KKBZ is a radio station

Radio station

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  broadcasting a hard classic rock

Classic rock

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 format. Licensed to Auberry, California

Auberry, California

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, USA, the station serves the Fresno/Clovis area. 105.1 The Blaze features bands such as AC/DC

AC/DC

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, Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

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, Metallica

Metallica

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, Motley Crue

Mötley Crüe

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, Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots

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, Rush

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 and Def Leppard

Def Leppard

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. The station is currently owned by Lotus Communications Corp..

History

The station went on the air as KXDR on 1990-07-12. on 1992-03-27, the station changed its call sign to KSLK, on 1994-10-07 to KGST-FM, on 1995-08-01 to KLBN, on 2008-05-05 to the current KKBZ.

Programming

The current weekday lineup includes Jen Lipp in the mornings. Her show features "Everything You Need To Know" (News& Commentary) and "The Freaks" (Idiots In The News doing idiotic things). 9 am kicks off a 105 minute commercial free rock jamm, At noon is "Carlota's Box lunch" (which allows listeners to make request's and win concert tickets, prizes and free food). Carlota is on from 9am-2pm, and Dan Thomas handles duties of Program Director as well as the 2pm-6pm. The Whipping boy rocks Fresno nights from 6-10p and "Mandatory Metallica" at 9pm (3 Metallica songs in a row). Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx(motley Crue) is 10p-2a week nights. Weekends include Dee Snider with a 2 hour show called "House Of Hair" which is a show that features 80's Hair and Metal Bands.

External links

• 105.1 The Blaze