KZCR (103.3 FM, "Z103.3") is a

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broadcasting a

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format hybrid, reminiscent of the defunct

album oriented rock Album-oriented rock (AOR, originally called album-oriented radio) is an FM radio format created in the United States in the late 1960s that focuses on the full repertoire of rock albums and is currently associated with classic rock. US radi ...

format, serving

Fergus Falls, Minnesota Fergus Falls ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 14,119 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, and was estimated to be 14,258 in 2024. Hi ...

. The station is currently owned by

Leighton Broadcasting Leighton Media, previously Leighton Broadcasting, is a radio broadcasting company based in St. Cloud, Minnesota that owns several radio stations in St. Cloud as well as in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota and Grand Forks, North Dakota. Stations owned ...

, through licensee Leighton Radio Holdings, Inc. The station is also affiliated with the Z103 Bar & Grill. In the summer of 2011, KZCR changed its slogan from "Z103.3, The Heart of Rock" to "Z103, Minnesota's Custom Rock". The station plays a wide span of music ranging from the 1970s through today, including deep album cuts and new music. The genres include

classic rock Classic rock is a radio format that developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, it comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the early-1990s, primarily focusing on comm ...

, deep album cuts,

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, new wave,

punk rock Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 1970s rock music. They typically produced sh ...

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, modern rock/alternative and

. The station is an affiliate of the weekly syndicated

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program "

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." The studios and offices are west of downtown Fergus Falls, at 728 Western Avenue North, near I-94. The transmitter is between

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and Detroit Lakes near Rothsay, so its signal reaches both Fergus Falls and Detroit Lakes and a rimshot signal to the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area. It was announced on April 7, 2015 that KZCR and nine other Result Radio stations had been sold to St. Cloud-based

, with the Leighton group slated to take over the stations on August 1, 2015.

References

External links

Z103.3 official websiteZ103 Bar & GrillKZCR scoped aircheck
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