KNZA

KNZA
City	Hiawatha, Kansas
Branding	KanzaLand Radio 103.9
Frequency	103.9 MHz
First air date	1977
Format	Country
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	150 meters
Class	C2
Owner	KNZA, Inc.
Sister stations	KAIR-FM, KAIR-FM, KLZA, KMZA, KTNC
Website	knzafm.com

KNZA is a commercial FM radio station in Hiawatha, Kansas, operating on 103.9 MHz. The station broadcasts with 50,000 watts effective radiated power from a 584-foot tower giving it a strong signal throughout Northeast Kansas.

History

KNZA-FM was originally built by Mike Carter in 1977, in a field 6 miles south of Hiawatha, Kansas. Carter and his staff stressed personalized rapport with the listening audience, with a country music and farm information format, and quickly built a faithful audience at a time when few cars or homes had FM radios. The station placed heavy emphasis in community involvement, broadcasting the play by play of as many as 100 regional high school football and basketball games every year.

In 1985, Carter sold his interest in KNZA to two employees, Gregory Buser and Robert Hilton, who are the current owners and continued to operate with the same successful philosophy.

Current format

Along with offering a mix of modern and classic country music, the station provides full service coverage of northeast Kansas, northwest Missouri and southeast Nebraska. Local news, weather and sports, including play by play broadcasts of local and regional high school athletics, make up much of the station's broadcast schedule. Long form local news casts are offered at the top of the hour at 6:00 am, 7:00 am, 8:00 am, 12:00 pm and 5:00 pm during the week, with only the 6 am news eliminated on weekends. One-minute headline newscasts are broadcast from 9:00 in the morning until 4:00 in the afternoon Monday through Friday, while 6:00 pm and 10:00 pm news summaries are also scheduled. The station's news is also found online at mscnews.net. The contents of the news and sports are originated in house, and focus on content focused on the immediate, and regional communities covered by the station. The station also places an emphasis on agriculture broadcasting, utilizing the Brownfield Network for daily updates. The station features a morning show Monday through Friday hosted by L.J. Trant, featuring locally originated content, including interviews with local news makers. Along with Trant, who serves as station Program Director, the rest of the full-time on-air staff is as follows: Michael Norton, Announcer/Music Director; Brian Hagen-Corporate News Director; Greg Bebermeyer-Station News Director; Justin Fluke-Sports Director/play by play; Mike Smith-Sports/play by play; Jeff Nichols-Announcer

External links

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Radio stations in the Topeka, Kansas media market

By AM frequency	580 610 680 710 810 980 1440 1490

By FM frequency	88.1 90.3 91.5 92.5 92.9 94.5 95.7 99.3 100.3 102.9 103.9 105.9 106.9 107.7

By callsign	KANU KBUZ KCHZ KCMO KCSP KCVT KDVV KFEQ KJTY KKSW KMAJ KMAJ-FM KMBZ KMXN KNZA KTOP KTOP-FM KTPK KWIC WHB WIBW WIBW-FM

Nearby radio markets Kansas City Lincoln Omaha Pittsburg Salina–Manhattan Wichita See also List of radio stations in Kansas

Country radio stations in the state of Kansas

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Stations by frequency	860 990 1070 1220 1280 1420 1470 1570 92.1 92.1 92.9 (Cimarron) 92.9 (Osage City) 93.5 93.7 (Horton) 93.7 (Salina) 93.9 94.1 (Downs) 94.1 (Kansas City) 94.1 (Marysville A.M. translator) 94.5 95.5 95.9 96.7 96.9 97.3 97.9 98.1 99.5 99.9 100.5 100.7 101.1 101.3 101.5 101.7 101.9 102.1 102.7 102.9 (Hutchinson) 102.9 (Saint Marys) 103.5 103.9 104.7 106.1 106.9

Stations by community of license	Arkansas City Atchison Augusta Belleville Burdett Colby Cimmaron Dearing Emporia Eureka Garden City Hays Hiawatha Hill City Hoisington Horton Hutchinson (102.1) Hutchinson (102.9) Iola Kansas City Larned Liberal Lyons Manhattan Marysville Marysville Oberlin Ogden Osage City Ottawa Pittsburg (AM) Pittsburg (FM) Russell Saint Marys Salina (93.7) Salina (99.9) Seneca Topeka (94.5) Topeka (106.9) Ulysses Wichita (AM) Wichita (FM) Winfield

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Kansas

Coordinates: 39°34′41″N 95°33′47″W / 39.578°N 95.563°W / 39.578; -95.563

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