KMYZ
Encyclopedia
KMYZ-FM is a commercial radio station
located in Tulsa, Oklahoma
, and licensed to Pryor, Oklahoma. KMYZ-FM airs a modern rock
format branded as "Z104.5 The Edge".
station located in downtown Pryor Oklahoma. In the late 70's the country format was dropped for album rock. KMYZ's studios moved to Tulsa in the early 80's and it's format evolved to Classic Rock
by 1985. It later changed to CHR
/Adult Top-40 as "Z-104.5". The station started leaning towards a Rock
direction in its CHR format beating then crosstown CHR rival KAYI (Now KHTT
). Airchecks of this timeframe can be found at http://www.Z1045.com . KMYZ-FM later evolved into a straight ahead Rock presentation to compete against crosstown Rocker KMOD-FM. February 1995, the station changed to a Modern Rock
/Alternative
format as "Z-104.5 The Edge" which still airs to this day.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
located in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's...
, and licensed to Pryor, Oklahoma. KMYZ-FM airs a modern rock
Modern rock
Modern rock is a rock format commonly found on commercial radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre...
format branded as "Z104.5 The Edge".
History
KMYZ-FM signed on the air in 1969 as KKMJ-FM, a Country MusicCountry music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
station located in downtown Pryor Oklahoma. In the late 70's the country format was dropped for album rock. KMYZ's studios moved to Tulsa in the early 80's and it's format evolved to Classic Rock
Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...
by 1985. It later changed to CHR
Contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
/Adult Top-40 as "Z-104.5". The station started leaning towards a Rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
direction in its CHR format beating then crosstown CHR rival KAYI (Now KHTT
KHTT
KHTT is a Top 40 Mainstream radio station serving the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area of the USA. The Renda Broadcasting outlet broadcasts at 106.9 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW and is licensed to Muskogee, Oklahoma.-History:...
). Airchecks of this timeframe can be found at http://www.Z1045.com . KMYZ-FM later evolved into a straight ahead Rock presentation to compete against crosstown Rocker KMOD-FM. February 1995, the station changed to a Modern Rock
Modern rock
Modern rock is a rock format commonly found on commercial radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre...
/Alternative
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
format as "Z-104.5 The Edge" which still airs to this day.