KORD-FM
Encyclopedia
KORD-FM is a radio station
broadcasting a Country music
format.Licensed to Richland, Washington
, USA, the station serves the Tri-Cities area. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media and features programing from Jones Radio Network.
The above data reported on the FCC website is incorrect regarding this station. Sign on date was not in 1989. As KZZK 102.7 this station operated a CHR/AC leaning format in the 1980s. Towards the end of that decade, it ceded the CHR market to then-powerhouse KIOK (OK95). It became a country station and has remained that 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...
broadcasting a Country music
Country 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...
format.Licensed to Richland, Washington
Richland, Washington
Richland is a city in Benton County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Washington, at the confluence of the Yakima and the Columbia Rivers. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 48,058. April 1, 2011 estimates from the Washington State Office of Financial Management put the...
, USA, the station serves the Tri-Cities area. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media and features programing from Jones Radio Network.
History
The station went on the air as KZZK-FM on 1989-10-01 only 10 days later, the station changed its call sign to the current KORD.The above data reported on the FCC website is incorrect regarding this station. Sign on date was not in 1989. As KZZK 102.7 this station operated a CHR/AC leaning format in the 1980s. Towards the end of that decade, it ceded the CHR market to then-powerhouse KIOK (OK95). It became a country station and has remained that to this day.