KMTZ
{{short description|Radio station in Walkerville, Montana}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = KMTZ
| logo =
| city = Walkerville, Montana
| area = Butte, Montana
| branding = 107.7 Dave FM
| airdate = 1998
| frequency = 107.7 MHz
| format = Adult hits
| erp = 2,600 watts
| haat = 563 meters
| class = C2
| facility_id = 166087
| coordinates = {{coord|46|00|24|N|112|26|30|W}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns =
| affiliations =
| owner = Townsquare Media
| licensee = Townsquare License, LLC
| sister_stations = KAAR, KMBR, KXTL
| webcast = [https://dave1077.com/listen-live/ Listen Live]
| website = [http://dave1077.com dave1077.com]
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
KMTZ (107.7 FM) is a radio station in Butte, Montana. Owned by Townsquare Media, it broadcasts an adult hits format branded as "107.7 Dave FM".
The station was assigned the KMTZ call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on June 1, 2006.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=166087&Callsign=KMTZ |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database}}
On April 5, 2017, Montana Radio Company announced that it would sell KMTZ to Cherry Creek Radio.{{cite web|title=Local business to acquire Colorado company's Helena radio stations|url=http://helenair.com/business/local-business-to-acquire-colorado-company-s-helena-radio-stations/article_55d5a3ac-c239-56d6-8fc6-4b08c294b544.html|website=Helena Independent Record|accessdate=7 April 2017}}{{cite web|title=Cherry Creek And Montana Radio Company Swap To Shake-Up Montana Markets|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/117355/cherry-creek-montana-radio-company-swap-shake-montana-markets/|website=Radio-Insight|accessdate=7 April 2017}} Following the completion of the sale on July 28, 2017, the previously silent station went on the air as 107.7 Dave FM.{{Cite news|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/117355/cherry-creek-montana-radio-company-swap-shake-montana-markets/|title=Butte/Great Falls/Helena Swap Completed With Multiple Format Changes|date=2017-08-09|work=RadioInsight|access-date=2017-08-10|language=en-US}}
Effective June 17, 2022, Cherry Creek Radio sold KMTZ, along with 41 other stations and 21 translators, to Townsquare Media for $18.75 million.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.dave1077.com/}}
{{FM station data|166087|KMTZ}}
{{Butte Radio}}
{{Townsquare Media}}
Category:Gallatin County, Montana
Category:Radio stations established in 2010
Category:2010 establishments in Montana
Category:Townsquare Media radio stations
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