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| Broadcast area | Rochester, Minnesota |
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| Frequency | 107.7MHz |
| Branding | Sasquatch 107.7 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic rock |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KDOC-FM,KFIL,KFIL-FM,KOLM,KROC,KROC-FM,KWWK,KYBA | |
| History | |
First air date | April 18, 1998 (1998-04-18) (as KLCX) |
Former call signs | KANP (1996–1997) KLCX (1997–2008) KDZZ (2008–2017) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 56252 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 1,950watts |
| HAAT | 174 m (571 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°02′24″N92°13′05″W / 44.040°N 92.218°W /44.040; -92.218 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | therockofrochester |
KDCZ (107.7FM, "Sasquatch 107.7") is aradio station broadcasting aclassic rockformat. KDCZ islicensed toSt. Charles, Minnesota, and serves theRochester, Minnesota metropolitan area. The station is owned byTownsquare Media.
KDCZ signed on April 18, 1998,[2] asKLCX. The KLCX call letters were originally assigned to a station in thePalm Springs, California market in the early 1990s but were surrendered when its new owners changed the format tosmooth jazz and the call letters toKJJZ.
KLCX aired aclassic hits format on 107.7, which moved to 103.9 FM on April 1, 2008, as 107.7 FM flipped toactive rock as "Z-Rock 107.7". On March 23, 2010, KDZZ began simulcasting on KDCZ 103.9 FM.
On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare would acquire 53Cumulus Media stations, including KDZZ/KDCZ, for $238 million. The deal was part of Cumulus' acquisition ofDial Global; Townsquare and Dial Global were both controlled byOaktree Capital Management.[3][4] The transaction was consummated effective November 14, 2013.
On April 13, 2017, at 7:30 a.m., KDCZ split from its simulcast with KDZZ and changed its format to adult hits, branded as "103.9 The Doc".[5] On June 2, 2017, KDZZ took on the KDCZ call sign, after 103.9 changed its call letters toKDOC-FM on May 16.
On September 2, 2021, at Noon, KDCZ dropped the "Z-Rock" moniker and beganstunting with sounds of people hiking around Southeast Minnesota. At 3 p.m. on September 3, the station relaunched asclassic rock-formatted "Sasquatch 107.7" (a name already in use ata sister station in Duluth).
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