KEEZ-FM

KEEZ-FM

Broadcast area	Mankato, Minnesota
Branding	Z99
Slogan	"All The Hits"
Frequency	99.1 FM (MHz)
First air date	1974
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	239 meters
Class	C1
Former callsigns	KEYC-FM
Owner	Alpha Media (Digity 3E License, LLC)
Sister stations	KMKO-FM, KRBI-FM, KYSM-FM
Webcast	Listen Live!
Website	www.myz99.com

KEEZ-FM (99.1 FM, "Z99") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Mankato, Minnesota and serving the Minnesota River Valley with a Top 40 (CHR) format. The station is owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Digity 3E License, LLC, along with sister stations KYSM-FM, KRBI-FM and KMKO-FM.

History

The station was granted license on May 15, 1968 as KEYC-FM.^[1] The station was started by Lee Enterprises, which also owned KEYC-TV. The station was sold in 1977 to Faribault County Broadcasting Co. for $200,000, principally owned by Paul C. Hedberg and his wife.^[2] The station was a Top 40 (CHR) station, and shifted to a Hot AC format in the early 1990s. Hedberg Broadcasting sold the station in 1993 to Nolan Broadcast Group.

From January 1993 to the fall of 2000, KEEZ was owned and operated by Nolan Broadcast Group. KEEZ was managed by Michael E. Nolan, who along with his father Philip E. Nolan owned KAUS-AM/KAUS-FM in Austin, Minnesota. In 2000, the station was sold to Three Eagles Communications.

Z99's longtime competitor, 96.7 KDOG was CHR from 1984 until shift towards Hot AC in 2000. KDOG returned to CHR as "Hot 96.7" on September 4, 2009.

While Z99 was a Hot Adult Contemporary format playing a mix of hit music from the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and today, it became a full-fledged Top 40 (CHR) at night as it added hip-hop and Rhythmic Contemporary product to its rotation, thus it could be considered an Adult Top 40. By 2012, Z99 evolved into a full-fledged Top 40 (CHR).

References

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External links

Z99 website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KEEZ

Radio-Locator information on KEEZ

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KEEZ

Radio stations in the Mankato–New Ulm–St. Peter, Minnesota market

By FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.7 90.5 91.5 93.1 93.5 94.1 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.7 99.1 100.5 100.9 101.7 101.9 102.7 103.5 104.5 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.5 107.1 107.3 107.5

By AM frequency	860 920 1230 1310 1420

By callsign	K206DI K228XN K235BH K237ET K269EC K270DZ K274AL K286AW K296ER KATO-FM KBGY KDHL KDOG KEEZ-FM KFMC-FM KFSP KGAC KGLB KHRS KJLY KJTS KMKO-FM KMSU KNGA KNUJ KNUJ-FM KOWZ-FM KRBI-FM KTOE KXAC KXLP KYSM-FM

Nearby radio markets Austin–Albert Lea Minneapolis–St. Paul Rochester St. Cloud Sioux Falls Southwest MN Willmar See also List of radio stations in Minnesota

CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of Minnesota

By frequency	96.7 98.7 99.1 99.7 101.3 103.7 104.3 104.7 106.9 107.7

By callsign	KBMX KCLD KDOG KDWB KEEZ-FM KKBJ KKCK KLTA KROC KZTP

By city	Bemidji Duluth Mankato (KDOG) Mankato (KEEZ-FM) Marshall Minneapolis-Saint Paul Moorhead (Fargo, North Dakota) Rochester Saint Cloud Worthington

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

Alpha Media

AM radio stations	KAAN KABI KATE KAUS KBNN KBRK KCOB KDKD KFOR KFQD KGLO KGNC KGRN KHAR KIIK KJAM KJFF KJJQ KJPW KKRT KMCD KMRN KNWH KNWQ KNWZ KNZR KOKA KREI KSAH KSAL KTSA KTUB KUFO KVGH KWIQ KWIX KWOK KXRO KXTG KZDC WANG WCHA WHAG WHBC WHHW WHIS WIBW WING WIRL WJNT WJOL WJQS WKEZ WKRS WLIP WMBD WNTX WOAD WOIC WRNN WRNS WSGW WTNI WXBD

FM radio stations	KAAN-FM KAUS-FM KAYO KBAY KBFF KBLS KBMG KBRJ KBRK-FM KBTE KBTT KCLB-FM KCLZ KCOB-FM KCPI KDBX KDES-FM KDGL KDKD-FM KDKS-FM KDLO-FM KDUT KDUX-FM KEAG KEEZ-FM KEZR KFBD-FM KFRX KGNC-FM KGNZ KHHL KHTN KIAI KIAQ KIBZ KINK KIRK KIXX KJAM-FM KJEL KJXK KKBB KKDV KKFD-FM KKIQ KKRV KKUS KKUU KKWK KLAK KLEY-FM KLKL KLLL-FM KLLY KMAD-FM KMKT KMMX KMXS KNZR-FM KONE KOOI KOYE KOZQ-FM KPSI-FM KRES KRTI KSAH-FM KSAJ-FM KSAL-FM KTAL-FM KTCM KTFM KTJJ KTPK KUBB KUIC KUPL KWHL KWIQ-FM KWIX-FM KWLN KXEA KXGL KXL-FM KXXK KYEZ KYKX W228CI W242BY W262BY W274BM WARQ WARV-FM WBBT-FM WCCQ WCEN-FM WCLI-FM WCPR-FM WDHT WDJX WDLD WEAT WERO WERV-FM WFLS-FM WFXH-FM WGBL WGCO WGER WGHL WGTZ WGZB-FM WHAJ WHBC-FM WHKX WHQX WHXT WIBW-FM WIIL WIKZ WIRK WJMI WKOY-FM WKXI-FM WKZQ-FM WLFV WMBX WMFX WMJM WMYB WNGY WPBG WQBB WQCM WQSL WQZL WRKS WRMF WRNN-FM WRNS-FM WROU-FM WRWN WRXQ WSCZ WSGW-FM WSSR WSWT WTLZ WUBB WVBX WWDM WWLB WWUZ WXCL WXLC WXMA WXQR-FM WXYK WXYY WYAV

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Coordinates: 44°03′07″N 94°18′00″W / 44.052°N 94.300°W / 44.052; -94.300

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