KBDZ (93.1
FM) is a
radio station
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broadcasting a
Classic Rock
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format. Licensed to
Perryville, Missouri
Perryville is a city in Perry County, Missouri, United States. The population was 8,555 at the 2020 United States census. Perryville is the county seat of Perry County.
History
Perryville was selected the county seat of Perry County by Robert ...
, United States, the station is owned by Donze Communications and features programming from
Westwood One
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The company takes its name from an earlier network also named Westwood One, a company founded in 1978. The compan ...
.
The station features shows such as longtime Missouri and Illinois radio personality JC Corcoran’s “The Morning Showgram”; “Zav and the Classic Rock Cafe”, hosted by Chris Razavi; “Kevy Kev and Nitewatch”; Carl Russo; Dan Mitchell; “JD and Bridget”.
History
The station went on the air as KRAA on November 29, 1989. On September 21, 1990, the station changed its
call sign
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to KBDZ.
When the station first went on the air, KBDZ was playing
Soft Rock
Soft rock is a form of rock music that originated in the late 1960s in Southern California and the United Kingdom which smoothed over the edges of singer-songwriter and pop rock, relying on simple, melodic songs with big, lush productions. S ...
hits but that changed after the
Flood of 1993 when station owners dropped the soft rock format and switched to "Mainstream Country" after sister station
KSGM AM 980 went dark because of the damage to the transmitter site located in the bottoms of
Perry County, MO.
The local news and sports programming was also switched to KBDZ. In addition the station became the local affiliate for
St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals ha ...
baseball and
St. Louis Blues
The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis. The Blues compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the ...
hockey.
Prior to a change in format, KBDZ was given permission to upgrade the signal with the construction of a radio tower in Weingarten, MO. The construction permit allowed KBDZ to increase the effective radiated power from 6,000 watts to 50,000 watts. An additional change to 36,000 watts at a larger height above average terrain was later approved.
However with the upgrade, the station was forced to move Cardinal baseball to sister station KSGM AM 980 because of the signal's penetration into the St. Louis market and overlap with Cardinal flagship station
KMOX
KMOX (1120 AM) is a commercial radio station in St. Louis, Missouri. Owned by Audacy, Inc., it is a 50,000 watt Class A clear-channel station with a non-directional signal. The KMOX studios and offices are on Olive Street at Tucker Bouleva ...
. KSGM AM would eventually drop St. Louis Blues hockey but added Blues Hockey back to their sports lineup in October 2019.
Then, in November 2013, KBDZ switched from "B931 Country" to "Classic Rock 93.1".
On February 15, 2016, longtime St. Louis radio personality JC Corcoran debuted on KBDZ during the morning drive time slot. However on June 8, 2021, KBDZ announced through its official Facebook that Donze Communications and JC Corcoran were parting ways, due to a variety of reasons they announced were staying private but was in relation to Corcoran “inaccurately and unfairly attacking personnel”.
References
External links
Classic Rock 93.1 Facebook
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