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KZKS (105.3 FM) is a radio station which broadcasts a
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format. Licensed to
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, United States, it serves the Grand Junction area. The station is owned by Western Slope Communications. KZKS is an affiliate of the Floydian Slip syndicated
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program. KZKS operates boosters to fill in its signal in Grand Junction, Glenwood Springs, and Carbondale.


History

In 1988, the owner of KZKS, Steven Humphries, was involved in a dispute with the then owners of KKOB and
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in Albuquerque. The owner of those stations, Fairmont Communications Corporation, disputed Humphries' acquisition of KNMQ out of Santa Fe. At the time, Humphries also owned 100% of the share of Sun Media of Colorado. Sun Media was operating KZKS at the time. Sister station KRGS, then known as KWWS, was involved in the dispute as well. KZKS at one time carried
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as its format, and was known as "Kiss Country".


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* * * * * * ZKS Classic rock radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1983 1983 establishments in Colorado Garfield County, Colorado {{Colorado-radio-station-stub