KZIZ
| City | Sumner, Washington |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Seattle |
| Frequency | 1560 kHz |
| First air date | 1965 |
| Format | Multicultural |
| Power |
5,000 watts day 3,300 watts critical hours 900 watts night |
| Class | D |
| Callsign meaning | Formerly one of the Z Twins: KRIZ(s) Bennett, former owners |
| Former callsigns | KDFL (1965-1986) |
| Owner |
Gursharan Thind (XL Media Inc.) |
| Website | www.radiopunjab.com |
KZIZ (1560 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a multicultural format. Licensed to Sumner, Washington, USA, it serves the Seattle area. The station is currently owned by Gursharan Thind, through licensee XL Media Inc.
Until 2016, KZIZ was one of three stations in the Puget Sound region that made up The Z Twins, serving the African-American communities of King and Pierce County, Washington with a diverse R&B, Gospel & Talk format as well as Hispanic programming.
As KDFL
KZIZ originally went on the air in 1965 as KDFL, which aired religious programming, but was sold to Kris Bennet Broadcasting in 1986, and became KZIZ and started simulcasting the Urban Contemporary format that sister-station KRIZ 1420 had, then switched to Urban Gospel in 2001.
KZIZ switched to Smooth Jazz on May 24, 2013. The move returned the smooth jazz format to analog radio in Seattle/Tacoma for the first time since KWJZ-FM's switch to KLCK-FM in December 2010.
On March 6, 2016, KZIZ flipped to multicultural programming, mostly targeting the South Asian population. Effective June 7, 2016, XL Media Inc. acquired KZIZ for $680,000.[1][2]
References
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KZIZ
- Radio-Locator Information on KZIZ
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KZIZ
Coordinates: 47°14′10″N 122°13′44″W / 47.23611°N 122.22889°W