KZCW-LP (104.5 FM) and KZCC-LP (106.1 FM) are a pair of terrestrial American low power

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s, licensed to Conroe,

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, United States, and are owned by the City of Conroe. The station was purchased for emergency broadcasts during natural and civil emergencies, but airs local and regional content when these are not a threat. Content is usually simulcasted on the City of Conroe's official cable television channel 12 "''Our City TV''" on the

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providers.

Programming

The station's lineup consists of both

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and regional programming. Richard Schissler and Sean Keith Thompson host the station's morning talk program. This program is called "Dick and Skippy In The Mornings" and airs weekday mornings from 9 AM to 10 AM CST. Rick Sellers hosts the station's afternoon show, calle
"Afternoons With Lone Star"
which runs from 3-7 PM. The station also hosts a county and southeast Texas-wide news radio and television show calle
The County Pulse
which airs every Thursday afternoon from 1-2 PM. The County Pulse is hosted by

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, and

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. Various other news, talk, and music shows fill the mid-day time slots.

Role During The COVID-19 Pandemic

KZCC, KZCW, and TV 12 have been a prime source of

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news for many Montgomery County and Conroe residents. "The County Pulse" ran several episodes solely dedicated to the

pandemic and relayed official

statistics from both the

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and

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References

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