KZPK (98.9 FM) is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...

St. Cloud, Minnesota St. Cloud or Saint Cloud (; ) is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the largest population center in the state's central region. The population was 68,881 at the 2020 census, making it Minnesota's 12th-largest city. St. Cloud is the c ...

airing a

country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...

format. The station is 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 ...

About

KZPK broadcasts a

format known on-air as "Wild Country 99." The station uses the slogan "Today's Hot New Country." The station's main competitors are WWJO ("98.1 Minnesota's New Country"),

KEEY KEEY-FM (102.1 MHz, "K102") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to St. Paul, Minnesota, and serving the Minneapolis-Saint Paul radio market. It broadcasts a country music radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The radio studi ...

(102.1 "K102") and

KMNB KMNB (102.9 MHz, "The Wolf") is a commercial radio, commercial FM radio station in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, that airs a country music radio format. It is owned by Audacy, Inc., with studios on Second Avenue South in Downtown Minneapolis. Along w ...

("102.9 The Wolf"). KZPK is owned by

, who also owns KCLD, KNSI, and

KCML KCML (99.9 FM broadcasting, FM, "Lite FM") is a radio station in St. Cloud, Minnesota, airing an adult contemporary music format. The station is owned by Leighton Broadcasting. The transmitter for KCML is located in south central St. Cloud, shar ...

in the St. Cloud market.

HD Radio

During the summer of 2017, KZPK started broadcasting in

HD Radio HD Radio (HDR) is a trademark for in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio broadcast technology. HD radio generally simulcast, simulcasts an existing analog radio station in digital format with less noise and with additional text information. HD R ...

, carrying the main signal on HD1, a simulcast of KNSI 1450 AM on HD2 which is

news/talk Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music. They may feature monologues, dialogues between the hosts, interviews ...

, and a

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 ...

format on HD3 branded as "Z-Rock 103.3". the station's HD-3 channel is available over traditional radio on 103.3 FM via translator K277BS, licensed to St. Cloud. In 2021, KZPK HD3 quietly rebranded as "Real Rock Z103" with no change in format.

References

External links

Wild Country 99 official website
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