KZMZ is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a rock music

Rock music

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 format. Licensed to Alexandria, Louisiana

Alexandria, Louisiana

Alexandria is a city in and the parish seat of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies on the south bank of the Red River in almost the exact geographic center of the state. It is the principal city of the Alexandria metropolitan area which encompasses all of Rapides and Grant parishes....

, USA, the station serves the Alexandria area. The station is currently owned by Cenla Broadcasting Licensing Company, LLC.

History

The station went on the air in the 1940s as a sister station to KALB-AM (Now KJMJ

KJMJ

KJMJ "Radio Maria" is an American AM radio broadcasting stationin Alexandria, Louisiana where the Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana is also headquartered and is the originating English language station of Radio Maria USA airing Catholic programming.-History:Originally founded in 1935 as KALB ,...

) and KALB-TV

KALB-TV

KALB-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Central Louisiana licensed to Alexandria. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 35 from a transmitter in Forest Hill. The station can also be seen on Suddenlink channel 5 and in high definition on digital channel 730...

 with the call letters KALB-FM. Since the 1980s, 96.9 has been programmed as an Urban station with the callsign of KTIZ, and Top 40, Classic Rock, and Mainstream Rock formats as KZMZ.

Sports

KZMZ, as of 2008, is a sister station to KSYL

KSYL

KSYL is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Alexandria, Louisiana, USA, the station serves the Alexandria area. The station is currently owned by Cenla Broadcasting Licensing Company, LLC and features programing from ABC Radio , AP Radio and CBS Radio.The...

 and broadcasts LSU Tigers

LSU Tigers

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football games . It also broadcasts the football games of the Bolton Bears, a local high school football team.