KCLZ

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KCLZ
Simulcasting KCLB-FM Coachella
Broadcast areaPalm Springs
Frequency95.5 MHz
Branding93.7 KCLB
Programming
FormatMainstream rock
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
October 20, 2011 (2011-10-20)
Former call signs
  • KKCM (June–October 2011)
  • KQCM (October 2011–2014)
Call sign meaning
similar to KCLB
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID183327
ClassA
ERP3,800 watts
HAAT70 meters (230 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
34°9′16″N 116°12′7″W / 34.15444°N 116.20194°W / 34.15444; -116.20194
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.937kclb.com

KCLZ (95.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a mainstream rock music format, simulcasting KCLB-FM (93.7) from Coachella.[2] Licensed to Twentynine Palms, California, United States, the station is owned by Connoisseur Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC.[3]

History

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a construction permit for the station to Desert Willow Broadcasters on February 5, 1993.[4] The station was assigned the call sign KHWX on March 12, 1993, and changed its call sign to KKJT on July 22, 1994. The station received its license to cover on October 21, 1996.[5] On October 6, 1997, the station's license was assigned by Desert Willow to Three D Radio, Inc.[6] On January 26, 1999, the station changed its call sign to KDHI. Following a bankruptcy filing by Three D, the station's license was assigned on July 6, 2004, to Copper Mountain Broadcasting. The price for the transaction, which included the license for sister station KKJT, was $350,000.[7] The station changed its call sign to the current KCLZ on January 3, 2014.[8]

On October 20, 2011, KQCM and its CHR format moved from 92.1 FM in Joshua Tree (which became KKCM, simulcasting country-formatted KXCM) to a new facility on 95.5 FM in Twentynine Palms.

On January 1, 2014, KQCM and its CHR format moved to 105.3 FM (formerly talk-formatted KRSX-FM), while the 95.5 FM frequency became a simulcast of mainstream rock-formatted KCLB-FM under new calls, KCLZ.

On May 21, 2015, Morris Communications' MCC Radio, LLC closed on its acquisition of KCLZ in exchange for KFSQ. Morris Communications sold KCLZ and thirty-two other stations to Alpha Media LLC effective September 1, 2015, at a purchase price of $38.25 million. Alpha Media merged with Connoisseur Media on September 4, 2025.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KCLZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2009.
  3. ^ "KCLZ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  4. ^ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  5. ^ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  6. ^ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  7. ^ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  8. ^ "KCLZ Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  9. ^ Venta, Lance (September 4, 2025). "Introducing The New Connoisseur Media". RadioInsight. Retrieved September 8, 2025.
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