KKLD (95.9 FM, "The Cloud") is a commercial radio station located in Cottonwood, Arizona, broadcasting to the Flagstaff-Prescott, Arizona area. KKLD airs a classic hits music format syndicated by ABC Radio Network.

KKLD
Broadcast areaFlagstaff-Prescott, Arizona
Frequency95.9 MHz
BrandingThe Cloud
Programming
FormatClassic hits
AffiliationsWestwood One
Ownership
OwnerYavapai Broadcasting Corporation
KQST, KVNA, KVNA-FM, KVRD-FM, KYBC
History
First air date
August 1983 (as KSMK-FM)
Former call signs
KCRJ-FM (1980–1983, CP)
KSMK-FM (1983–1991)
KZGL (1991–2006)
Call sign meaning
K K CLouD
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID51642
ClassC0
ERP21,000 watts
HAAT799 meters (2,621 ft)
Translator(s)92.1 K221GL (Prescott)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitekkld.com

In addition to its usual music programming, through the months of September to December, the station broadcasts the high school football games of the Bradshaw Bears of Bradshaw Mountain High School in Prescott Valley, Arizona. The games are commentated by Matt Showalter.

History

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Signing on in August 1983 under the call sign KSMK-FM, the station started life with a Top 40/CHR format under the KISS-FM brand. The station dropped Top 40 in 1991 for adult contemporary under the call letters KZGL.

In 1996, the station dropped AC for classic rock retaining its call letters. Two years later in 1998, the station flipped its format to a modern rock music format branded as "The Z" with its slogan "The Total Rock Experience" (primary) or "We Just Suck a Little Less" (secondary). In 2006, the former KKLD call letters and "The Cloud" branding, moved its frequency from 98.3 FM to 95.9 FM and changed its format to a classic hits format.

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34°41′13″N 112°07′05″W / 34.687°N 112.118°W / 34.687; -112.118

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KKLD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.