KZZI

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = KZZI

| logo = KZZI logo.PNG

| logo_size = 230px

| city = Belle Fourche, South Dakota

| area = Rapid City, South Dakota

| branding = The Eagle

| airdate = September 22, 1995

| frequency = 95.9 MHz

| translator = see below

| format = Country

| erp = 100,000 watts

| haat = 545 meters (1788 feet)

| class = C

| facility_id = 38630

| coordinates = {{coord|44|19|35|N|103|50|06|W}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns = KBFS-FM (1994, CP)
KDFX (1994–1995, CP)

| affiliations = United Stations Radio Networks
Westwood One

| owner = Riverfront Broadcasting, LLC

| licensee =

| sister_stations = KDDX, KOTA, KQRQ, KZLK

| webcast = [https://listen.streamon.fm/kzzi Listen Live]

| website = [http://www.myeaglecountry.com/ myeaglecountry.com]

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

KZZI (95.9 FM, "The Eagle") is a radio station licensed to serve Belle Fourche, South Dakota, serving the Rapid City, South Dakota market. The station is owned by Riverfront Broadcasting, LLC. It airs a country music format.{{cite web|title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301134627/http://www.arbitron.com/ |archivedate=2010-03-01 }}

The station was assigned the KZZI call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on April 1, 1995.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=38630&Callsign=KZZI |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database}}

KZZI is the radio home of Black Hills State Yellow Jackets athletics, with local radio personality Steve Ammerman providing play-by-play.

Ownership

In February 1999, Western South Dakota Broadcasting LLC reached an agreement to purchase this station from Lovcom, for a reported $79,006.{{cite news |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing Hands |date=1999-02-15 |first=Alisa |last=Holmes}} The station was then sold to Riverfront Broadcasting in 2019.[https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/duhamel-broadcasting-sale-bittersweet-after--year-history-in-the/article_6ee2877f-2a42-53a2-8c8a-292d18bd2946.html "Duhamel Broadcasting sale 'bittersweet' after 75-year history in the Black Hills"], Rapid City Journal, 10 January 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

Honors and awards

In May 2006, KZZI won one first place plaque in the commercial radio division of the South Dakota Associated Press Broadcasters Association news contest.{{cite news |work=Yankton Press & Dakotan |title=SDPB, Yankton Stations Lauded |date=2006-05-08 |url=http://www.yankton.net/stories/050806/news_20060508021.shtml }}{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The contest was for the 2005 calendar year.

Translator

{{RadioTranslators

| callsign = KZZI

| call1 = K242BK

| freq1 = 96.3

| fid1 = 158530

| watts1 = 250

| haat1 = 119.6

| class1 = D

| city1 = Rapid City, South Dakota

|}}

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