KZMQ (1140 AM) is a

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broadcasting an oldies music format to the

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, United States, area. The station is owned by the

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, a division of Legend Communications of Wyoming, LLC. It features programming from

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. All five stations of the

have their offices and studios located on Mountain View Drive in

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. The KZMQ transmitter site is on

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, just south of Greybull.

History

In November 2010 KZMQ was granted a

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to change its city of license to

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. It expired in November 2013, and KZMQ remains in Greybull. In the spring of 2014, the format changed from

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to oldies.

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