Broadcast area Cedar Rapids-Iowa City HAAT 287 meters Frequency 102.9 MHz Area Cedar Rapids, Iowa City Slogan Today's Hit Music | ERP 100,000 watts Class C1 Format Contemporary hit radio Branding Z 102.9 | |
Translator(s) 95.1 K236AA (Cedar Rapids, relays HD2)
98.5 K253BE (Iowa City, relays HD2)
106.3 K292FZ (Iowa City, relays HD3)
107.5 K298BM (Cedar Rapids, relays HD4) First air date April 29, 1975 (as KQCR) City of license Cedar Rapids, United States of America Owner Rob Norton & Elliot Keller | ||
KZIA, known as "Z 102.9", is a radio station based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It has a Top 40 (CHR) format primarily staffed with local personalities, including morning DJs Scott Schulte and Ric Swann. The station's transmitter is located in Hiawatha, Iowa, and its signal reaches most of eastern Iowa, including Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Waterloo, and some of the western parts of the Quad Cities area.
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History
KZIA was originally known as KQCR, which had a top 40 format as "Q103" for many years. In 1994, Rob Norton and Eliot Keller, owners of KRNA radio, purchased KQCR to create the Cedar Rapids market's first radio duopoly. On September 5, 1995, KQCR changed its format to country music and its call letters to KXMX, "Max 102.9". The country format lasted almost three years until Norton and Keller agreed to sell KRNA and KXMX to Texas-based Capstar Broadcasting. While the KRNA sale was successful, Capstar terminated the agreement to buy KXMX. Norton and Keller kept the station, changing the format to top 40 and the call letters to KZIA on June 12, 1998. Today KZIA is the only locally owned commercial FM station in the Cedar Rapids market, as most FMs in the area are owned by either Clear Channel Communications or Townsquare Media.
On May 14, 2003, KZIA became the first Iowa radio station to broadcast in HD Radio. The station also airs a Mainstream Rock format on HD2 called "Rob-FM"; named after station owner Rob Norton. Rob FM is also relayed over FM radio through FM translator stations; In Cedar Rapids at 95.1 FM, and Iowa City at 98.5 FM. KZIA also airs two channels of sports programing on their HD Radio signal. Originally there was one channel of sports programing on HD3, which was just a simulcast of sister station 1600 KGYM, but now is split into two channels. HD3 and HD4. HD3 feeds a translator in Iowa City at 106.3, and HD4 feeds 107.5 in Cedar Rapids. This allows up to three different sports programs at once. You may hear a Cedar Rapids High School sports game on 107.5, with one from Iowa City on 106.3, and a game that is the most anticipated for both areas on the main 1600 station. To designate different frequencies, 106.3 is known as the "South Gym", 107.5 is the "North Gym", and 1600 is the "Main Gym".
On October 31, 2006, KZIA acquired the former KCRG radio (1600 AM) from Gazette Communications. KZIA renamed the station KGYM and moved its studios from downtown Cedar Rapids to the KZIA studios on the city's southwest side.
HD Radio Digital Channels
The station's HD signal is multiplexed: