KZND-FM (94.7 FM, "94/7 Alternative Anchorage”) is a commercial

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Houston, Alaska Houston is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located roughly 33 miles from downtown Anchorage, though it is a 57-mile drive between the two poi ...

, and broadcasting to the

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. KZND airs an

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format and is locally owned by Last Frontier Mediactive. Its studios are on Business Park Boulevard in midtown Anchorage, and its transmitter is on Golden Eagle Drive in

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. It shares its

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with KASH-FM 107.5.

History

The station originally

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as KZND-LP in

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. At first, it broadcast on 87.7 FM. KZND-LP was a

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station marketed as an FM radio station. It took advantage of the fact that the audio of TV channel 6 can be heard on 87.7 FM. But the station was limited in its power. On March 30, 2006, KZND-LP began to

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on 94.7 FM, at 21,500 watts. This significantly expanded the station's coverage area. This simulcast also allowed the station to be included in the

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ratings, as Arbitron did not rate LPTV stations. Secondly, some radios cannot tune to 87.7 FM, so ownership hoped that a more "mainstream" frequency would bring in new listeners. On August 1, 2014, KZND shifted its format to

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, branded as "Pure Rock 94.7 KZND". That lasted three and a half years. On February 2, 2018, KZND flipped formats to alternative rock, as "94.7 KZND - Alaska's Rock Alternative". On March 8, 2019, Alaska Integrated Media sold KZND and its

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105.7

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to Robert and Tor Ingstad's Last Frontier Mediactive, a

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-based radio company, for $1.25 million

The sale was consummated on May 31, 2019. In May 2019, the station reverted to its former imaging as “94.7 The End”, debuting a new

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at that time. On June 17, 2019, KZND changed its

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to a more current-based Alternative sound. It unveiled a new logo and website, and rebranding as “94/7 Alternative Anchorage”.

Previous logos

References

External links

KZND-FM official websiteKZND Facebook pageKZND Twitter pageKZND Instagram page
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