KLZT
City | Bastrop, Texas |
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Broadcast area | Austin, Texas |
Branding | La Z 107.1 |
Slogan | ¡Puros Trancazos! |
Frequency | 107.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
Translator(s) | 102.7 K274AX (Austin, relays HD2) |
First air date | 1986 (as KLIO-FM) |
Format |
Regional Mexican HD2: Spanish CHR Latino 102.7 HD3: Americana KDRP-LP |
ERP | 49,000 watts |
HAAT | 152 meters (499 ft) |
Class | C2 |
Facility ID | 9973 |
Transmitter coordinates | 30°7′18.00″N 97°34′47.60″W / 30.1216667°N 97.5798889°WCoordinates: 30°7′18.00″N 97°34′47.60″W / 30.1216667°N 97.5798889°W |
Former callsigns |
KLIO-FM (7/1986-9/1986) KSSR (1986-1989) KGSR (1989-2009) |
Owner |
Emmis Communications (Emmis Austin Radio Broadcasting Company, L.P.) |
Sister stations | KBPA, KGSR, KLBJ-FM, KLBJ (AM), KROX-FM |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | 1071LaZ.com |
KLZT (107.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Bastrop, Texas, USA, the station serves the Austin area. The station is currently owned by Emmis Communications.[1] The station is also broadcast on HD radio.[2] It builds itself as La Z 107.1, (Spanish for "The Z 107.1.") The station has studios along Interstate 35 in North Austin, and the transmitter site is located southeast of Austin Bergstrom International Airport.
History
The station went on the air as KLIO-FM on July 7, 1986. On September 9, 1986, the station changed its call sign to KSSR; on April 9, 1989 to KGSR; and on December 9, 2009 to the current KLZT.[3]
A series of lineup changes occurred in 2009, wherein journalist Andy Langer joined Bryan Beck to form an abbreviated morning show called "The Late Show," which airs from 8-10am. Beck holds down the 6-8am slot. Long-time program director (currently content coordinator) Jody Denberg is on-air from 1-6pm and long-time KLBJ-FM music director and air personality Loris Lowe holds the 6P-MID shift (as well as being the voice of the station's imaging and between-song sweepers). KROX program director Lynn Barstow added program director stripes in the 2008-9 shakeup that saw the exit of long-time employees Susan Castle, "Big" Jyl Herschman, and Bobby Ray (Eakin).
Latino 102.7
On May 23, 2013, translator K274AX switched its feed from KGSR-HD3's comedy format to KLZT-HD2's Spanish-language pop as "Latino 102.7."[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "KLZT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ "HD Radio Station Guide". HD Radio. iBiquity.
- ↑ "KLZT Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ "Emmis Launches Hispanic Format in Austin". Radio Ink. May 23, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KLZT
- Radio-Locator information on KLZT
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KLZT
- Query the FCC's FM station database for K274AX
- Radio-Locator information on K274AX