KCLZ (95.5 FM) is a

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broadcasting a

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music format, simulcasting

KCLB KCLB-FM (93.7 Hertz, MHz) is a commercial radio, commercial radio station in Coachella, California, broadcasting to the Palm Springs, California, media market, radio market. It airs a mainstream rock radio format. KCLB is owned by Alpha Media ...

93.7 FM Coachella, California. Licensed to

Twentynine Palms, California Twentynine Palms (also known as 29 Palms) is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It serves as one of the entry points to Joshua Tree National Park and the Mojave Desert region. History Native Americans, such as the S ...

, United States, the station is currently owned by

Alpha Media LLC Alpha Media LLC is a radio broadcasting company based in Portland, Oregon, and led by Bob Proffitt. The group does business under the Alpha Media name. It was formed from the merger of Alpha Broadcasting, L&L Broadcasting, and Main Line Broadc ...

, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC. On September 22, 2016, KCLZ was granted a

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to increase the

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to 6,000 watts.

History

The

issued a

for the station to Desert Willow Broadcasters on February 5, 1993. The station was assigned the

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KHWX on March 12, 1993, and changed its call sign to KKJT on July 22, 1994. The station received its license to cover on October 21, 1996. On October 6, 1997, the station's license was assigned by Desert Willow to Three D Radio, Inc. On January 26, 1999, the station changed its call sign to KDHI. Following a bankruptcy filing by Three D, the station's license was assigned on July 6, 2004, to Copper Mountain Broadcasting. The price for the transaction, which included the license for sister station KKJT, was $350,000. The station changed its call sign to the current KCLZ on January 3, 2014. On October 20, 2011, KQCM and its CHR format moved from 92.1 FM Joshua Tree, CA (now KKCM, simulcasting country-formatted

KXCM KXCM (96.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Joshua Tree, California. The station broadcasts a country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United Stat ...

96.3 FM Twentynine Palms, CA) to 95.5 FM Twentynine Palms, CA (new frequency that just signed on the air). On January 1, 2014, KQCM and its CHR format moved to 105.3 FM Twentynine Palms, CA (formerly talk-formatted KRSX-FM), while the 95.5 FM frequency became a simulcast of mainstream rock-formatted

93.7 FM Coachella, CA, under new calls, KCLZ. On May 21, 2015,

Morris Communications Morris Communications, headquartered in Augusta, Georgia, is a privately held media company with diversified holdings that include magazine publishing, outdoor advertising, book publishing and distribution, visitor publications, and online serv ...

' MCC Radio, LLC closed on its acquisition of KCLZ in exchange for

KFSQ KFSQ (1270 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports talk format. Licensed to Thousand Palms, California, United States, it serves the Coachella Valley and is also streamed via TuneIn. The station is owned by KGAY PSP, a California Benefit Co ...

. Morris Communications sold KCLZ and thirty-two other stations to

effective September 1, 2015, at a purchase price of $38.25 million.

References

External links

* CLZ Radio stations established in 1996 Alpha Media radio stations {{California-radio-station-stub