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KIBZ

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City
  
Crete, Nebraska

Branding
  
104.1 The Blaze

First air date
  
March 2, 1992

Broadcast area
  
Lincoln, Nebraska

Frequency
  
104.1 FM (MHz)

Slogan
  
Lincoln's Pure Rock Alternative

KIBZ (104.1 FM, "104-1 The Blaze") is a Lincoln, Nebraska active rock music radio station that signed on the air at 106.3 FM on March 2, 1992. It moved to 104.1 in March 2004. It is one of the first stations in the state to stream its audio over the Internet. Clear Channel Communications sold KIBZ to Three Eagles Communications on April 10, 2007. Three Eagles Communications sold KIBZ to Digity, LLC on February 10, 2014. The sale, which included KIBZ and 47 co-owned stations, was consummated on September 12, 2014 at a price of $66.5 million.

Effective February 25, 2016, Digity, LLC and its 124 radio stations were acquired by Alpha Media for $264 million.

Construction permit

On January 23, 2012, KIBZ was granted a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) construction permit to move to a new transmitter site, increase ERP to 40,000 watts and decrease HAAT to 116.1 meters.

References

KIBZ Wikipedia