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{{short description|Radio station in Brookfield, Missouri}}
{{for|the former station in Columbia, Missouri|KFMZ (Columbia, Missouri)}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name             = KFMZ
| logo             =
| city             = [[Brookfield, Missouri]]
| area             =
| branding         =
| frequency        = 1470 [[kilohertz|kHz]]
| translator       = {{Radio Relay|96.1|K241BT|Brookfield}}
| airdate          = {{start date|1956|2|14}} (as KGHM)
| format           = [[Hot adult contemporary]] (partial simulcast of [[KZBK]])
| power            = {{ubl|500 [[watt]]s day|20 watts night}}
| erp              = (K241BT) 250 watts
| class            = D
| facility_id      = 2
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|KGHM (1956–1985)|KGNG (1985–1993)|KZBK (1993–2002)}}
| callsign_meaning = Former call letters of [[KFMZ (Columbia, Missouri)|98.3 FM Columbia]]
| affiliations     =
| owner            = Best Broadcast Group
| sister_stations  = [[KZBK]]
| webcast          =
| website          = {{url|http://www.bestbroadcastgroup.com/}}
}}
'''KFMZ''' is a radio station at [[1470 AM]] in [[Brookfield, Missouri]]. The station is owned by the Best Broadcast Group and carries a [[hot adult contemporary]] format, primarily simulcasting [[KZBK]] 96.9 FM. KFMZ is also heard on FM translator K241BT at 96.1 FM.
==History==
The station went on air February 14, 1956,<ref name="bcyb94">{{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1994/B-All-Radio-BC-YB-1994-B&W.pdf|title=1994 Broadcasting Yearbook|date=1994|page=B-211|accessdate=June 8, 2019}}</ref> as KGHM (for Green Hills of Missouri). The station was constructed by the Green Hills Broadcasting Company, which was owned by Ira Williams. George P. Williams became the owner in 1965; W-H Enterprises acquired KGHM in 1970; and the station was sold to Brookfield Broadcasting in 1974.
In 1980, the station was sold to Hampro-Wireless. Hampro ownership, while short, was consequential, as the company received the construction permit to build a new FM radio station to accompany KGHM. KQMO 97.7, now [[KZBK]] 96.9, signed on August 17, 1981, simulcasting the AM station during the day and airing its own programming until midnight.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32650442/|date=August 13, 1981|work=Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune|title=Brookfield FM station to air at 97.7 Monday|accessdate=June 9, 2019}}</ref> Two years later, however, KGHM-KQMO went silent and remained so for a year until the station was sold to Dwight and Carolyn Carver in 1984.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32650164/|work=Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune|date=November 6, 1984|page=1|title=KGHM-KQMO is sold to Oklahoma couple}}</ref> The resumption of operations of both stations was delayed into 1985 by FCC requirements.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32651259/|date=December 27, 1984|accessdate=June 9, 2019|work=Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune|title=Return to airwaves delayed by FCC}}</ref> After the sale, both stations changed call letters: KQMO became KZBK, while KGHM became KGNG ("Good News of God") with gospel music.
Best acquired KGNG-KZBK in 1993. The two stations became KZBK-AM-FM, simulcasting Best flagship [[KZZT]] in [[Moberly, Missouri|Moberly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bestbroadcastgroup.com/Company-History.html|work=Best Broadcasting|title=Company History|accessdate=June 9, 2019}}</ref> The simulcast of KZZT ended in 1995 when Best completed construction of a new KZBK-FM facility at 96.9&nbsp;MHz, and the two stations began carrying their own programming.
On January 15, 2002, KZBK AM became KFMZ. The call letters had been deleted three months prior from [[KFMZ (Columbia, Missouri)|a station in Columbia]] whose license was revoked.
==References==
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==External links==
{{AM station data|2|KFMZ}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|147602|K241BT}}
*{{FXL|K241BT}}
{{Adult Contemporary Radio Stations in Missouri}}
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[[Category:1956 establishments in Missouri]]
[[Category:Hot adult contemporary radio stations in the United States]]
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