KZSQ-FM

KZSQ-FM (92.7 FM, "The New Star 92.7 FM") is a radio station licensed to Sonora, California. The New Star 92.7 KZSQ Serves the greater Mother Lode area centered in Sonora, comprising Tuolumne and Calaveras Counties with a combined population of approximately 110,000.

KZSQ-FM
Frequency92.7 MHz
BrandingThe New Star 92.7
Programming
FormatClassic hits
Ownership
OwnerClarke Broadcasting Corporation
KKBN, KVML
History
First air date
October 3, 1973
Technical information
Facility ID11708
ClassA
ERP380 watts
HAAT393 meters
Transmitter coordinates
38°0′30″N 120°21′44″W
Links
Websitekzsq.com

The station broadcasts a classic hits format and is owned by Clarke Broadcasting Corporation.[1]

The New Star 92.7 has been broadcasting in the Mother Lode since 1971.[2] In February, 1994, KZSQ-FM and KVML updated to digital studios and relocated to downtown Sonora. In 2000, Clarke Broadcasting acquired a local Internet Service Provider, Mother Lode Internet, and created a community website, myMotherLode.com, for its three radio stations KVML/KZSQ-FM/KKBN. Mother Lode Internet was sold by Clarke Broadcasting in 2008, while retaining the myMotherLode.com with more than 2 million page views per month.[3] myMotherLode.com continues to promote and represent Star 92.7/KZSQ which does not stream all radio content but media feature segments are available on myMotherLode.com and KZSQ.com.

Clarke Broadcasting Corporation is a Nevada corporation, President H. Randolph Holder, Jr. The General Manager of KVML / KZSQ-FM / KKBN / myMotherlode.com is Tom Nankival.

History

On May 27, 2022 at 2 p.m., KZSQ-FM flipped its format from adult contemporary to classic hits, with music primarily from the top 40 music charts of the 60s to early 2000s, with a focus on the 80s, and has been branded as "The New Star 92.7".[4]

References
  1. "KZSQ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "Radio Stations; Clarke Broadcasting Corporation". mymotherlode.com. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  3. "Family of Advertisers". mymotherlode.com. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  4. "KZSQ Flips To Classic Hits". Radioinsight. Retrieved May 27, 2022.


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