City | Alexandria, Louisiana |
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Broadcast area | Greater Alexandria |
Branding | 96.9 Rocks |
Frequency | 96.9 MHz |
First air date | 1947 (as KALB-FM) |
Format | Classic Rock |
Audience share | 6.0, #6 (Sp'05, R&R) |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 321 meters (1,053 ft) |
Class | C0 |
Facility ID | 63199 |
Transmitter coordinates | 31°1′59.00″N 92°30′8.00″W / 31.0330556°N 92.5022222°W |
Former callsigns | KALB-FM (1947-1979) KSLI (1979-1980) KTIZ (1980-1986) |
Owner |
Cenla Broadcasting (Cenla Broadcasting Licensing Company, LLC) |
Sister stations | KDBS, KKST, KQID-FM, KRRV-FM, KSYL |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | 969rocks.com |
KZMZ (96.9 FM, "96.9 Rocks") is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format. Licensed to Alexandria, Louisiana, United States, the station serves the Alexandria area. The station is currently owned by Cenla Broadcasting Licensing Company, LLC.
The station went on the air in 1947 as a sister station to KALB-AM (Now KJMJ) and KALB-TV with the call letters KALB-FM. Since the 1980s, 96.9 has been programmed as an urban station with the callsign of KTIZ, and top 40, classic rock, and mainstream rock formats as KZMZ.
KZMZ, as of 2008, is a sister station to KSYL and broadcasts LSU Tigers football games . It also broadcasts the football games of the Bolton Bears, a local high school football team.