCS and KFRZ. KZWB specializes in a

classic hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 1980s ...

music format that plays music from primarily the 1960s, and 1970s, but occasionally plays music from the 1980s.

Signal

KZWB, like its sister stations, broadcasts from

Wilkins Peak Wilkins Peak is a small mountain located in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, between the cities of Green River and Rock Springs. It is primarily used for radio and television station transmitters, but it also serves radio needs of the FAA, EMS, a ...

just outside

Rock Springs, Wyoming Rock Springs is a city in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 23,036 at the 2010 census, making it the fifth most populated city in the state of Wyoming, and the most populous city in Sweetwater County. Rock Springs is ...

Sweetwater County Sweetwater County is a county in southwestern Wyoming, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 42,272, making it the fourth-most populous county in Wyoming. Its county seat is Green River. By area, it is the larges ...

. The station shares tower space with KFRZ and transmits a 10,500

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signal to protect

KBZN KBZN (97.9 FM, "Now 97.9") is a commercial radio station licensed to Ogden, Utah and serving the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The station airs a hot adult contemporary radio format and is owned by Capital Broadcasting. The station's stud ...

in Utah. The signal reaches the majority of

, and begins to weaken near Rawlins to the east, and Mountain View to the west. The signal reaches into parts of northeastern

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, and as far north as Pinedale.KZWB Coverage Map
/ref> KZWB and KFRZ are both at above sea level on Wilkins Peak.

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* ZWB(FM) Classic hits radio stations in the United States Green River, Wyoming Sweetwater County, Wyoming 1972 establishments in Wyoming Radio stations established in 2005 {{Wyoming-radio-station-stub