KCHZ

KCHZ

City	Ottawa, Kansas
Broadcast area	Kansas City, MO-KS
Branding	95.7 The Vibe
Slogan	All The Hits!
Frequency	95.7 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	1962 (as KOFO-FM)
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
ERP	98,000 watts
HAAT	299 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	33332
Callsign meaning	K CHannel Z (former brand name)
Former callsigns	KOFO-FM (1962-1978) KKKX (1978-1986) KHUM-FM (6/1986-7/1986) KHUM 1986-1992) KZTO (1992-1996)
Owner	Cumulus Media, Inc. (CMP Houston-KC, LLC)
Sister stations	KCFX, KCJK, KCMO-FM/AM, KMJK, K279BI
Webcast	Listen Live Listen Live iHeart
Website	957thevibe.com

KCHZ (95.7 FM), known as "95.7 The Vibe", is a Top 40 (CHR) radio station serving the Kansas City metropolitan area with its city of license being Ottawa, Kansas. The Cumulus Media, Inc. outlet operates at 95.7 MHz with an ERP of 96 kW. Its transmitter is located near Linwood, Kansas, and studios are in Mission, Kansas.

History

KCHZ first began broadcasting as KOFO-FM, an FM simulcast for sister station KOFO, in 1962. In 1978, the station flipped to a mix of Top 40 and AOR as "96X", with the call letters KKKX. In 1986, the station flipped to easy listening/adult contemporary, branded as "96 HUM" with the KHUM call letters. The station relocated its transmitter from its original home near Ottawa to its current site near Linwood, upgraded its power to 100,000 watts, and relocated its studios, first to Lawrence, then to Topeka. In 1991, the station went silent. In 1993, the station signed back on as adult contemporary KZTO, branded as "Z96." In January 1994, the station went silent again.

95.7 signed back on under the control of Radio 2000, Inc. on January 21, 1997, as KCHZ, "Channel Z95.7", a Modern AC outlet, after stunting with all-80's music and a heartbeat sound effect for about a week.^[1] By January 1998, it shifted to Top 40/CHR, then to Rhythmic CHR by 1999.

The station was sold to Syncom Radio in 1999, and Syncom continued to adjust the station's image. KCHZ shifted back to Top 40/CHR in 2000, then back to Rhythmic CHR by 2002, then back to a Mainstream Top 40/CHR by late 2003, when Cumulus Broadcasting bought the station.

By November of 2005, after years of confusing listeners over what direction the station was taking, it was decided that 95.7 needed a complete overhaul, and KCHZ began stunting with all-Christmas music at Noon on November 1, 2005, as "Jingle 95.7". The station jumped the gun a week before KUDL or KCKC would even start broadcasting Christmas music. However, by the next day, the station shifted its stunting to a loop of "Swans Splashdown" by Jean-Jacques Perrey. At 5 PM on November 3, KCHZ shifted to Rhythmic CHR for a 3rd time as "95.7 The Vibe, The Rhythm Of Kansas City", with The Black Eyed Peas' "My Humps" being the first song played.^[2]^[3]^[4] During its tenure as a Rhythmic station, KCHZ aired a few specialty shows, including "The Weekend Top 30 Countdown" with Hollywood Hamilton, as well as "Sunday Night Slow Jams" with R.Dub.

On January 27, 2009, KCHZ shifted the format to feature more top 40 hits and dropped the majority of its old school and hip hop hits, but still maintained its Rhythmic format somewhat. KCHZ continued to report to R&R/Nielsen BDS Rhythmic Airplay panel.^[5] This kind of direction has also sparked debate from radio message boards about stations that decided to add certain Pop and Dance tracks but stay within the Rhythmic realm.^[6]

By that October, KCHZ fully shifted back to Top 40, competing with KMXV, making the shift to a pop format complete. This is part of Cumulus' plan to launch Mainstream Top 40 stations in major markets across the country. With the change, morning hosts "Shorty & the Boyz", who hosted in mornings since 2005, were let go. KCHZ currently competes with KMXV, KPRS, KKSW, and, to a lesser extent, KZPT and KKJO.

References

External links

95.7 The Vibe's Website

Radio stations in the Kansas City media market

By AM frequency	580 610 680 710 760 810 890 980 1030 1090 1140 1160 1190 1250 1340 1380 1410 1480 1510 1550 1590 1660

By FM frequency	88.5 89.3 90.1 90.7 90.9 91.5 91.9 92.3 93.3 94.1 94.9 95.7 96.1 96.5 97.3 97.7 98.1 98.9 99.7 100.1 100.7 101.1 102.1 103.3 103.7 104.3 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.5 107.3 107.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 162.450 162.475 162.550

By callsign	K279BI KANU KBEQ-FM KCCV KCFX KCHZ KCJK KCKC KCMO KCMO-FM KCNW KCSP KCTE KCTO KCUR-FM KCWJ KCXL KCZZ KDMR KDTD KEC77 KESJ KEXS KFEQ KFKF-FM KID77 KJHK KJNW KKFI KKJO-FM KKLO KKSW KKWK KLRQ KLRX KMAJ-FM KMBZ KMBZ-FM KMJK KMVG KMXV KMZU KPOW-FM KPRS KPRT KQRC-FM KRBZ KTBG KWJC KWOD KYYS KZPT KZZ34 KZZ85 WDAF-FM WHB WIBW

Nearby radio markets Columbia-Jefferson City Omaha Pittsburg Springfield Topeka See also List of radio stations in Missouri List of radio stations in Kansas

Radio stations in the Topeka, Kansas media market

By AM frequency	580 610 680 710 810 980 1440 1490

By FM frequency	88.1 90.3 91.5 92.5 92.9 94.5 95.7 99.3 100.3 102.9 103.9 105.9 106.9 107.7

By callsign	KANU KBUZ KCHZ KCMO KCSP KCVT KDVV KFEQ KJTY KKSW KMAJ KMAJ-FM KMBZ KMXN KNZA KTOP KTOP-FM KTPK KWIC WHB WIBW WIBW-FM

Nearby radio markets Kansas City Lincoln Omaha Pittsburg Salina–Manhattan Wichita See also List of radio stations in Kansas

CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of Kansas

By frequency	92.7 93.3 94.7 95.7 96.3 96.3 97.5 103.1 104.7 105.5 105.9 106.9

By callsign	KACZ KBGL KCHZ KEKS KJCK KKOY KKSW KMXV KSKU KXNC KZCH KZUH

By city	Chanute Emporia Hutchinson Junction City Kansas City (KCHZ) Kansas City (KMXV) Larned Lawrence Manhattan Minneapolis Ness City Wichita

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Kansas See also Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

Cumulus Media

AM radio stations	KAAY KABC KAOK KARN KBED KBGG KBOI KCMO KCSF KCUB KESP KFAY KFNZ KFRU KGO KIKR KKAT KKOB KKOH KLIF KLIK KMAJ KMJ KNBR KNEK KNML KNSH KPUR KPZK KRMD KRUZ KSCR KSFO KTBL KTCK KTCT KTIK KTOP KTUC KUGN KVEN KVOR KWPN KXZZ KYNG WAAV WABC WALG WAPI WARM WAYS WBAP WBBF WBBW WBMQ WCOA WDDO WDUZ¹ WFAS WFNC WFNR WFTW WGLD WGOC WGOK WGOW WGPC WHBT WHGB WHLD WHLL WHSC WIBR WICC WIOV WISW WJBC WJCW WJLG WJOX WJR WJRW WJWF WKLQ WKY WLBY WLQR WLS WLTI WLWI WLZR WMAC WMAL WMSP WNAM WNML WOSH WPIC WPRO WPRV WRAD WRIE WSBA WSKO WSOM WSSO WTKA WTMA WTOD WTRX WUMP WVEL WVLK WVNN WWCK WXLM WXOK WXQW WXSM WYMB WYNN

FM radio stations	K279BI KAMO-FM KARN-FM KARX KATC-FM KATM KATT-FM KAYD-FM KBBM KBBQ-FM KBBY-FM KBCY KBEE KBER KBIU KBUL-FM KBXR KBZU KCDD KCFX KCHZ KCJK KCMO-FM KDJK KDRF KDVB KDVV KEHK KESN KENZ KFFG KFOG KGGO KHAY KHKI KHKK KHOP KHTB KHXS KHYT KIIM-FM KIPR KIZN KJJY KJMO KJOY KKEG KKFM KKGB KKGL KKMG KKND KKOB-FM KKPK KKWD KLAL KLIF-FM KLOS KLSZ-FM KLUR KMAJ-FM KMCK-FM KMEZ KMGA KMGV KMJ-FM KMJJ-FM KMJK KNEK-FM KNEV KNRQ KOLI KOMS KOQL KPLA KPLX KPUR-FM KQFC KQHN KQIZ-FM KQLK KQOB² KQRS-FM KQSM-FM KQXC-FM KQXL-FM KQXY-FM KRBE KRMD-FM KRMW KRRF KRRQ KRST KRWP KSAN KSCS KSKS KSMB KSZR KTCK-FM KTCX KTIK-FM KTLT KTOP-FM KUBL-FM KUJZ KURB KVMA-FM KVYB KWIC KWIN KWNN KWQW KWYE KWYL KXKC KXXR KYIS KYKZ KYYI KZEL-FM KZJF KZRK-FM W264AK WABD WAOA-FM WAQX-FM WARM-FM WBBL-FM WBHD WBHT WBLX-FM WBNQ WBRW WBSX WBWN WBZE WBZF WCMG WCTO WCYN-FM WDAI WDEN-FM WDLT-FM WDRQ WDUZ-FM¹ WDVD WDZZ-FM WEAN-FM WEAS-FM WEBE WEDG WEGC WEMX WFBE WFMS WFTK WFYR WGFX WGKX WGLF WGLO WGNI WGOW-FM WGRF WGRR WGVX WGVZ WHBX WHHY-FM WHKR WHLZ WHNN WHOT-FM WHRP WHTS WHTT-FM WILZ WIOG WIOV-FM WIVK-FM WIWF WIXO WIXV WJAD WJBC-FM WJCL-FM WJEZ WJJK WJOX-FM WJQX WJTQ WKAK WKDF WKHX-FM WKIM WKKO WKOR-FM WKOS WKQZ WKRU WKSM WKXS-FM WLAV-FM WLAW WLCS WLEV WLFF WLLF WLQR-FM WLS-FM WLTO WLWI-FM WLXC WLXX WLZN WMAL-FM WMAS-FM WMDH-FM WMEZ WMGB WMGL WMGS WMGU WMIM WMNX WMOS³ WMXS WMXT WMXU WNBM WNCV WNKT WNML-FM WNMQ WNMX WNNF WNNK-FM WNNX WNSH WNTQ WNUQ WOFX-FM WOGB¹ WOGT WOKI WOMG WORC-FM WPCK¹ WPEZ WPKR WPLJ WPRO-FM WPSK-FM WQGN-FM WQHZ WQKL WQLH¹ WQQK WQSM WQUT WQVE WQXA-FM WQXK WRBO WRCQ WRKN WRQN WRQQ WRQX WRRM WRRX WRWM WRXP WSEA WSJR WSJZ-FM WSKZ WSM-FM WSMS WSOX WSSX-FM WSYN WTCB WTNR WUHT WVBO WVIB WVLK-FM WVNN-FM WWBU WWCK-FM WWFF-FM WWFN-FM WWFX WWIZ WWKI WWKL WWKX WWLD WWLI WWLS-FM WWQQ-FM WWSN WWTN WWWM-FM WWWQ W255CJ/WWWQ-HD2 WWWW-FM WWWZ WXBM-FM WXFX WXKC WXKR WXKR-HD2/W265CB WXLO WXMX WXTA WXTL WXZZ WYAY WYFM WYNN-FM WYZB WZAT WZCY-FM WZNS WZPW WZRH WZRR WZYP

Radio networks	Arkansas Radio Network CBS Sports Radio* Titans Radio Network Westwood One (see navpage)

Online assets	iHeartRadio¹

Television-related assets	Nash TV

Other assets	Broadcast Software International CumulusJobs.com San Francisco Giants (minority interest in LP)

See also	Citadel Broadcasting Cumulus Media Networks Susquehanna Radio Corporation

¹ = Owned by iHeartMedia; operated by Cumulus under an LMA. ² = Co-owned with Champlin Broadcasting under an LMA. ³ = Operated by the Mohegan Sun under an LMA. AaBbCc = Owned by The Walt Disney Company; operated by Cumulus under an LMA. * = Owned by CBS Radio, operated by Cumulus.

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