KBZE
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| City | Berwick, Louisiana |
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| Branding | 105.9 The Breeze |
| Frequency | 105.9 MHz |
| Format | Urban Adult Contemporary |
| ERP | 4,000 watts |
| HAAT | 123 meters (404 feet) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 40580 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°45′27″N 91°10′25″W / 29.75750°N 91.17361°WCoordinates: 29°45′27″N 91°10′25″W / 29.75750°N 91.17361°W |
| Former callsigns | KVPO |
| Owner | Hubcast Broadcasting Inc. |
| Sister stations | KFRA |
| Webcast | KBZE Webcast |
| Website | KBZE Main website |
KBZE (105.9 FM) is the only Urban radio station located between New Orleans and Baton Rouge and New Orleans and Lafayette. It broadcasts the Tom Joyner Morning Show, and live local news and sports six times a day, weekdays.
Although KBZE's format is Urban Adult Contemporary, the station also broadcasts local programming, including a 15-minute weekday broadcast at 9:30 a.m. by Bishop Hebert Andrew, pastor of the Beacon Light Baptist Church of Houma. KBZE is also the home at 10am on Fridays for the Jerome Boykin Show. Boykin is president of the Terrebonne NAACP.
Licensed to Berwick, Louisiana, USA, the station is owned by Hubcast Broadcasting Inc.[1]
The station serves a seven parish region, however, it focuses most of its interest on the Houma/Thibodaux/Morgan City/Franklin metropolitan areas.
Currently, the station is being simulcast over sister station KFRA 1390 kHz Franklin, Louisiana
The station also features a webcast of its stream at www.kbze.com. Android and I-Phone customers can listen to the station by using the Tune-In Application, a free download.
Also, these two radio stations are New Orleans Pelicans affiliates. They also broadcast area high school football, basketball softball and baseball.
History
The station was started around 1990, becoming licensed as KVPO in 1991 as a 3,200 watt station at its present tower location. The station changed to its current KBZE calls on October 16, 1992, and was granted an increase of power to 4,000 watts in 1995. The KBZE where once used by a radio station licensed to Security, Colorado from 1989-1991.
References
- ↑ "KBZE-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KBZE
- Radio-Locator information on KBZE
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KBZE