WKZM - A History
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WKZM-FM 105.5 Sarasota – WKZM is a non-commercial educational FM licensed to Sarasota that originally went on the air in 1974 on 105.5 mHz. It aired a religious education and public affairs format and was owned by Christian Fellowship Mission, Inc. After the three-kilowatt FM moved to 104.3 mHz and increased power to six kilowatts in the mid 90’s, an assignment of license was filed with the FCC in 1999, transferring ownership to the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago for $1.5 million.
Today (2010), WKZM simulcasts programs of Christian teaching, talk, and music from Lakeland’s 91.1 WKES, the flagship station statewide for the Moody Radio for the Heart of Florida network (which also includes 90.9 WSOR in Naples and 91.9 WHGN in Crystal River. WKZM’s tower site is in south Sarasota on McIntosh Road, south of Ashton Road.
Names in WKZM history include Lowell Brubaker (GM/PD 1975), William B. Miller (assistant station manager-1975), Dave Miller (news director-1975), John Sherrod (chief engineer-1975), Roy Mazelin (chief engineer-1978), Carl Metcalf (senior announcer-1999), Ralph Janotti (announcer-1998), and Pierre Chestang (station manager-2004).
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Station History
1974 - 2010 Other Tampa Bay Area Stations (History)
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