KBOZ-FM
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = KBOZ-FM
| logo =
| logo_size =
| city = Bozeman, Montana
| area =
| branding = 99.9 K-Bear
| frequency = 99.9 MHz
| airdate = {{start date|1993|4}} (as KZLO-FM){{cite news |last1=Ellig |first1=Tracy |title=Reier rules the airwaves |url=https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/reier-rules-the-airwaves/article_a80567d3-9322-5d81-b3e9-3c44f459d314.html |accessdate=June 4, 2018 |work=Bozeman Daily Chronicle |date=August 3, 1996 |language=en}}
| format = Oldies
| erp = 19,000 watts
| haat = {{convert|-56|m|sp=us}}
| class = C1
| facility_id = 55676
| coordinates = {{coord|45|41|34|N|110|58|57|W|region:US-MT_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = KZLO (1992–1993)
KZLO-FM (1993–2004)
| affiliations = ABC News Radio
| owner = Cameron Maxwell
| licensee = Desert Mountain Broadcasting Licenses LLC
| sister_stations = KBOZ, KOBB, KOBB-FM, KOZB
| webcast =
| website = [https://999kbear.com/ 999kbear.com]
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
KBOZ-FM (99.9 MHz, "99.9 K-Bear") is a radio station licensed to Bozeman, Montana, United States. The station serves the Bozeman area.{{cite web |title=Citadel and Reier Broadcasting Company |url=http://www.imt.net/~jabender/mvi/reier/index.htm |work=Montanavision |access-date=2008-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080223121846/http://www.imt.net/~jabender/mvi/reier/index.htm |archive-date=2008-02-23 |url-status=dead }} The station's license is held by Desert Mountain Broadcasting Licenses LLC.
KBOZ-FM shares a transmitter site with KBOZ and KOBB-FM, east of the studios on Johnson Road and Fowler Lane. KBOZ-FM, KOZB, and KOBB-FM all have construction permits to move to a new shared transmitter site on top of Green Mountain, along I-90 east of Bozeman.
History
The station was assigned the call sign KZLO on December 17, 1992; an "-FM" suffix was added on March 22, 1993.{{cite web |title=KBOZ-FM Call Sign History |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=55676&Callsign=KBOZ-FM |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division}} KZLO-FM signed on in April 1993 as a country music station branded as "The Fox". On May 21, 2004, the station became the current KBOZ-FM.
On June 1, 2018, KBOZ-FM and its sister stations went off the air.[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/168752/five-station-cluster-shuts-down-in-bozeman/ Five Station Cluster Shuts Down in Bozeman] Radioinsight - June 3, 2018{{Cite news|url=https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/business/kboz-radio-stations-go-dark-future-uncertain/article_ddb0d310-c8be-5a3e-b815-510e0a0d96bd.html|title=KBOZ radio stations go dark, future uncertain|last=Schontzler|first=Gail|work=Bozeman Daily Chronicle|access-date=2018-06-08|language=en}}
Effective December 6, 2019, the licenses for KBOZ-FM and its sister stations were involuntary assigned from Reier Broadcasting Company, Inc. to Richard J. Samson, as Receiver. The licenses for these stations were sold to Desert Mountain Broadcasting Licenses LLC for $300,000 in a deal completed on January 31, 2022.{{Cite news|url=https://www.insideradio.com/features/deal_digest/deal-digest-february-3-2021/article_4013f5a8-84c3-11ec-a29c-57a514ef1e52.html|title=Deal Digest – February 3, 2021|access-date=2022-08-07}}
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{{Oldies Radio Stations in Montana}}
Category:Radio stations established in 1993
Category:1993 establishments in Montana
Category:Oldies radio stations in the United States
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